A new gas-gathering rule that has been issued by the US Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration will soon expand oversight to all onshore gas-gathering pipelines, including about 425,000 miles of lines that had not previously been documented in annual reporting.
As an ever-increasing amount of gas is extracted and carried through pipelines, along come more reports of serious pipeline incidents. A new gas-gathering rule that has been issued by the US Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) will soon expand oversight to all onshore gas-gathering pipelines. The goal: To make all processes associated with pipelines safer. The new rule includes about 425,000 miles of lines that had not previously been documented in annual reporting...Click here for the rest.
As of January 2021, the United States had almost 200 gigawatts (GW) of electric generating capacity that could functionally switch fuels, or about 18% of the total 1,116 GW of utility-scale electric generating capacity. About two-thirds, or 745 GW, of all utility-scale generating capacity involved technologies that could potentially use multiple energy sources, such as combustion turbines and steam turbines, as opposed to 371 GW of capacity that are single-source technologies such as wind turbines, hydroelectric dams, and nuclear reactors.
The option to switch to other energy sources when one source becomes limited...Read More>>>
Oil and natural gas production from wells in eastern Ohio’s Utica-Point Pleasant and Pennsylvania’s Marcellus shale is expected to climb in May, according to the latest data from the U.S. Energy Information Agency.
According to EIA’s Drilling Productivity Report released April 18, the Utica-Point Pleasant and Marcellus region – collectively referred to as Appalachia – is projected to step up oil production by 3,000 barrels per day and increase natural gas output by...Read More>>>
U.S. natural gas surged to the highest level in nearly 14 years as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine wreaks havoc on global energy markets.
Henry Hub prices jumped more than 9% at one point to a session high of $8.169 per million British thermal units (MMBtu) during morning trading on Wall Street, the highest level since September 2008.
The contract later pulled back from its high, ending the day at $7.954 per MMBtu for a gain of 6.4%...Read More>>>
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