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Gas Industry News - September 2006 

 

Natural Gas Fueled Buses Hit DC Streets

Natural Gas Pipeline Proposed to Link U.S. and Canada

Dominion Resources Taps CTSi for Plastic Pipe Joining

TSJC Forms Courses for Natural Gas Jobs

Liquefied Natural Gas & America’s Future

Columbia Gas Expands Quality Control Inspections

Diary Farmer Begins Turning Manure Into Natural Gas

LNG Industry Defends Offshore Project Technology

Gas Industry News - March 2007 (full newsletter)

Gas Industry News - December 2006

 

Congress Departs for Thanksgiving Break—Lame Duck Session Will Continue in December

PG County Rehabilitation Project Ahead of Schedule

Integrity Management Guidance Moves Closer to Completion

Mergers are Off

This Little Honda is a Natural Gas

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

No More Natural Gas Drilling

Iowa Project will Sell Gas from Manure to Northern Natural Gas

Celebrities Protest Natural Gas Facility Proposed for Malibu

Brookdale Will Offer Program for Utility Workers

Ashbury Park Presses, January 10, 2207

Brookdale Community College officials are working with

FirstEnergy Corp., parent of Jersey Central Power & Light Co.,

to help meet the need for new line installers… (full story)

 

Natural Gas Drilling Planned in Mall Parking Lot

CBS 11 News, January 26, 2007

FORT WORTH - For the first time in the City of Fort Worth, owners of a shopping center plan to drill for natural gas in the business parking lot… (full story)

 

PG&E Part of Climate-Change Solution

Tom King, January 21, 2007

Thursday, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger officially signed into effect the world's first low-carbon fuel standard, once again positioning California as a leader in addressing climate change… (full story)

 

PUC Bans Energy Buys from Heavy Polluters

ContraCostaTimes.com, January 26, 2007

SAN FRANCISCO - California utility regulators banned power companies Thursday from buying electricity from high-polluting energy sources, including most out-of-state coal plants, to curb global warming… (full story)

 

Security Breach at an LNG Facility

CTSi, Ijaz Mahboob

PHMSA has issued an advisory bulletin reminding the operators of exercising vigilance in providing security at LNG facilities.  PHMSA’s pipeline safety regulations require that operators implement security measures that deter intruders at LNG terminals, facilities and peak-shaving plants… (full story) 

 

GE, AES Target Greenhouse Gas

Bloomberg News, January 17, 2007

General Electric Co. and AES Corp. said Tuesday they plan to build methane-burning power plants in the United States that will cut 10 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions annually by 2010… (full story)

 

Girl’s Persistence Recognized

Nevada Appeal, January 21, 2007

January 18, 2007 was a big day for Keira Gray, a 12-year-old from Carson City and in the sixth grade at Carson Middle School.

Keira's family watched as she was recognized by the Board of Supervisors for bringing attention to a life-threatening natural gas leak in their neighborhood… (full story)

 

Advisory for Dominion’s Contractors

CTSi, Ijaz Mahbooob

Dominion Delivery companies (Dominion Peoples, Dominion East Ohio and Dominion Hope) are implementing the PPI TR-33 Generic Butt fusion procedures, effective January 9, 2007… (full story)

 

Home Farms is Proceeding with Innovative Project in Minnesota

West Central Tribune, January 20, 2007

MONTEVIDEO — Municipal solid waste, most of it collected in the Twin Cities, will become the fuel to power operations at the Central Bi-Products plant near Redwood Falls… (full story)

 

Additional stories not included in the March 2007 Newsletter

 

Anaerobic Digesters May Be Used to Produce Natural Gas

AgriNews, January 23, 2007

Anaerobic digesters on dairy farms are most commonly used to generate electricity but Roseville engineer Cecil Massie suggests a more economic use -- natural gas… (full story)

 

Geothermal Heat Mining Promises Abundant, Cheap Energy

Environmental News Service, January 22, 2007

Mining the heat that resides as stored energy in the Earth's hard rock crust beneath the United States could supply a substantial portion of the electricity the country will need in the future... (full story)

 

FERC Seeks Comment on Standards of Conduct Regulations

FERC.gov, January 18, 2007

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today proposed to adopt permanent standards of conduct regulations that will govern the relationship between natural gas transmission providers and their energy affiliates… (full story)

 

AOGCC to Review Gas Flaring Regs

Petroleum News, January 19, 2007

The Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission is beginning work on revising its regulations on gas disposition - how oil and gas field operators account for and report natural gas which is flared or vented or used in pilot lights and other field uses, and when such gas use is waste… (full story)