With the Marcellus Shale as its guide, exploration and production (E&P) companies are pressing Quebec officials to give them some running room to develop the Utica Shale, a deep gassy play that extends across the St. Lawrence Lowlands and into the Lower 48 states.
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Senators Ponder Cost of House Climate Change Bill
While two prominent lawmakers have said they found room to agree on comprehensive climate change legislation in the Senate, the potential cost of a House climate change bill (HR 2454) still has some senators shaking their heads.
Analysts: Cheap Gas Drove Coal Capitulation
If so much coal-fired power generation hadn’t been bowing out to make room for gas-fired plants so far this year, the current gas supply glut would be a lot worse, according to analysts at Barclays Capital. They conceded in a research note Tuesday that coal-fired generation displacement has been much greater than they had thought it would be.
Fully Subscribed, Midcontinent Express Ponders Expansion
There’s no room left in the pipe, according to the partner backers of the Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC (MEP) project, who said last week their project is fully subscribed at its initial capacity of 1.4 Bcf/d.
Fully Subscribed, Midcontinent Express Ponders Project Expansion
There’s no room left in the pipe, according to the partner backers of the Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC (MEP) project, who said Wednesday their project is fully subscribed at its initial capacity of 1.4 Bcf/d.
Tennessee Issues Force Majeure Following Blast on Vessel Offshore Louisiana
An explosion occurred late Tuesday in the engine room of a commercial diving vessel that was decommissioning a small segment of ANR Pipeline offshore Louisiana, sending six crew members of the vessel to area hospitals, said a spokesman for TransCanada, which owns ANR. The U.S. Coast Guard still is searching for one unaccounted member of the crew.
Aquila, Great Plains Merger Settlement Talks Stall
It’s back to the Missouri Public Service Commission hearing room for Great Plains Energy Inc. and Aquila Inc. after settlement talks with parties to the case failed to come up with an agreement on the purchase of Aquila’s Missouri operations by Great Plains and its subsidiary, Kansas City Power & Light Co.
Absent Hurricanes, NGSA Sees a Summer Gas Market Much Like Last Year
If hurricanes avoid the Gulf of Mexico again this summer, the U.S. natural gas market can expect to see a repeat of last summer when interruptions were at a minimum and prices were basically kept in check, the Natural Gas Supply Association (NGSA) said Wednesday.
CA Coastal Panel Unanimously Rejects BHP Offshore LNG Project
In a room filled with citizens and elected representatives all opposing the project, the California Coastal Commission Thursday listened all day to its staff and the public before unanimously rejecting plans for an offshore liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal by Australian mining giant BHP Billiton. Company representatives were in attendance but declined several invitations from the coastal commission to speak.
Chesapeake Sees Costs Falling, No Major Acquisitions in ’07
Oilfield services rates began to fall in the final three months of 2006, and there’s “room for more price decreases through 2007,” Chesapeake Energy Corp. CEO Aubrey McClendon said Friday. Chesapeake’s goal is to cut service costs this year by as much as 10-15%, but the CEO said the price of natural gas will be the final determinant.