Public and private non-transit fleet operators now can compete for more than $10 million in state funding for the purchase of natural gas vehicles (NGV) under a program funded by the California Energy Commission (CEC).
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Berkshire Buys Precision Castparts, Adding to U.S. Energy Equipment Arsenal
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. has agreed to pay $37.2 billion for Precision Castparts Corp. (PCC), which makes equipment for, among other things, power plants and oil and gas companies.
August 10, 2015
Transco to Provide Natural Gas for Proposed Methanol Project in Louisiana
A natural gas transportation agreement with Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line (Transco) has been secured by a Chinese firm to begin construction of its first U.S. methanol manufacturing complex in St. James Parish, LA.
August 10, 2015
President Signs Law Giving Tax Help for LNG Used in Vehicles
Natural gas vehicle (NGV) advocates were delivered a long-sought tax change Monday in legislation signed by President Obama that includes a provision equalizing the impact of an excise tax on liquefied natural gas (LNG) used in transportation. The tax will be assessed on an energy equivalent basis with diesel fuel.
August 10, 2015
Costs Mount With Energy East Delays, Gas Distributors Say
Delays spell “considerable” cost hikes for the Energy East scheme, said natural gas distribution companies that are fighting bills generated by the proposed partial conversion of TransCanada Corp.’s national Mainline to oil service.
August 7, 2015
Alliance Pipeline Shut Temporarily to Clear ‘Sour’ Gas
Natural gas traffic stopped temporarily today on the Alliance Pipeline to Chicago from northern British Columbia and Alberta after a processing plant mistakenly let a poison impurity briefly flow into the export conduit (see related story).
August 7, 2015
Targa Expecting NatGas Gathering, Processing Volumes to Increase
Executives with Targa Resources Partners LP (NGLS) and general partner Targa Resources Corp. (TRGP), said that despite continuing low commodity prices, volumes at NGLS’s field gathering and processing (FG&P) segment for 2015 should grow 3-5% over 4Q2014. They also are considering restarting an idled cryogenic processing plant in Texas.
August 6, 2015
NatGas Bulls Barely Stirring Following Extra-Lean Storage Stats; Cash Slumps
Next-day physical natural gas prices lost no time high-tailing it south before the release of Energy Information Administration (EIA) storage figures Thursday.
August 6, 2015
Mexico Opportunities Growing for NatGas, Power Infrastructure, Says Sempra Exec
What’s not to like about the newly opened energy opportunities in Mexico? For Sempra Energy, the growth opportunities for natural gas today and power infrastructure tomorrow are expanding, the company said Tuesday.
August 5, 2015
New Mid-Range NGV Engine Offered by Cummins Westport
Promising cleaner operations and less maintenance, Vancouver, BC-based Cummins Westport Inc. introduced a new mid-range 6.7-liter dedicated natural gas vehicle (NGV) engine for use in traditional (Type C) school buses. It is now in field trials and will be in full production the middle of next year.
August 5, 2015
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