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Calling it a potential “game changer,” a hybrid “microhole” coiled tubing rig used on 25 test wells has penetrated a particularly dense Niobrara natural gas chalk formation along the Kansas-Colorado border, the Department of Energy (DOE) said last week. The DOE said the rig delivering 25-35% in cost savings per well and about 1 Tcf of shallow gas that otherwise would have been bypassed by conventional drilling.

A hybrid “microhole” coiled tubing rig used on 25 test wells has penetrated a particularly dense Niobrara natural gas chalk formation along the Kansas-Colorado border, delivering 25-35% in cost savings per well and about 1 Tcf of shallow gas that otherwise would have been bypassed by conventional drilling, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced Tuesday.

El Paso subsidiary Southern Natural Gas Co. started an open season last Tuesday to test market interest in a new 14 Bcf salt dome gas storage project in Smith County, MS. The New Home gas storage field, which would consist of two storage caverns, would be a high deliverability, multi-cycle storage project designed to serve the Southeast via the Southern Natural mainline.

Duke Energy’s Algonquin Gas Transmission is holding an open season through Oct. 27 to test market interest in an east-to-west expansion project that would be designed to move gas, including LNG-sourced supply, into existing delivery points in high-growth East Coast markets.

Duke Energy’s Algonquin Gas Transmission is holding an open season through Oct. 27 to test market interest in an east-to-west expansion project that would be designed to move gas, including LNG-sourced supply, into existing delivery points in high-growth East Coast markets.

El Paso subsidiary Southern Natural Gas Co. started an open season Tuesday to test market interest in a new 14 Bcf salt dome gas storage project in Smith County, MS. The New Home gas storage field, which would consist of two storage caverns, would be a high deliverability, multi-cycle storage project designed to serve the Southeast via the Southern Natural mainline.

Colorado Interstate Gas (CIG) is holding three open seasons to test market interest in existing transportation capacity in Wyoming, capacity from a proposed interconnection with Overthrust Pipeline near Kanda, WY, and a proposed expansion of the CIG mainline from Opal, WY, to the Tomahawk interconnection with Kinder Morgan’s Trailblazer pipeline system.

An Idaho renewable alternative energy technology firm announced Tuesday a successful gas quality test for its system of producing biogas from dairy manure, turning it into what the company claims is another form of pipeline-quality natural gas. Officials of Intrepid Technology and Resources, Inc. in Idaho Falls, ID, officials said the firm is now prepared to make its first commercial delivery of manure-to-gas supplies to the local utility, Intermountain Gas Co.

Colorado Interstate Gas (CIG) is holding three open seasons to test market interest in existing transportation capacity in Wyoming, capacity from a proposed interconnection with Overthrust Pipeline near Kanda, WY, and a proposed expansion of the CIG mainline from Opal, WY, to the Tomahawk interconnection with Kinder Morgan’s Trailblazer pipeline system.