Infrastructure

Aria Energy, which engineers and provides landfill gas services from its home base in Novi, MI, has purchased a half-stake in BP plc’s Mavrix LLC to distribute renewable natural gas (RNG) to U.S. customers.

Natural gas has emerged as the winner in two power projects launched to comply with an Alberta government environmental policyrequiring replacement of coal-fired generating stations with cleaner alternatives.

A tragic natural gas pipeline explosion Tuesday morning in a rural area 95 miles from Chicago led Kinder Morgan Inc. subsidiary Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) to shutter a portion of its Illinois Lateral 1 line and reduce pressure on a second segment.

Crestwood Equity Partners LP said it has started commissioning activities for the first phase of a natural gas processing plant in North Dakota, and has reached a final investment decision (FID) for a second phase expansion.

Liberty Utilities, an affiliate of Algonquin Power and Utilities Corp., is proposing a new pipeline that would carry natural gas from an interconnect in southeast New Hampshire to the state’s central area.

Natural gas vehicle (NGV) sector leaders expressed support for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) renewable fuel standard and other aspects of the greenhouse gas (GHG) and fuel economy standards, but heavy duty fleet operators voiced concerns about some aspects.

Dominion Energy Cove Point LNG LP said it introduced feed gas Tuesday into its new liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility on the Chesapeake Bay in Lusby, MD, as it moves closer to commencing commercial production.

Ash and smoke spread throughout large swatches of the Los Angeles Basin on Wednesday, with three major ongoing wildfires spreading out of control and some new, more suburban-based blazes shutting the 405 Freeway in the heavily trafficked Sepulveda Pass between affluent hilltop residential neighborhoods and major campuses like UCLA and the Getty Center arts complex.

Natural gas futures traded in a holding pattern Wednesday as a seemingly loose supply/demand picture kept the bulls from gaining any traction despite the arrival of December cold.