With the prospect for thousands of construction and manufacturing jobs, legislation was introduced in the U.S. Senate Wednesday to speed up a final federal decision on the stalled C$7 billion, 1,700-mile Keystone XL oil pipeline proposed to run from Alberta, Canada to Gulf of Mexico (GOM) refineries in the United States.
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McConnell Pledges to Help Obama Achieve Job-Creation Goals
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky Tuesday pledged to help President Obama achieve the job-creation goal that he laid out in his State of the Union address with respect to energy and international trade.
McConnell Pledges to Help Obama Achieve Job-Creation Goals
Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky Tuesday pledged to help President Obama achieve the job-creation goal that he laid out in his State of the Union address with respect to energy and international trade.
Indiana Sees Coal Gasification as Gas Price Hedge
Indiana utilities buying gas on behalf of customers could have a new option in homemade substitute natural gas procured from the state. On Tuesday Gov. Mitch Daniels signed legislation allowing Indiana to buy and resell gas from a planned coal gasification plant in the southern part of the state.
Plans Unveiled for $1.5B Coal Gasification Plant in Indiana
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels recently unveiled plans to build a $1.5 billion coal gasification plant in the Hoosier state, which would be the first in the country to make pipeline quality natural gas from eastern coal. Several sites are being considered and the governor said all of them are in the southwestern corner of the state.