Articles by Richard Nemec

LA City Muni Outlines Plan to Drop Coal, Add Gas

In the first of a series of public meetings Tuesday night, the nation's largest municipal utility, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, unveiled an updated integrated resource plan calling for eliminating its use of coal-fired generation by 2026 and nearly doubling its current use of natural gas-fired power supplies. Read More

More Gas Generation, Low Gas Prices in PGE's Future, CEO Says

Portland General Electric (PGE) has more than a billion dollars worth of new generation coming to fruition in the next two years, and $750 million is tied up in two new natural gas-fired plants, according to PGE CEO Jim Piro. Read More

No Quick Fix for CPUC Gas Cases, PG&E CEO Says

Pacific Gas and Electric Co.'s (PG&E) regulatory and legal woes will not be over anytime soon, and in the meantime the combination utility continues to push back against what it considers excessive penalties proposed by state regulators, CEO Tony Earley said Tuesday. Read More

Rocks Are Only Part of What Sets Monterey Shale Apart, Operators Say

Today's fast-advancing technology for well design, drilling and completion on other shale plays, are not applicable to California's Monterey Shale... Read More

North Dakota Expects More Action on Methane Emissions

In tandem with natural gas flaring, methane emissions promise to be a growing issue for North Dakota state officials and the oil and gas industry, the head of the state environmental health section in the Department of Health told NGI'sShale Daily on Monday. Read More

Independent Eyes More Drilling in Northern California

San Diego-based Royale Energy Inc., a small independent with some big plans for Alaska's North Slope shale plays, is launching a drilling program in the Sacramento Basin dry natural gas fields, following a successful well in Tehama County, 130 miles north of the state capital. Read More

Northern Border Seeks Interest in Bakken Lateral in North Dakota

Northern Border Pipeline Co. is testing the shipper interest in a proposed 16-inch diameter, 295 MMcf/d capacity pipeline lateral from the newly expanded Hess Corp. Tioga natural gas processing plant in northwest North Dakota. It is conducting an open season through Nov. 26. Read More

Monterey Shale Dreams Clash With Public Policy Drives

Despite greatly reduced federal predictions for recoverable resources, California's Monterey Shale will eventually live up to all of its previous hype unless public policy stops its full development, an official with the Western States Petroleum Association told an industry gathering in Bakersfield on Tuesday. Read More

Five-Year Outlook: North Dakota Oil Production to Grow Steadily

On average, North Dakota oil production, which surged past the 1 million b/d mark earlier this year, will continue to grow steadily at a rate of about 18,000 b/d each month through 2019, according to a study completed in September for the state legislature. Read More

$126B in Colorado Oil, Gas Economic Benefits Outlined in Study

Economic benefits from Colorado's upstream and midstream oil and natural gas industry totaled $126 billion between 2008 and 2012, according to a study highlighted Thursday by the University of Colorado's Leeds School of Business. Read More