Infrastructure

El Paso Natural Gas Co. LLC (EPNG) has asked FERC to amend its presidential permit allowing natural gas exports at a U.S.-Mexico border crossing near Naco, AZ, in order to keep up with the times and increased volumes of gas moving to Mexico.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has approved key environmental permits for a 950 MW natural-gas fired power plant that for years Nebraska-based Tenaska has planned to build.

California regulators have approved a 20-year tolling agreement power contract between NRG Energy Inc. and Sempra Energy's San Diego Gas and Electric Co. (SDG&E), giving new life to NRG's long-stalled plans to repower its natural gas-fired generation plant in Carlsbad, CA.

Kinder Morgan Inc. has requested FERC approval to switch the natural gas price indexes it uses to calculate various charges, such as cashouts on Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America (NGPL) (RP15-997) mainly to the indexes published by Natural Gas Intelligence (NGI).

Three people who gained their fortunes through Koch Industries Inc., as well as the founders of Continental Resources Inc. and Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI), are among the wealthiest U.S. oil and gas tycoons, according to a ranking by Wealth-X.

Three people who gained their fortunes through Koch Industries Inc., as well as the founders of Continental Resources Inc. and Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI), are among the wealthiest U.S. oil and gas tycoons, according to a ranking by Wealth-X.

Connecticut Natural Gas Corp. (CNGC) has started construction of its largest project in 30 years: a 10-mile expansion of a natural gas main into the Town of East Hampton, CT.

FERC's Office of Energy Projects (OE) has placed in service and certificated significantly more natural gas projects during the first four months of 2015 than it did during the same period last year, the agency said.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) says the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed Clean Power Plan (CPP) could reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in the power generation sector 29-36% in 2030 from levels observed in 2005, depending upon a series of different scenarios, including one that relies heavily on oil and natural gas.