A recent analysis from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reported that the bomb cyclone weather event in January caused record levels of U.S. natural gas demand and increased wholesale natural gas and power prices across the country.
The increased demand led to a constrained natur... Read More »
With the total share of electricity generated by natural gas-fired power plants expected to average 33 percent in 2018 and 34 percent in 2019, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that natural gas will hold its lead as the top supplier of electricity in the United States over th... Read More »
The House Natural Resources Committee probed how issues with offshore seismic research permitting can hinder oil and natural gas development on the outer continental shelf during a subcommittee hearing on Friday.
The federal permitting process for geological and geophysical (G&G) surveying that ... Read More »
The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy recently held a hearing examining three bills that would address liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports and the Public Utility and Regulatory Policy Act (PURPA) of 1978.
The Unlocking our Domestic LNG Potential Act, H.R. 4605, would remove reg... Read More »
New England faces the possibility of electricity shortages by the winter of 2024-25 — with the potential for rolling blackouts — unless energy providers secure enough fuel and backup capacity to maintain reliability during peak periods, according to a recent study by the region’s electric syst... Read More »
In 2017, natural gas spot prices at the national benchmark Henry Hub in Louisiana averaged $3.01 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), approximately 50 cents per MMBtu higher than in 2016, according to U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data.
The higher 2017 prices contributed to d... Read More »
A new contract has been reached between Michigan Technological University and the State of Michigan that will see a team of public and private university staff led by Dr. Guy Meadows conduct a risk analysis of Enbridge’s Line 5.
The controversial pipeline, which runs through the Straits of Mack... Read More »
U.S. Williams Partners L.P. recently announced that it delivered a new one-day record of 15.58 million dekatherms (MMdt) of natural gas on its Transco interstate gas pipeline on Jan. 5.
The previous one-day high was set on Jan. 1. The Transco system, which carries natural gas from South Texas to ... Read More »
Following its multi-billion dollar acquisition of Veresen Inc. last year, Pembina Pipeline Corp. recently announced new senior management appointments and changes to its management structure.
Earlier this month, the company named Jason Wiun the senior vice president and chief operating officer o... Read More »
When responses start flowing in soon to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) addressing its new proceeding on resiliency of the bulk power system in the areas operated by Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (ISOs), the five members of the independen... Read More »