The FracTracker Alliance and Mountain Watershed Association (MWA) are offering free training sessions across southeastern Pennsylvania for citizens who want to utilize the mapping capability of fractracker.org, a web-based tool for tracking and visualizing data related to shale gas extraction operations. The sessions “will show people how to find where drilling operations are located and learn more about them, according to MWA, which said the tool is already being used by citizen water monitoring volunteers and community advocates. Sessions are scheduled in Washington County Feb. 26, Butler County March 26, and Westmoreland County April 30, with more sessions planned through October. Information and registration is available by contacting Melissa Troutman (melissa@mtwatershed.com, (724) 455-4200 ext 6). The training sessions are sponsored by the Heinz Endowments (see Shale Daily, Sept. 2, 2011).
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Pennsylvania Senator Proposes Marcellus Shale Health Advisory Panel
A key legislator in Pennsylvania said he plans to introduce a bill to create a nine-member Marcellus Shale Health Advisory Panel in the near future, a move suggested in the past by both Gov. Tom Corbett and the Marcellus Shale Advisory Commission (MSAC).
Dominion Planning Ethane Pipeline to Feed Atex Express
Dominion Resources has formed new unit Dominion NGL Pipelines, which is soliciting interest in a new pipeline that would carry ethane from the tailgate of a new processing plant being built by Dominion near Natrium, WV, to an interconnect with Enterprise Products Partners LP’s planned Appalachia to Texas Express (Atex Express) pipeline near Follansbee, WV.
Producer Expects Marcellus Pipe Constraints to Lessen, Eventually
For the time being at least, Marcellus Shale producers are paying the price for too much of a good thing. Concentrated development in the nation’s preeminent shale gas play has made for basis-inverting constraints on Tennessee Gas Pipeline. However, the industry has seen this sort of thing before (in the Rockies more than once, for instance), and the market will work it out, eventually, a Marcellus producer told NGI’s Shale Daily.
Pennsylvania Governor Eyes Fall for Tax Debate
Pennsylvania most likely won’t see a tax or fee on shale development this summer.
EPA Weighs in on Pennsylvania Water Issue
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants Pennsylvania to immediately test its water supplies for radioactivity.
Enbridge Eyes Alaska Gasline Role
A pipeline to move gas from Alaska’s North Slope to Alberta would provide a good opportunity to utilize downstream Canadian pipeline assets to move gas to the Lower 48, an Enbridge Inc. executive told NGI Wednesday.
EEI, Utilities Back FERC Use of ‘Public Interest’ Contract Review Standard
The Edison Electric Institute (EEI) and several utilities are backing a FERC proposal to utilize the so-called “public interest” standard as the default standard of review for energy contract modifications, but the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) opposes FERC’s proposed rule, saying it “contravenes existing statutory law” [RM05-35].
Wyoming Pipe Authority May Help Finance Cheyenne Plains, Lower Valley Project
The Wyoming Natural Gas Pipeline Authority is closing in on deals to utilize some of its $1 billion bonding authority for three projects that will either directly or indirectly promote the sale and transportation of more Wyoming natural gas.
Wyoming Pipe Authority May Help Finance Cheyenne Plains, Lower Valley Project
The Wyoming Natural Gas Pipeline Authority is closing in on deals to utilize some of its $1 billion bonding authority for three projects that will either directly or indirectly promote the sale and transportation of more Wyoming natural gas.
