A pipeline project to deliver Marcellus Shale ethane from Pennsylvania to Canadian markets was announced Tuesday by MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources LLC and Sunoco Logistics Partners LP.
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Environmentalists Push for Fracking Ban in New York
A group of more than 40 environmental organizations, including the National Resources Defense Council, Delaware Riverkeeper Network and the Atlantic Chapter of the Sierra Club, is calling on the New York State Assembly to approve legislation that would place a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in the state’s Marcellus and Utica shales until May 15, which is when further environmental studies by the Environmental Protection Agency are expected to be completed.
Haynesville Documentary Airing Tuesday
The documentary “Haynesville: A Nation’s hunt for an Energy Future” is scheduled to air at 9 p.m. EST Tuesday on the CNBC network.
No Gas, Nuclear Expansion at Xcel, CEO Tells Shareholders
Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy’s network of 3.5 million electric and 2 million natural gas utility customers spread over eight western and Midwest states will not need any new baseload generation plants or new gas infrastructure during the next seven to nine years, CEO Dick Kelly told Xcel’s annual shareholders meeting Wednesday in Denver.
FERC Again Tells Transco: It’s Transmission, Not Gathering
FERC Thursday denied rehearing of a November 2007 order on remand in which it declared Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line’s (Transco) pipeline network located onshore and offshore Louisiana to be transmission in nature and thus subject to agency jurisdiction.
EIA: LDCs Losing Market Share to Pipelines
The local distribution company (LDC) continues to be the “backbone of the natural gas distribution network” in the United States, although the level of natural gas deliveries by LDCs has dropped by 15% since 2000 as large-volume customers, particularly power generation facilities, have switched to mainline pipeline systems for their natural gas supplies, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a new report.
EIA: LDCs Losing Market Share to Pipelines
The local distribution company (LDC) continues to be the “backbone of the natural gas distribution network” in the United States, although the level of natural gas deliveries by LDCs has dropped by 15% since 2000 as large-volume customers, particularly power generation facilities, have switched to mainline pipeline systems for their natural gas supplies, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in a new report.
Forecaster Expects ‘Active to Hyperactive’ Atlantic Hurricane Season
Joining the chorus of other forecasters who have recently warned of a “very active” 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, forecasting network WeatherBug said it is predicting 13 to 15 named storms in the Atlantic, seven to nine of which are expected to develop into hurricanes. Of those hurricanes, three are forecast to become major hurricanes with winds in excess of 111 mph.
Forecaster Expects ‘Active to Hyperactive’ Atlantic Hurricane Season
Joining the chorus of other forecasters who have recently warned of a “very active” 2007 Atlantic hurricane season, forecasting network WeatherBug said it is predicting 13 to 15 named storms in the Atlantic, seven to nine of which are expected to develop into hurricanes. Of those hurricanes, three are forecast to become major hurricanes with winds in excess of 111 mph.
Court Vacates FERC’s Jurisdictional Determination for Transco
A federal court in Washington, DC, last Tuesday vacated a 2005 FERC decision that found part of Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line’s network offshore Louisiana to be jurisdictional transmission and ineligible to be spun down to affiliate Williams Gas Processing Gulf Coast Co.