Infrastructure

The U.S. rig count continued its slide for the week ended Friday, with the Marcellus Shale dropping three units to headline a down week for natural gas-directed drilling, according to data from Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI).

The Mexican government is rethinking harmonization rules it has proposed for the natural gas and power markets, following feedback from the energy industry.

The Energy Information Administration (EIA) has submitted a half dozen revised information collection requests for its Natural Gas Data Collection Program. The requests, published in theFederal Register Friday, cover forms EIA-176 (Annual Report of Natural and Supplemental Gas Supply and Disposition), EIA-191 (Monthly Underground Gas Storage Report), EIA-757 (Natural Gas Processing Plant Survey), EIA-857 (Monthly Report of Natural Gas Purchases and Deliveries to Consumers), EIA-910 (Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey), and EIA-921 (Weekly Underground Natural Gas Storage Report). Comments are due Nov. 27. Links to the updated survey forms, instructions, and an instructional video will be available on theEIA webpage by early November, an agency spokesman told NGI.

Infraestructura Energetica Nova (IEnova) more than doubled its earnings during the third quarter over the year-ago period, lifted by prior acquisitions and the startup of natural gas pipelines in northwestern Mexico.

The U.S. rig count continued its slide for the week ended Friday, dropping four units overall in what proved a down week for natural gas-directed drilling, according to data from Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI).

In its first few months of service, the Rover Pipeline has opened up a route connecting Marcellus and Utica shale natural gas to liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports at Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Sabine Pass terminal, and it’s shifted how gas flows between Appalachia and the Gulf Coast in the process, according to RBN Energy LLC.

The steady supply growth that’s expected from the Appalachian Basin and Western Canada, along with rising associated output from oil-directed drilling on the Gulf Coast and Midcontinent, are poised to trap Rocky Mountain natural gas, according to speakers at a recent conference.

In its first few months of service, the Rover Pipeline has opened up a route connecting Marcellus and Utica shale natural gas to liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports at Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Sabine Pass terminal, and it’s shifted how gas flows between Appalachia and the Gulf Coast in the process, according to RBN Energy LLC.

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has requested FERC not issue a notice to proceed (NTP) recently requested by Millennium Pipeline Co. LLC for the Valley Lateral Project [CP16-17-000]. DEC cited a similar filing made over the summer concerning delays for the project’s water quality certificate (WQC). DEC eventually denied the WQC, but the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission reversed the decision by waiving DEC’s authority for failing to make a decision within the required one-year timeframe. DEC argued in its latest filing that FERC should not issue the NTP because DEC’s motion for rehearing of the waiver order is pending. DEC also noted that its motion to rehear the FERC certificate for the project has not yet been answered. The eight-mile pipeline would supply a natural gas-fired power plant under construction in the state.