Quadruple

While oil production in North Dakota could more than quadruple by 2025 to more than 2 million b/d, natural gas could do even better, gaining by nearly six times over current production to 3.1 Bcf/d, according to an analysis commissioned by the state’s Pipeline Authority and performed by Bentek Energy LLC.

The expanded use of horizontal drilling and the advent of hydraulic fracturing helped Pennsylvania more than quadruple its natural gas production between 2009 and 2011, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The expanded use of horizontal drilling and the advent of hydraulic fracturing helped Pennsylvania more than quadruple its natural gas production between 2009 and 2011, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

The trading week ended quietly Friday with Northeast citygates continuing to take long strides in retreat from the quadruple-digit heights they had seen early in the week and the rest of the cash market mixed but with bears firmly entrenched in the driver’s seat.

The cash market was predictably weaker Friday, with continuing triple-digit and quadruple-digit plunges at Northeast citygates leading the trek downward. Non-Northeast losses were as small as a nickel, but mostly ranged between 20 and 90 cents.

The third largest major, which posted a quadruple profit in the quarter, expects to sell about 400 fields in North America, as well as interests in Papua New Guinea and the North Sea, according to CEO Dave O’Reilly. However, he noted that worldwide, CVX has a “significant and growing resource base of about 50 billion boe.”

Westcoast CEO Michael Phelps said last week the company is planning to double the capacity of the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline system to transport more than 1.2 Bcf/d in five years but expects an additional expansion to 2 Bcf/d by the end of the decade.

Westcoast CEO Michael Phelps said yesterday the company is planning to double the capacity of the Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline system to transport more than 1.2 Bcf/d in five years but expects an additional expansion to 2 Bcf/d by the end of the decade.

EnergySouth’s Bay Gas Storage Co. Ltd. inked a 15-year naturalgas storage contract with Southern Company Services Inc. last week,quadrupling the amount of natural gas storage it already providesits parent Southern Co., and giving Southern’s six utilitiessalt-dome storage capacity of up to 3.2 million MMbtu of naturalgas.