Infrastructure

The latest bid by Tres Palacios Gas Storage (TPGS) to reduce the FERC-certificated capacity at its underground natural gas storage facility on the Gulf Coast has drawn protests from Riverway Storage Holdings LLC and Underground Services Markham (USM), which opposed the company’s last attempt to reduce its capacity.

Columbia Pipeline Group Inc. (CPGX) has filed its applications with FERC to construct and operate its Mountaineer XPress (MXP) and Gulf XPress (GXP) pipeline projects, which would provide additional takeaway capacity from the Appalachian Basin.

Activist groups opposed to natural gas storage facilities held a rally Sunday at the entrance to the closed 3,600-acre Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) Aliso Canyon underground gas storage facility in the far northern fringe of Los Angeles, calling for state officials to permanently shutter the 86 Bcf capacity facility.

The latest bid by Tres Palacios Gas Storage (TPGS) to reduce the FERC-certificated capacity at its underground natural gas storage facility on the Gulf Coast has drawn protests from Riverway Storage Holdings LLC and Underground Services Markham (USM), which opposed the company’s last attempt to reduce its capacity.

The U.S. Deptartment of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected Pennsylvania State University to lead a six-year, $20 million project that will bring together eight other universities to research and advance the more efficient and clean use of fossil fuels, including shale oil and natural gas.

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) veterans Martin Houston and Charif Souki have applied at FERC to begin the pre-filing review of the first Gulf Coast terminal project of a venture they founded earlier this year.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) on Thursday delayed until the end of this month a decision on a regulatory judge’s proposed rejection of longstanding plans for a $600 million large-diameter natural gas transmission pipeline link in Southern California Gas Co.’s (SoCalGas) system.

A combination of coal-fired power plant retirements and increasing production from the Marcellus and Utica shales has led to the approval of more than 30 natural gas-fired power plants in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia alone over the last five years, according to data obtained by NGI from state agencies.

The U.S. Deptartment of Energy’s National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected Pennsylvania State University to lead a six-year, $20 million project that will bring together eight other universities to research and advance the more efficient and clean use of fossil fuels, including shale oil and natural gas.