Con Edison is installing smart natural gas detectors for some of its customers that can detect gas leaks early and quickly notify emergency responders.
These smart gas detectors will sound an alarm if it detects a gas leak and then will communicate directly with Con Edison’s Gas Emergency Respo... Read More »
The American Gas Association (AGA) today released a guide for natural gas utilities to help avoid over-pressurization in a natural gas system.
The report, titled “Leading Practices to Reduce the Possibility of an Over-Pressurization Event,” was developed with input from stakeholders and exper... Read More »
Nicor Gas, which provides gas service in Illinois, is retiring its last cast iron gas pipeline as it completed a project to replace and update its gas lines.
The completion of this project was marked by a celebration with local officials at its headquarters in Naperville, Ill. Cast iron mains ar... Read More »
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) recently praised a bill designed to establish a national carbon tax, which would reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a lower cost.
Whitehouse, a senior member of the Environment and Public Works Committee, said the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act would ena... Read More »
The Department of Interior’s Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement maintains a series of new projects will reverse the nearly 20-year trend of natural gas production in the Federal Gulf of Mexico (GOM) declining.
Officials said 10 new natural gas production fields are expected to star... Read More »
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently said that it would invest approximately $1.36 million to extend a research project with Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and Schlumberger into using the natural gas produced from a well to create a foam to serve as the base hydraulic fracturing fluid.
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While the share of oil and natural gas production on federal lands has dropped since 2009, production has skyrocketed on private and state lands, according to a report from the Congressional Research Service (CRS).
Oil production on private and state lands in 2017 was 108 percent higher than in ... Read More »
The Wyoming Public Service Commission (PSC) recently approved a certificate of public convenience and necessity for Black Hills Corp. to construct a $54 million, 35-mile natural gas pipeline to enhance service for approximately 57,000 customers in central Wyoming.
“This pipeline continues our l... Read More »
To ensure the safety of the natural gas distribution system in Massachusetts, the Northeast Gas Association (NGA) plans to adopt a Pipeline Safety Management System.
The adopted system is a recommended best practice by the American Petroleum Institute that was first developed in 2010. It is, howe... Read More »
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted Eagle LNG a favorable review of its draft environmental impact statement (DEIS), enabling the company to proceed with the Jacksonville Export Project.
Approval of the environmental impact statement draft continues Eagle LNG’s success i... Read More »