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North America Onshore Geological Risk Lower Than Ever, Says Baker CEO

No matter how volatile the global political scenario becomes for oil and gas markets, North America will remain in a more solid position because the unconventionals have provided operators with predictability that can't be found anywhere else in the world, Baker Hughes Inc.'s CEO said Thursday. Read More

Connecticut Heating Oil Group Sues Over NatGas Expansion

The Connecticut Energy Marketers Association (CEMA), which represents heating oil and gasoline dealers, filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) on Friday, accusing regulators of failing to assess environmental impacts from a plan to expand natural gas infrastructure in Connecticut. Read More

Maine’s Summit Natural Gas Overcoming Obstacles to Add Customers

A natural gas utility's plans to convert 3,000 homes and businesses in Maine to natural gas ran into a snag because many heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) contractors are unfamiliar with the options available to new natural gas customers. Read More

Kentucky Utilities Reverse Course on Proposed Gas-Fired Plant

Eight months after filing a request with the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) to build a $700 million natural gas-fired baseload combined-cycle (NGCC) and solar generation facility, Louisville Gas and Electric Co. (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU) have withdrawn the NGCC application, saying they will instead pursue a solar-only option. Read More

Low Prices Expected to Drive More Residential Gas Conversions

Analysts at U.S. Capital Advisors LLC (USCA) said utility stocks may have upside potential in the near future as the shale revolution continues, with more customers converting... Read More

Columbia, Dominion, Others Continue to Register Low Storage Levels

As it looks to replenish natural gas supplies on its system, Columbia Pipeline Group (CPG) said its current storage inventory is off by more than one-third compared with the same period last year. Meanwhile, some of its customers are taking advantage of lower gas prices by over-scheduling deliveries. Read More

Dispute Resolution Meeting Slated With Midla and Customers Over Proposed Pipeline Abandonment

An ongoing battle between American Midstream (Midla) Partners and its customers, including Atmos Energy Corp., over Midla’s petition to abandon its 88-year-old jurisdictional natural gas pipeline will be the subject of meetings May 29 and 30 conducted by FERC’s director of the Dispute Resolution Division (DRD). Read More

American Midstream to Abandon 88-Year-Old Midla Pipeline

American Midstream Partners LP said it has started decommissioning its Midla pipeline system in Louisiana and Mississippi after customers broke off negotiations over repairs to the 88-year-old system and the company received no response to an open season at the end of last year. Read More

Regulator Stations KO'd Gas Service to Thousands in Ohio Last Month

Pipeline executives told the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) on Wednesday that a loss of pressure at two regulator stations caused... Read More

Manitoba, Upper Midwest Supply Emergency Ends

Last weekend's natural gas supply emergency that gripped parts of the Canadian province Manitoba, as well as Minnesota, Wisconsin and North Dakota, was coming to an end Tuesday as TransCanada Pipeline crews continued working to repair sections of a Mainline lateral that were damaged by an explosion Saturday. Read More