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Joint Venture Responds to Water Demand for Fracking Operations

A joint venture (JV) of Battelle and Winner Global LLC expects to begin building its first unit in April to respond to a potential water shortage facing oil and natural gas companies that are engaged in hydraulic fracturing (fracking) activities in the Utica and Marcellus shales in Ohio and Pennsylvania.

March 8, 2013

Railway Testing Natural Gas Fueling Option

Canadian railway CN is testing two mainline diesel-electric locomotives fueled principally by natural gas in revenue service in northern Alberta and is working with technology partners to develop a natural gas railway engine and standardized fueling car, or tender.

October 1, 2012
North Dakota Oil, Gas Output Shoots Higher

North Dakota Oil, Gas Output Shoots Higher

North Dakota continued its torrid pace for month-over-month production increases in oil and natural gas, driven principally by the Bakken Shale play, according to statistics released Wednesday by the state Department of Mineral Resources’ (DMR) Industrial Commission. The latest statistics are as of the end of July.

September 14, 2012

U.S. Portion of N. Baja Pipeline Operates at Loss, FERC Filing Indicates

In its nearly two years of operation the U.S. portion of North Baja Pipeline has lost money so far, principally because one of its early subscribers defaulted and the capacity hasn’t been re-sold. This information was revealed in a FERC filing by Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN), the national gas pipeline portion of the former PG&E Corp. merchant energy unit that is now undergoing Chapter 11 reorganization. GTN is in the process of being sold to TransCanada.

August 17, 2004