Regulatory

U.S. to Assume Leadership of International Gas Union

The United States will assume the presidency of the International Gas Union (IGU) on Friday at the 26th World Gas Conference in Paris and will lead the worldwide non-profit organization for the next three years.

June 5, 2015

British Columbia Changes GHG Regs to Push NatGas Transportation

The British Columbia provincial government on Wednesday made changes to its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction regulations to encourage increased use of natural gas vehicles (NGV) and marine vessels. Canadian utilities operating in BC now will be able to offer more incentives to fleet operators to switch to NGVs.

June 5, 2015
EPA Finds No Overall Drinking Water Problems From Fracking

EPA Finds No Overall Drinking Water Problems From Fracking

A draft assessment of the potential impacts on drinking water from hydraulic fracturing (fracking), released Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said the agency has found no systemic impacts on drinking water, but it cautioned that there still are risks.

June 4, 2015
Granite State Should Grit It Out Alone For Pipeline Capacity, TGP Says

Granite State Should Grit It Out Alone For Pipeline Capacity, TGP Says

If necessary, New Hampshire should go it alone to secure natural gas pipeline capacity to feed power generators and combat high costs for heat and electricity, rather than wait for other New England states to act in concert, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC (TGP) told the state’s Public Utilities Commission.

June 4, 2015

Tennessee’s NED Loses Two Legs as Laterals Dropped

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC (TGP) has downsized its Northeast Energy Direct (NED) Project to serve New England, striking from the project two pipeline laterals as well as previously planned modifications at three meter stations.

June 4, 2015
No Overall Drinking Water Problems From Fracking, EPA Says

No Overall Drinking Water Problems From Fracking, EPA Says

A draft assessment of the potential impacts on drinking water from hydraulic fracturing (fracking), released Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), said the agency has found no systemic impacts on drinking water, but it cautioned that there still are risks.

June 4, 2015
Granite State Should Grit It Out Alone For Pipeline Capacity, TGP Says

Granite State Should Grit It Out Alone For Pipeline Capacity, TGP Says

If necessary, New Hampshire should go it alone to secure natural gas pipeline capacity to feed power generators and combat high costs for heat and electricity, rather than wait for other New England states to act in concert, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC (TGP) told the state's Public Utilities Commission.

June 4, 2015

Tennessee’s NED Loses Two Legs as Laterals Dropped

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. LLC (TGP) has downsized its Northeast Energy Direct (NED) Project to serve New England, striking from the project two pipeline laterals as well as previously planned modifications at three meter stations.

June 4, 2015

Florida LNG Project Consortium Makes FERC Filing

Eagle LNG Partners has submitted a dozen draft resource reports to FERC that move it closer to final federal approval for plans to build and operate a small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facility in Jacksonville, FL.

June 3, 2015
Cove Point LNG Foes Go to Court, Again

Cove Point LNG Foes Go to Court, Again

Environmental groups Monday evening filed a motion at the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, DC, to stop construction of the Dominion Cove Point…

June 3, 2015