The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a final Environmental Impact Statement for the Driftwood LNG (liquefied natural gas) facility and pipeline project near Lake Charles, Louisiana.
The Driftwood project, which includes a 96-mile pipeline, would export 27.6 million tons of LNG annuall... Read More »
Tallgrass Energy and Kinder Morgan struck a deal that will increase crude oil capacity at facilities in the Western United States.
As part of the deal, Tallgrass Energy would convert portions of its Pony Express Pipeline System to crude oil service, while Kinder Morgan would do the same with por... Read More »
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia (PSC) signed Monday a modified Infrastructure Replacement and Expansion Plan (IREP) for Mountaineer Gas Company.
The IREP uses a surcharge, which was authorized by the Legislature in 2015 by passage of Senate Bill 390, for the expedited cost recover... Read More »
El Paso Electric will generate 50 additional megawatts (MW) of capacity by 2022 and 320 MW by 2023 for a total of 370 MW.
The energy mix will include solar, battery storage, and natural gas. Specifically, following the issuance of a Request for Proposals (RFP), the company purchased 200 megawat... Read More »
The American Petroleum Institute's (API) fourth-quarter 2018 Quarterly Well Completion Report recently reported that America is continuing to gain ground as the world leader in natural gas and oil production.
“The data for the fourth quarter report confirm the rise in natural gas and oil well c... Read More »
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission (PUC) recently accepted Avista Utilities’ 2018 natural gas Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which outlines how the company plans to meet meeting customer demand over the next 20 years.
Avista is required to file a natural gas IRP with the Idaho PUC every ot... Read More »
U.S. natural gas consumption is expected to increase slightly through 2020, according to the Energy Information Administration's 2019 Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).
The outlook expects several natural gas market trends to continue into 2019 and 2020, including relatively stable Henry Hub natur... Read More »
Occupational injuries and illness in the natural gas and oil industry are declining, according to a new report from the American Petroleum Institute (API).
API’s Workplace Safety Report showed that injuries are down and occur at a lower rate than the other comparable industries.
“Safety... Read More »
Brent crude oil will average $61 per barrel in 2019 and $65 per barrel in 2020, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
This is an increase from the end of 2018, but it is still lower than the 2018 average of $71/b.
U.S. regular retail gasoline prices will follow change... Read More »
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) continuous emissions monitoring system (CEMS) recently reported that natural gas power plant operations in New England and New York vary in certain situations, such as cold weather.
The assessment determined weather plays a significant role in electri... Read More »