Oil and Natural Gas

NARUC announces new study on liquified natural gas

Published on March 13, 2018 by Kevin Randolph

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) recently announced that it will produce a new report focused on liquified natural gas (LNG) and the United State’s role in the LNG market. New York Commissioner and Gas Committee Chair Diane X. Burman and Chair of the Staff Su... Read More »

INGAA asks Trump Administration to exempt pipeline products from steel tariffs

Published on March 13, 2018 by Kevin Randolph

The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) recently urged the Trump Administration to exempt steel products used to build natural gas transmission pipelines We believe the steel products used to build interstate pipeline infrastructure meet the two, independent criteria on which t... Read More »

Pennsylvania PUC issues emergency order to suspend operation of Mariner East 1 pipeline

Published on March 09, 2018 by Kevin Randolph

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) issued Wednesday an Emergency Order directing Sunoco Pipeline L.P., also known as Energy Transfer Partners (Sunoco), to suspend operations of the Mariner East 1 Pipeline (ME1). The order also requires Sunoco to conduct additional testing and analys... Read More »

NARUC appoints co-vice chairs to its Gas Committee

Published on March 09, 2018 by Dave Kovaleski

The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) appointed two individuals to serve as co-vice chairs of its Committee on Gas. Mississippi Public Service Commission Chair Brandon Presley and North Dakota Public Service Commission Commissioner Julie Fedorchak were named co-vice... Read More »

House Environment Subcommittee discusses future of fuel, vehicle industries

Published on March 09, 2018 by Chris Galford

In a hearing this week, the House Environment Subcommittee listened to witness testimony on the potential facing transportation fuels and vehicles from a host of private and governmental figures alike. Subcommittee Chairman John Shimkus (R-IL) called attention to the changing pace of evolution--s... Read More »

Senators call for extension of comment deadline for offshore drilling plan

Published on March 07, 2018 by Aaron Martin

Twenty-three senators called on Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke for a 60-day extension of the comment period for Draft Proposed Program of the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program for 2019-2024 on Monday. U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natur... Read More »

Cheniere Energy sends first U.S. liquid natural gas exports to India

Published on March 07, 2018 by Kevin Randolph

Cheniere Energy Inc. sent on Monday its first shipment of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) to India through the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Louisiana. Cheniere, which is based in Houston, signed a 20-year deal with GAIL India Ltd., to supply the company 3.5 million metric tons of LNG/annually. Th... Read More »

Utilities seek regulatory certainty in management of coal ash

Published on March 06, 2018 by Bill Yingling

As coal power producers comply with federal Obama-era groundwater monitoring rules at coal ash disposal sites, the Trump administration has announced plans to let states regulate these facilities much like municipal trash landfills. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently announced a se... Read More »

EIA says natural gas will remain most consumed fuel in industrial sector

Published on March 02, 2018 by Kevin Randolph

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Thursday that it expects natural gas to remain the most consumed fuel in the U.S. industrial sector with a 40 percent increase in consumption from 2017 to 2050, based on data from its Annual Energy Outlook 2018 (AEO2018) Reference case. EIA da... Read More »

EIA details contract types for natural gas purchases

Published on February 28, 2018 by Kevin Randolph

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) issued a press release recently outlining the types of contracts that natural gas plants use to fulfill their fuel requirements. The majority of natural gas plants in the continental United States use firm contracts that require the producer and p... Read More »