Waste

A Pennsylvania municipal authority has filed a lawsuit to prevent a Marcellus Shale-related drilling project from proceeding until more watershed protections are in place.

Pacific Gas and Electric ended a high-inventory OFO on its California Gas Transmission system Sunday after a two-day run.

A Federal Energy Regulatory Commission conference, scheduled for Dec. 2, will focus on waste heat recovery efforts and other efficiency measures in the natural gas industry. It will run from 9 a.m. to noon. A free webcast of the event will be available on www.ferc.gov.

The Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission (COGCC) is investigating four large waste releases from natural gas and oil reserve pits near Rifle, CO, including two that apparently went unreported for two months.

Leaving telltale signs that can only be renewable natural gas (RNG) from animal waste, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. and its alternative energy partner BioEnergy Solutions struck paydirt Tuesday in a biogas-to-pipeline injection project in the agricultural fields of Fresno County in California. It is the first project in the state to deliver pipeline-quality RNG to a utility, according to PG&E.

In its second big step into pasture paddy-powered electricity, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announced last week another waste-to-energy renewable contract in California’s manure-laced central agricultural valley, inking a 10-year deal for up to 3 Bcf of what the utility calls “renewable natural gas” annually from BioEnergy Solutions. As with a similar deal with another biogas provider last fall, the price and other terms of the agreement were kept confidential.

In its second big step into pasture paddy-powered electricity, Pacific Gas and Electric Co. announced Monday another waste-to-energy renewable contract in California’s manure-laced central agricultural valley, inking a 10-year deal for up to 3 Bcf of what the utility calls “renewable natural gas” annually from BioEnergy Solutions.. As with a similar deal with another biogas provider last fall, the price and other terms of the agreement were kept confidential.

Alberta leaders are voicing hope the province will become the world leader in synthetic gas production to prevent massive waste of the natural commodity by its oilsands development rush.

Vancouver-based Encore Clean Energy Inc. is targeting the oil and natural gas production industry with new technologies that allow producers to use their waste water and other byproducts to produce power for operations.