Transported

Coming out of its coldest April and wettest May ever recorded, North Dakota’s latest oil and natural gas statistics show the amounts of oil transported by rail shot up to 75% in April while new wells connected set a record at 185. Overall, April oil/gas production was down compared to March, but the daily averages set all-time records on a preliminary basis (793,249 b/d and 846 MMcf/d).

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) said it has reversed course and now plans to conduct a docket review of two completed natural gas transmission line projects in northeast Pennsylvania, but it is resisting calls from an environmental group to reexamine a third pipeline.

FERC has approved Tennessee Gas Pipeline’s proposed changes to its pooling points to accommodate greater natural gas supplies coming from the Marcellus and Haynesville shale formations and the Rocky Mountain region.

A U.S. subsidiary of Norway’s Statoil ASA has finalized an agreement to increase the availability of natural gas midstream services in the Marcellus Shale of northern West Virginia.

Increased drilling activity in West Virginia’s Marcellus Shale area and a dramatic decline in revenues from natural gas drilling permits have prompted the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to seek a larger piece of the state’s budget pie, a larger staff to handle about 750 active wells and a dramatic increase of horizontal permitting fees.

Columbia Gas of Virginia’s proposed revision of its Rate Schedule TS-1 and TS-2 would negatively affect the way gas is transported, while harming competition within the state, according to concerned customers in a hearing earlier in the month. The hearing on Sept. 3 in front of the Virginia State Corporation Commission (VSCC) found “unanimous opposition” from 15 Columbia customers, according to Compass Energy Services Inc., a marketer affected by Columbia’s action.

Columbia Gas of Virginia’s proposed revision of its Rate Schedule TS-1 and TS-2 would negatively affect the way gas is transported, while harming competition within the state, according to concerned customers in a hearing last week. The hearing held Sept. 3 before the Virginia State Corporation Commission (VSCC) found “unanimous opposition” from 15 Columbia customers, according to Compass Energy Services Inc., a marketer affected by Columbia’s action.

TransCapacity announced the creation of the gas coordinationsystem (GCS), a tool to communicate and coordinate transactionintentions to external parties so gas can be bought, sold andtransported. TransCapacity’s suite of services works as a GCS tocollect and disseminate information a user can import into its gasmanagement system (GMS).