A judge in New York State is expected to rule within 60 days if the Town of Dryden, NY, overstepped its authority when it enacted an ordinance and a zoning requirement this past summer banning all oil and gas development activities.
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Time to Speak on Texas Frack Rule Is Now
A proposed rule in Texas to require public disclosure of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) fluid contents was approved for publication Monday by the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC).
Permanent Shut-In of Fayetteville Disposal Wells Recommended
Staff of the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission (AOGC) has recommended the permanent shut-in of saltwater disposal wells in an area north of Conway, AR, in the Fayetteville Shale where a recent earthquake swarm is thought to have resulted from waste injection activities.
FERC: Pipes Risk Penalties for Failing to File Contract Deviations
FERC Wednesday warned interstate natural gas pipelines that they face the risk of penalties if they fail to comply with the agency’s requirement to report transportation contracts containing deviations from their pro forma open-access tariffs.
REX-East Brings Problems Crossing Coal Country to FERC
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC (REX) has asked FERC to schedule a public technical conference to discuss how the company may pursue an environmental construction requirement for its 639-mile REX-East Pipeline to cross Murray Energy Corp. coal mining reserves, saying it may need an alternative route. It suggested Aug. 5 or 7 for an expedited conference.
REX-East Brings Problems Crossing Coal Country to FERC
Rockies Express Pipeline LLC has asked FERC to schedule a public technical conference to discuss how the company may pursue an environmental construction requirement for its 639-mile Rex-East Pipeline to cross Murray Energy Corp. coal mining reserves, saying it may need an alternative route. It suggested Aug. 5 or 7 for an expedited conference.
REX Shippers Say Northern Tying Capacity to ‘Phantom Backhaul’ Deal
Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) shippers have accused Northern Natural Gas of limiting access to receipt point capacity at the interconnection between the REX and Northern Natural systems to REX shippers that agree to purchase a “phantom backhaul service.”
FERC Denies Cost Reallocation for Converted FR Shippers on El Paso
FERC Monday upheld its prior decisions not to reallocate costs among El Paso Natural Gas pipeline’s former full-requirement (FR) shippers as part of the conversion of the FR shippers to contract demand (CD) service nearly four years ago.
Industry Brief
National Grid and KeySpan Corp. have filed information in compliance with the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Antitrust Improvements Act, a requirement of their proposed merger transaction, the companies said on Friday. In addition, National Grid and KeySpan have made voluntary notice to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) that National Grid, a London-headquartered company, is acquiring a U.S. company. In both the HSR and CFIUS filings, the applicable federal authority has 30 days to determine if the filings require further review. On Feb. 27, National Grid and KeySpan announced an agreement for National Grid to acquire KeySpan, which will materially expand the size of National Grid’s US operations and create the third-largest gas delivery utility in the U.S. (see Daily GPI, Feb. 28). In May, National Grid and KeySpan submitted their merger plan to FERC, promising no adverse impacts on the wholesale energy market nor any cross subsidization from regulated to unregulated operations from the $7.3 billion combination (see Daily GPI, May 30).
Northwest Pipeline Accused of Assessing ‘Unreasonable’ Shipper Fee to Turn Back Capacity
Northwest Pipeline has flouted FERC’s turn-back policy by imposing an “unreasonable and fundamentally defective” turn-back fee requirement that blocked shippers from shedding more than 200,000 Dth/d of unused and unwanted pipeline transportation capacity on its system, complained two Duke Energy subsidiaries.