Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff said this week that small modular reactors would not need large emergency planning zones (EPZs), stating instead that EPZs can feasibly be scaled down for small modular reactors.
The NRC staff made the preliminary finding public in its advanced safety ev... Read More »
Natural gas exports to Mexico by pipeline surpassed 5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) for the first time in July, following the commissioning of several pipelines in Mexico, according to data compiled by Genscape.
Natural gas pipeline exports averaged 4.4 Bcf/d through the first five months o... Read More »
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) obtained SAFETY Act liability protections from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security for the deployment of security measures designed to detect, deter, and recover from acts of terrorism.
The New Jersey-based company is the first public utility i... Read More »
American Petroleum Institute (API) officials maintain Section 301 natural gas and oil tariffs have had a counterproductive impact on those industries.
“The U.S. is leading the world in the production and refining of natural gas and oil which is boosting our economy, keeping energy affordable ... Read More »
American Electric Power (AEP) recently announced the appointment of Peggy Simmons and Stuart Solomon to executive posts within the company.
Simmons has been appointed to the role of president and chief operating officer of AEP’s Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) while Solomon is AEP’s ne... Read More »
Researchers at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) are conducting a comprehensive analysis of recorded seismic activity to improve predictions of stimulated reservoir volume (SRV) for shale gas wells.
In particular, the researchers are recording and analyzing low-frequency seismic ev... Read More »
The U.S. port district of Houston-Galveston in Texas became a net exporter of crude oil for the first time on record in April and exports continued to increase in comparison to imports in May, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
April crude oil exports from Houston-Galveston... Read More »
Coal inventories for the U.S. electric power sector are expected to remain low through 2019, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s August Short-Term Energy Outlook.
The report forecasted that coal stockpiles would continue to decrease through 2018 and remain low through 2019... Read More »
The United States set a record for the production of natural gas liquids (NGL) in July, producing 4.4 million barrels per day (mb/d), according to data from the American Petroleum Institute (API).
The United States also tied the record for crude oil production at 10.7 mb/d last month.
“With ... Read More »
More than 20 projects across the state of Massachusetts and from a wide variety of industry sectors have received more than $20 million in grants for providing energy storage solutions.
During a Clean Energy States Alliance webinar on Thursday, Aug. 9, representatives from the Massachusetts Clean... Read More »