Reinstate

A federal appeals court in New Orleans last Thursday struck down the Obama administration’s attempt to reinstate its six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM).

As the Justice Department went to court Thursday to reinstate the six-month moratorium on deepwater oil and natural gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM), a Washington, DC-based advocacy group reported that the three Fifth Circuit judges assigned to the case have close ties to the industry.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) said last Tuesday that it welcomed the House Democratic leadership’s assurances that it would not reinstate the moratorium on oil and natural gas drilling in the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

The American Petroleum Institute (API) said Tuesday that it welcomed the House Democratic leadership’s assurances that it would not reinstate the moratorium on oil and natural gas drilling in the federal Outer Continental Shelf (OCS).

FERC on Wednesday rejected a rehearing request seeking to reinstate a preexisting statute of limitations for parties to bring complaints alleging violation of the agency’s new regulations targeting manipulation in the natural gas and electricity markets.

Gas producers and large consumers told FERC they are dumbfounded by an attempt by the Gas Technology Institute (GTI) to reinstate mandated surcharges on interstate gas transportation for the purpose of funding its gas research, development and demonstration (RD&D) budget after the entire industry reached an agreement in 1998 to do away with the program.

Gas producers and large consumers told FERC they are dumbfounded by an attempt by the Gas Technology Institute (GTI) to reinstate mandated surcharges on interstate gas transportation for the purpose of funding its gas research, development and demonstration (RD&D) budget after the entire industry reached an agreement in 1998 to do away with the program.

Due to rising market-area demand following the weekend, Florida GasTransmission found it necessary to reinstate Monday an Overage AlertDay notice that it had lifted Friday after a three-day run (see DailyGPI, Oct. 4). The low-linepack OFOcarries 8% tolerance for negative daily imbalances and applies to thesystem east of Station 12 (Santa Rosa County, FL). FGT also continuedto extend maintenance at Sabine Pass Plant/Johnson’s Bayou insouthwestern Louisiana, which was originally scheduled to end May 17,1999, but said late last week it was increasing allowable volumesthrough the facility by another 10 MMcf/d, raising its total capacityto 110 MMcf/d.