Proposal

In an apparent bow to local opposition, a Texas company has withdrawn its proposal to build two injection wells for wastewater from oil and natural gas drilling in Mansfield, OH.

A proposal to place a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) in California (AB 972) passed out of a state senate committee Tuesday and is headed for further consideration, but the bill faces stiff opposition by industry.

FERC Thursday approved a proposal by Caledonia Energy Partners LLC, an affiliate of Houston-based Enstor Operating Co. LLC, to expand its existing high-deliverability, multi-cycle storage facility in northeastern Mississippi, as well as a request to vacate authorization to proceed with a separate project.

FERC Tuesday approved PetroLogistics Natural Gas Storage LLC’s proposal to expand the capacity of its existing storage facility in southern Louisiana by approximately 65%.

FERC Friday issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) to Dominion Transmission Inc.’s proposal to expand its storage system in Maryland, Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Royal Dutch Shell plc will decide within the next 18 to 24 months whether to build an ethane cracker in Beaver County, PA, according to a company executive.

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has the right idea with its measured approach to oil shale production in the western United States given the risks involved, according to a white paper by sustainability advocate Ceres.

FERC on Wednesday approved for early environmental review Sempra Global’s proposal to construct facilities to liquefy natural gas for export and expand a pipeline that serves the existing liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Hackberry, LA.

The Department of Defense (DOD) has signed off on Bluewater Gas Storage LLC’s proposal to construct and operate a 300 MMcf/d pipeline to maintain the U.S. leg of a connection between its facilities in St. Clair County, MI, and an existing pipeline in St. Clair Township, Ontario.