The Delaware Riverkeeper Network said more than 50 organizations have signed a petition asking the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) to take regulatory authority over natural gas pipelines in the watershed.
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Oregon LNG Undeterred by Court Ruling
Developers of a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import-export project at the mouth of Oregon’s Columbia River remain undaunted by a court ruling last month that upheld reversing county permitting approval.
Oregon LNG Undeterred by State Court Ruling
Developers of a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) import-export project at the mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon remain undaunted by a court reversal last month that upheld a local reversal of a county permitting approval.
Arkansas Landowners Sue Companies Over Injection Wells
A group of landowners in three Arkansas counties are asking a federal court to allow a class action lawsuit against three oil and natural gas companies, claiming they are illegally operating six wastewater injection wells in the Fayetteville Shale.
North Carolina Frack Debate Heating Up
Two weeks after a newly formed state oil and gas board met to begin deliberating North Carolina’s regulation of hydraulic fracturing (fracking), an environmental group has released a report of what it says are wide-ranging negative ramifications of the practice.
Wyoming Gets Citizens’ Air Quality Recommendations
A citizens’ advisory task force on Wednesday submitted its final recommendation for cleaning up the air in the Upper Green River Basin to the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), prompting praise from Gov. Matt Mead.
CenterPoint-MRT’s Proposed Rate Hike Draws Flak at FERC
FERC should reject outright or suspend for the maximum five months the proposed rate hike of CenterPoint Energy-Mississippi River Transmission Co. (MRT), which would “drastically increase” costs for both transportation and storage service on its system and make other tariff changes, said industrial users, municipals, distribution companies and the state of Missouri.
Louisiana Plans Observational Well Near Sinkhole
Louisiana’s Office of Conservation plans to drill an observational water well to test for concentrations of natural gas in the Mississippi River Alluvial Aquifer between the western side of a troubled salt dome and the Bayou Corne Community in the southern part of the state.
Industry Brief
Dallas-based Bridger Logistics LLC, a division of Bridger Group LLC, plans to join Midland, TX-based Advantage Pipeline LLC in developing its Pecos River Pipeline project, which will transport oil from the Delaware Basin to markets in the Gulf Coast and Midland. The pipeline will originate near Pecos, TX, and terminate in Crane, TX, where it will connect to the Longhorn Pipeline — owned by Magellan Midstream Partners LP — and Centurion Pipeline LP’s Crane Station. Once fully operational, the pipeline will have an initial capacity of 150,000 b/d and consist of more than 75 miles of trunkline. Bridger Transfer Services LLC will develop lateral extensions, gathering stations, origination stations and truck offloading facilities. The pipeline is scheduled to be operational by 1Q2013.
Hurricane Isaac Takes Aim at New Orleans
Isaac, a Category 1 hurricane as of late Tuesday, was expected to make landfall near the mouth of the Mississippi River at about 7 p.m. CDT and then jog slowly through the night toward New Orleans before striking there early Wednesday, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said.