Infrastructure

A massive production optimization project is under way by General Electric’s (GE) Intelligent Platforms Software that eventually would connect 4,000 of BP plc’s wells around the world.

The six participating planning authorities of the Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative (EIPC) — ISO New England, New York ISO, Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator, Midcontinent ISO, PJM Interconnection and the Tennessee Valley Authority — have completed a natural gas-electric system interface study as part of a planning effort funded by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

A coalition of environmental groups in the Pacific Northwest has filed a request for summary judgment in a Washington state superior court, seeking to block a Port of Seattle lease to a Royal Dutch Shell plc affiliate for the company's offshore drilling fleet, which would be used in Alaska.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) last Tuesday approved a $373 million investment strategy for funding advanced technology in fiscal year 2015-2016, ranging from clean fuel heavy-duty trucks and buses to consumer rebates for low- and zero-emission passenger vehicles.

All necessary permits will "shortly" be received to construct jumbo pipelines to launch liquefied natural gas (LNG) from British Columbia (BC) onto global markets, TransCanada Corp. CFO Don Marchand predicted Tuesday.

A coalition of environmental groups in the Pacific Northwest has filed a request for summary judgment in a Washington state superior court, seeking to block a Port of Seattle lease to a Royal Dutch Shell plc affiliate for the company’s offshore drilling fleet, which would be used in Alaska.

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) last Tuesday approved a $373 million investment strategy for funding advanced technology in fiscal year 2015-2016, ranging from clean fuel heavy-duty trucks and buses to consumer rebates for low- and zero-emission passenger vehicles.

All necessary permits will “shortly” be received to construct jumbo pipelines to launch liquefied natural gas (LNG) from British Columbia (BC) onto global markets, TransCanada Corp. CFO Don Marchand predicted Tuesday.

FERC staff will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) for Tennessee Gas Pipeline's (TGP) proposed Northeast Energy Direct (NED) project.