Streamlining

Fresh off an asset streamlining and an Eaglebine joint venture (JV) formation with EOG Resources Corp. (see Shale Daily, March 26), Houston-based ZaZa Energy Corp. executives are touting their heavy weighting to the emerging stacked South Texas play and said what’s learned from the JV will add value to the company’s 100% owned acreage.

Shale gas at one end of the pipelines passing through Perryville, LA, and growing power generation and other demand at the other have heightened interest in streamlining trading at the North Louisiana Hub.

Shale gas at one end of the pipelines passing through Perryville, LA, and growing power generation and other demand at the other have heightened interest in streamlining trading at the North Louisiana Hub.

The long-time director of California’s General Services Department (GS), which makes the state’s bulk natural gas purchases, said last week that he does not expect the GS gas-buying program to be affected by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s statewide plan to “modernize” California’s purchasing efforts.

The long-time director of California’s General Services Department (GS), which makes the state’s bulk natural gas purchases, said Tuesday that he does not expect the GS gas-buying program to be affected by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s statewide plan to “modernize” California’s purchasing efforts.

In the first public forum of the Rocky Mountain Energy Council (RMEC) on Wednesday, the Bush administration panel heard recommendations from industry, environmental and ranching groups on how to — or not to –streamline the permitting process to speed up drilling in the oil and gas-rich basins of the Rockies.

The White House Council on Environmental Quality and the Task Force on Energy Project Streamlining have scheduled a meeting on Aug. 26 in Denver to discuss the formation of the Rocky Mountain Energy Council (RMEC), a state-federal partnership that would look for ways to streamline government handling of renewable and nonrenewable energy production and transmission projects. The RMEC is expected to have its first meeting before the end of the year, according to a Federal Register notice.

The White House Council on Environmental Quality and Task Force on Energy Project Streamlining has scheduled a meeting on Aug. 26 in Denver to discuss the formation of the Rocky Mountain Energy Council (RMEC), a state-federal partnership that would look for ways to streamline environmentally government handling of renewable and nonrenewable energy production and transmission projects. The RMEC is expected to have its first meeting before the end of the year, according to a Federal Register notice.

In a markup of the Senate’s comprehensive energy bill last week, the Energy and Natural Resources Committee approved a large number of gas measures designed to speed up the production process, encourage construction of a pipeline to Alaska and smooth the way for permitting and approvals.