EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. settled a lawsuit brought by a New Mexico man who was burned in an explosion at the Lisbon Valley natural gas plant in 2004 (see Daily GPI, Aug. 30). Details were to be confidential. Following six days of testimony in a jury trial in U.S. District Judge Paul Cassell’s courtroom in Salt Lake City, the EnCana subsidiary on Aug. 27 was found 100% liable for Michael Melton’s injuries. The jury was determining compensatory damages and a possible punitive judgment against EnCana when the private settlement was reached late Thursday. When Melton was injured in 2004, the plant was owned by Denver-based Tom Brown Inc. (TBI), which was bought by Calgary-based EnCana Corp. (see Daily GPI, April 16, 2004). TBI’s operations were merged with those of EnCana Oil & Gas (USA) in 2005.
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Mayor/Actor Helps CA City Clean Up Its Energy Act
Gaining some national attention from energy and environmental agencies, California’s burgeoning central valley city of Fresno has developed a clean transportation fleet and solar energy program under Mayor/actor Alan Autry and Gov./actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Fresno boasts one of the cleanest city-operated transportation fleets and a 665-kWh solar photovoltaic (PV) system at its municipal service center.
Elk Hills Pipeline Rupture Shuts in Nearly 280 MMcf/d
Occidental Petroleum said nearly 280 MMcf/d of gas production remains shut in at Elk Hills, the former Naval Petroleum Reserve, north of Bakersfield, CA, in the San Joaquin Valley because of a gas pipeline rupture, explosion and fire last Tuesday.
Elk Hills Pipeline Rupture Shuts in 288 MMcf/d
Occidental Petroleum said about 288 MMcf/d of gas production remains shut in at Elk Hills, the former Naval Petroleum Reserve, north of Bakersfield, CA, in the San Joaquin Valley because of a gas pipeline rupture, explosion and fire on Tuesday.
Kerr-McGee Announces Gas Discovery in Deepwater GOM
Kerr-McGee late Monday announced a natural gas discovery in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM). The No. 1 well, located in Atwater Valley Block 140 in the Claymore prospect, drilled to a total depth of 25,000 feet and encountered more than 150 feet of net pay in multiple zones.
Transportation Notes
Effective with Intraday 1 nominations Wednesday, Dominion rescinded the “Valley Gate” restriction on south-to-north transportation.
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Southern California Gas postponed the second phase of work scheduled in the San Joaquin Valley on Line 225. That ended Wednesday afternoon a large reduction in capacity at the Wheeler Ridge delivery point into SoCalGas due to this maintenance, which had previously been scheduled to run through Friday (see Daily GPI, March 1). The second phase of the project has not yet been rescheduled, a SoCalGas spokeswoman said.
Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Project’s Costs, Environmental Impact Trimmed
An engineering review has shaved about 4% off forecast costs of the proposed Mackenzie Valley Pipeline and reduced its environmental footprint, the sponsors have told Canada’s National Energy Board.
Mackenzie Pipeline Sponsors Say they are ‘Very Close’ to Announcing Agreement
Producers and stakeholders trying to iron out problems with the long-stalled $7 billion Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline may be close to making a “positive announcement,” a member of the negotiating team said Thursday.
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Mackenzie Sponsors Postpone Hearings Despite Positive Deal with Deh Cho
Although one hurdle has been cleared from the path of the C$7 billion Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline, many remain, project sponsors emphasized last week following an economic development deal signed by the Canadian government and the Deh Cho First Nations. The deal resolved one of the major issues preventing development of the long proposed project.
