Former Secretary of Transportation and U.S. Congressman
Ray LaHood was named chair of NiSource’s Quality Review Board.
The Quality Review Board is a new independent
body formed to provide oversight and governance over the company's
implementation of Safety Management Systems (SMS) throughout t... Read More »
A recently released Energy Information Administration (EIA) analysis found that natural gas production reached record levels last year.
The EIA’s Monthly Crude Oil, Lease Condensate, and Natural Gas Production Report revealed natural gas production grew by 10 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d)... Read More »
The American Petroleum Institute (API) is supporting a pair of recent actions boosting liquefied natural gas (LNG) initiatives.
API officials are espousing the benefits of the Department of Energy’s (DOE) non-Free Trade Agreement export authorization for Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass LNG e... Read More »
The latest annual report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) predicts that in the next five years, the United States will overtake Russia and draw closer to Saudi Arabia’s oil export figures, thanks in large part to the shale industry.
It is the culmination of less than 10 years of shif... Read More »
A new report by Rystad Energy projects that the United
States is set to become the world’s largest exporter of oil, natural gas
liquids, and petroleum products.
The report estimates that the United States will surpass
Saudi Arabia and Russia by the third quarter of this year in overall export... Read More »
Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) technology can
provide a cost-effective, quick, and precise way to determine the elemental
composition of shales, a new study by the national Energy Technology laboratory
(NETL) found.
LIBS is an analytical technique that can be used to detect
concent... Read More »
The Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2019 maintains most electricity generating capacity additions installed through 2050 will be natural gas combined-cycle and solar photovoltaic (PV).
The projection calculates two measures that, combined, provide an intuitive fr... Read More »
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
submitted to California regulators its final Pipeline Safety Enhancement Plan
(PSEP), which details its efforts to implement enhancements to its natural gas
transmission pipeline system.
PG&E first submitted its proposed plan to the
California Publ... Read More »
ExxonMobil has altered its Permian Basin growth plans to reflect the production of more than one million oil-equivalent barrels per day by as early as 2024.
The change represents an increase of nearly 80 percent and a significant acceleration of value. Anticipated increase in production will be ... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued an order
this week authorizing Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC to export liquefied
natural gas (LNG) from a facility being built in Cameron Parish, La.
Per the order, Venture Global Calcasieu Pass will be
able to export up to 1.7 billion cubic feet ... Read More »