The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hanford nuclear compound in Washington state is in the very early stages of planning to run a six-inch diameter natural gas pipeline under the Columbia River to supply a massive wastewater treatment plant during the next eight years. The 28.5-mile, $22 million project would be facilitated with the local utility Cascade Natural Gas Co., tying into its existing pipeline system on the Oregon side of the river and then connecting to the still-to-be-built water treatment facility. The plant was originally planned to operate with diesel, but the proposed pipeline would permit it to have dual fuel capability, operating mostly on natural gas, a Hanford facility spokesperson said. The gas line would provide more cost savings and environmental advantages, greatly reducing the proposed plant’s greenhouse gas emissions. “The gas also can help support steam generation for [onsite] electricity and also heat for 11 different facilities,” he said. Plans call for the pipeline to be permitted and built during the next four years, and the wastewater plant to begin operation in 2019, turning high-level waste into glass. “It’s really a glass-making plant,” the spokesperson said.
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Australia’s AWE Identifies Country’s First Commercial Shale Gas Play
After two years of study, Australian oil and gas exploration and production company AWE Ltd. said it has identified targets within the Perth Basin Shale play that rival the characteristics of some of the productive natural gas shales within the United States, with one interval — the Carynginia Shale — alone holding a gross of 13-20 Tcf in place within AWE’s acreage.
Pipeline Projects Under Way to Carry WV Gas North
Pipeline projects in the planning stages by Equitrans L.P. and Dominion Transmission Inc. would carry as much as 1.4 Bcf/d of Marcellus Shale and other Appalachian production out of northern West Virginia to major connections in southwestern Pennsylvania by late 2012.
Salazar Says Deepwater Moratorium May Be ‘Refined’
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar told two Senate panels last week that he was planning to issue a new order that may narrow the scope of the sweeping moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), but he did not indicate precisely when.
Enbridge Would Ship Marcellus NGLs to Chicago
Enbridge Inc. said Monday it is planning a natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline from the Marcellus Shale in southern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia to markets in the Midwest.
Enbridge Would Ship Marcellus NGLs to Chicago
Enbridge Inc. said Monday it is planning a natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline from the Marcellus Shale in southern Pennsylvania and northern West Virginia to markets in the Midwest.
W&T Offshore Looking to Checkbook for Growth, CEO Says
Not long ago W&T Offshore Inc. was planning to drill about 25 wells this year. However, the company has backed down from that number as it eyes a market for acquisitions and joint ventures that is becoming increasingly attractive, CEO Tracy Krohn said last Thursday.
W&T Offshore ‘Aggressively Pursuing’ Acquisitions, CEO Says
Not long ago W&T Offshore Inc. was planning to drill about 25 wells this year. However, the company has backed down from that number as it eyes a market for acquisitions and joint ventures that is becoming increasingly attractive, CEO Tracy Krohn said Thursday.
W&T Offshore ‘Aggressively Pursuing’ Acquisitions, CEO Says
Not long ago W&T Offshore Inc. was planning to drill about 25 wells this year. However, the company has backed down from that number as it eyes a market for acquisitions and joint ventures that is becoming increasingly attractive, CEO Tracy Krohn said Thursday.
Energy Transfer Expanding Haynesville’s Tiger Project
Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners LP is planning to expand its proposed Tiger Pipeline and is acquiring gathering and treating assets to connect to the system before it’s even built. The growth is inspired by the Haynesville Shale of North Louisiana and East Texas.
