natural gas

Ethane deliveries on Enterprise Products Partners LP’s (EPD) Appalachia-to-Texas Express (ATEX) pipeline are still limited days after a stretch of the line ruptured and exploded, according to a company representative.

An Australian entry obtained a license Thursday to try putting Canadian supplies on the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market.

Worldwide energy demand is growing, but hitting required volume targets down the road will be more difficult because of industry spending cutbacks, Chevron Corp. CEO John Watson said Friday.

San Francisco-basedPacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has hired federal pipeline safety expertLane Millerto be director of codes, standards and training at the combination utility. Formerly the director of training and qualifications for the federalPipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration(PHMSA) in theU.S. Department of Transportation, Miller will lead training and qualifications for PG&E’s gas operators, which have been under scrutiny for more than four years following a natural gas transmission pipeline failure in suburban San Bruno, CA. At PHMSA, Miller was involved in the design and oversight of the agency’s training center. AnOklahoma State Universitypetroleum engineering graduate, Miller will help guide the direction and development of a gas operations technical training center PG&E plans to open next year.

Consol Energy Inc. produced 235.7 Bcfe in 2014, 37% more than the 172.4 Bcfe it produced the prior-year, as its exploration and production (E&P) division drove profits in the Marcellus Shale and its operations continued to shift from coal to natural gas.

Complaints about natural gas and electric public utilities in the state ofWashingtonduring 2014were the highest among industries regulated by the stateUtilities and Transportation Commission (UTC), it reported. Consumers filed 535 complaints against gas and electric utilities out of a total of 1,205, which resulted in $160,000 in utility bill credits and refunds as a result. The complaints resulted in about $28,000 of bill credits and refunds. Complaints against telephone utilities were close behind (526) and resulted in the largest refunds and credits ($127,800).

Natural gas forwards markets remain unimpressed with the recent weather systems hitting the U.S. Midwest and Northeast, with the February package barely budging at most market hubs as it slid off the board, and March sluggishly took over the prompt month position.

Enterprise Products Partners LP’s $4.6 billion acquisition of Oiltanking Partners LP and growth in its fee-based businesses helped to offset the effects of lower commodity prices in the final quarter of 2014, but revenues fell 22%.

National Fuel Gas Co. (NFG) said its midstream business propped its consolidated earnings during the first quarter 2015 fiscal year, but lower oil and natural gas prices forced it to trim capital expenditures (capex) for exploration and production (E&P) subsidiary Seneca Resources Corp.