Board members of the Fort Worth Independent School District (FWISD) are mulling a report they received Tuesday that recommends significant policy changes for gas drilling near schools and are expected to discuss the items early next month. However, the executive director of the Barnett Shale Energy Education Council (BSEEC) told NGI’s Shale Daily the document they are holding is essentially “a hoax.”
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Casper BLM: Draft FEIS, Management Plan Offers ‘Moderate’ Changes
A draft resource management plan (RMP) and final Environmental Impact Statement released recently by the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Casper Field Office recommends “moderate restraints” on oil, gas and mineral leasing in portions of southeast Wyoming, including the Wind River and Salt Creek basins.
Casper BLM: Draft FEIS, Management Plan Offers ‘Moderate’ Changes
A draft resource management plan (RMP) and final Environmental Impact Statement released recently by the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Casper Field Office recommends “moderate restraints” on oil, gas and mineral leasing in portions of southeast Wyoming, including the Wind River and Salt Creek basins.
WY Delegation Says Ruling on Pipe ROE Sends ‘Discouraging Message’
Three members of Wyoming’s congressional delegation have expressed concern with a FERC administrative law judge’s (ALJ) initial decision that recommends a significantly lower return on equity (ROE) for a Wyoming-to-California pipeline, Kern River Gas Transmission.
Report Finds Large Variation in Missouri Utility Hedging Strategies
A new report to the Missouri Public Service Commission (PSC) recommends changes to a state natural gas price volatility rule in light of higher gas prices and a wide variation in the hedging practices used by the state’s utilities. The PSC staff report found that while 95% of the state gas consumers were served by a utility that hedged at least 50% of its winter gas supply against price fluctuations there was a significant variation in the use of gas price hedging strategies among the utilities.
Correction
In the story, “Report Recommends States Encourage Use of Long-Term Gas Contracts,” which appears in Tuesday’s Daily GPI, Donald L. Mason, chairman of the Gas Committee of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, should have been identified as a commissioner with the Ohio Public Utilities Commission.
NPC Study Recommends Phasing Out Offshore Drilling Bans in 2005
In order to offset shrinking production in the traditional natural gas basins in the United States, Congress in two years should begin to phase out the moratoriums that have prevented producers from drilling in promising gas-prone areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), the National Petroleum Council (NPC) recommended in a much-anticipated study released last Thursday.
NPC Study Recommends Removal of Offshore Drilling Bans Starting in 2005
Congress in two years should begin to phase out the moratoriums that have prevented producers from drilling in promising natural gas-prone areas of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS), the National Petroleum Council (NPC) recommended in its much-anticipated study released Thursday.
CCRO Recommends New Financial Liquidity Framework for Energy Industry
The Committee of Chief Risk Officers (CCRO) said Thursday that it has developed — with the participation of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) — a model framework designed to standardize and clarify best practice methodologies for assessing the financial liquidity strengths of energy companies.
CCRO Recommends New Financial Liquidity Framework for Energy Industry
The Committee of Chief Risk Officers (CCRO) said Thursday that it has developed — with the participation of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services (S&P) — a model framework designed to standardize and clarify best practice methodologies for assessing the financial liquidity strengths of energy companies.