Oil and Natural Gas
Report links Indiana’s climate, energy demand
A recently released report maintains Indiana's climate is key to residents energy demands, as well as its sources. According to the Indiana Climate Change Impacts Assessment, Indiana residents will heat homes and businesses less but rely more on air conditioning as Indiana’s climate warms, and... Read More »Natural gas-fired reciprocating engines increasingly being deployed to balance renewables, EIA says
Reciprocating internal combustion engines are increasingly being used in larger utility-scale power generation applications, especially where large amounts of electricity generation from intermittent sources such as wind and solar are used, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said rece... Read More »Entergy Texas breaks ground on first new power station in 40 years
Entergy Texas executives and local elected officials attended last week the groundbreaking of the new Montgomery County Power Station (MCPS) in Willis, Texas. The 993-megawatt combined cycle gas turbine plant is located to the existing Lewis Creek Power Plant in Willis. The facility will provid... Read More »Energy waste reduction programs in Michigan save energy and reduce costs, report finds
Energy waste reduction programs in Michigan have saved nearly 1.6 million megawatt hours of electricity and about 5.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas, according to the Michigan Public Service Commission. The commission’s annual report found that 64 electric companies spent a total of $220 mi... Read More »Natural gas proved reliable during polar vortex
The U.S. natural gas industry proved reliable and resilient during the polar vortex that put portions of the country into a deep freeze from Jan. 26 through Feb. 2. “Natural gas was reliably and safely delivered throughout the country to customers that surely needed it. The entire value chain... Read More »Credit: Dominion Energy
Dominion seeks to halve methane emissions in natgas infrastructure 10 years
Dominion Energy is pledging to reduce its methane emissions from its natural gas infrastructure by 50 percent by 2030, the Richmond, Va.-based utility said on Feb. 12. Dominion aims to reduce methane emissions by 50 percent of 2010 levels to an estimated total of about 430,000 metric tons. The co... Read More »Sen. Lisa Murkowski