On a day in which Gov. Jerry Brown delivered his state-of-the-state address with no mention of energy or regulations, California’s agency overseeing oil and natural gas on Thursday released draft rules covering the use of water, steam and underground storage in oil/gas activities.
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NGV Engine Firm Gets Private Equity Boost
Vancouver, BC-based Westport Innovations recently secured $71.3 million in financing from New York City-based Cartesian Capital Group. Cartesian founder and Managing Partner Peter Yu will join the Westport board.
USFS Rejects Atlantic Coast’s Planned Route Through National Forests
The U.S. Forest Service (USFS) on Tuesday denied Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC’s (ACP) special use permit application to cross the Monongahela and George Washington national forests in West Virginia and Virginia as described in the pipeline’s proposed route.
Kinder Cuts Planned Spending After 4Q Loss
Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) Wednesday retrenched again in the face of weak commodity prices, cutting spending plans while it emphasizes self-funded growth through only the highest-return projects. A $1.15 billion impairment drove the fourth quarter to a net loss of $637 million compared with net profit of $126 million in the year-ago quarter.
NatGas Harder to Compete for California Alternative Fuel Grants
Natural gas used in transportation is facing an uphill battle competing for funds in California’s $100 million annual alternative/renewable vehicle grant program, according to a revised staff report at the California Energy Commission (CEC), which administers the six-year-old program.
Environmental Groups Allege FERC Bias, Call For GAO Probe
A coalition of 165 environmental groups, led by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, have asked Sens. Bernie Sanders (D-VT) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to launch an investigation into FERC, alleging that the commission is biased toward pipeline companies.
GPA Comments on Proposed Updates to Pipeline Safety Rules
New safety regulations for hazardous liquid pipelines proposed by the Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) would cost more than regulators’ estimate, according to comments filed late last week by the Gas Processors Association (GPA).
SoCalGas Says Storage Well Leak Will be Plugged Sooner Than Expected
Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) unit reported Monday that it expects to stop the nearly three-month-old natural gas storage well leak at its Aliso Canyon underground facility “by late February, if not sooner.”
Criminal Case Against PG&E Pipe Blast Cites Recordkeeping Problems
Federal prosecutors in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of California have submitted testimony in its criminal case against Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E), alleging that shoddy recordkeeping contributed to a 2010 natural gas pipeline rupture and explosion that killed eight people in San Bruno, a suburb south of San Francisco.
First Sabine Pass Cargo Delayed Until Late February, Early March
The Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal will ship its first cargo later than initially thought, according to an announcement Thursday by Cheniere Energy Partners LP.