Modifications

Deliberations were scheduled to continue Thursday at the New Mexico Oil Conservation Commission (OCC) on proposed industry-prompted modifications to the state’s so-call pit rule for handling natural gas and oil drilling and production waste.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett last week signed the state’s $27.7 billion budget for 2012-13 into law, which includes modifications to the tax code that could potentially offer billions in tax breaks to companies investing in an ethane cracker and associated manufacturing facilities.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett on Saturday signed the state’s $27.7 billion budget for 2012-13, which includes modifications to the tax code that could potentially offer billions in tax breaks to companies investing in an ethane cracker and associated manufacturing facilities.

With a drilling industry begun in the mid-1800s and modifications to its decades-old oil and gas law in place, Ohio is well prepared for the kind of shale industry growth that has to varying degrees overwhelmed other states, according to Ohio Oil & Gas Association (OOGA) Executive Vice President Tom Stewart.

With a drilling industry begun in the mid-1800s and modifications to its decades-old oil and gas law in place, Ohio is well prepared for the kind of shale industry growth that has to varying degrees overwhelmed other states, according to Ohio Oil & Gas Association (OOGA) Executive Vice President Tom Stewart.

Ahead of a midnight deadline Friday to comment on the Delaware River Basin Commission’s (DRBC) draft water quality amendments, those for and against the proposed changes attempted to make their voices heard by delivering thousands of responses to the commissioners.

California regulators Thursday approved modifications that Southern California Edison Co. (SCE) sought in its projected fuel costs for 2009 and specifically regarding the handling of tolling rights under the Sempra Energy utilities’ firm access rights (FAR) to its natural gas transmission pipeline system in the southern half of the state.

Due to essential facility modifications at Unionville Compressor Station, MRT will take its West Line out of service for one day beginning at the start of next Tuesday’s gas day. MRT said it will be unable to accept any receipts into the West Line during the outage.

New York State regulators Wednesday voted to adopt, with modifications, the terms of an amended joint proposal raising the rates of Corning Natural Gas Corp., but requiring the company to credit customers with $1.4 million for “excessive gas commodity costs” last winter when the utility had to receive emergency supplies of natural gas from other utilities because it was running out of gas and credit. The regulatory action came after a Pennsylvania distribution company, C&T Enterprises, earlier in the month agreed to buy Corning.