Regulatory

FERC staff will prepare an environmental assessment for Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC’s (NGPL) Chicago Market Expansion Project, the Commission said in a notice.

House lawmakers blasted the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) for failing to implement all sections of a pipeline safety law enacted in 2011. They said two recent oil spills in California and Illinois illustrate the urgency the agency faces for enacting the remaining parts of the law.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has voted unanimously to approve distribution system improvement charges (DSIC) that would allow two UGI Corp. subsidiaries to recover costs from customers under their long-term infrastructure improvement plans.

The express pipeline into the United States for Canadian liquids-rich natural gas won approval Thursday for a service overhaul that already shows signs of keeping the route running at full capacity.

The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced a proposed rulemaking to expand the use of excess flow valves for natural gas distribution lines.

Redeeming senior notes too early and without adequate notice cost Chesapeake Energy Corp. dearly after it was ordered on Friday to pay almost $380 million for improperly redeeming $1.3 billion in bonds.

A clean fuels engineering dream to produce a commercial-scale synthetic gas (syngas) from petroleum waste products and capture carbon in the heart of California’s oilfields remains far from a reality after state energy officials Tuesday agreed to suspend the project for six months.

The express pipeline into the United States for Canadian liquids-rich natural gas won approval Thursday for a service overhaul that already shows signs…

The Department of Transportation's (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) announced a proposed rulemaking to expand the use of excess flow valves for natural gas distribution lines.