Articles by Joe Fisher

Two Transco Projects Expand Service to Eastern Points

Williams' Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC (Transco) recently began service on two expansions along the eastern seaboard: the Northeast Connector Project and partially on the Virginia Southside Expansion Project. Read More

Texas Fracking Case Draws National Environmental Groups

Denton, TX, anti-frackers are marshaling forces to defend the city's voter-approved and recently enacted ban on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) against a challenge by the oil and gas industry as well as a Texas state agency. Read More

Marcellus Masala: Supply Deal to Send Gas to India Via Cove Point

WGL Midstream has struck a deal to sell up to 430,000 Dth/d of natural gas to GAIL Global (USA) LNG LLC (GGULL) for 20 years. The gas is to be liquefied and exported from the Dominion Cove Point LNG terminal, where GAIL holds capacity, to supply markets in India. Read More

California Producer, Partners Considering West Coast LNG Terminal

Australian Oil Co. Ltd. is leading a newly formed joint venture pursuing the development of a liquefied natural gas export terminal... Read More

Industry Brief

Industry Brief

Texas to Require Pipelines 'Swear' to Common Carrier Status

Pipeline companies operating in Texas will soon have to swear that they are common carriers and provide supporting documents in order to obtain the "common carrier" classification, which confers condemnation authority, according to a rule change at the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC). Read More

Florida Utility Has No Business in Shale Gas Patch, Consumers Say

The shale gas patch is too risky a place for an electric utility to be dabbling with ratepayer money, public interest lawyers and industrial power consumers told Florida regulators considering Florida Power & Light Co.'s (FPL) proposal to take a stake in Oklahoma's Woodford Shale. Read More

EIA Foresees More Than 8 Bcf/d of Northeast Bidirectional Capacity

The natural gas pipeline industry's response to booming Northeast production is well under way as up to 8.3 Bcf/d of existing capacity into the Northeast... Read More

Consider Foreign GHG Emissions From U.S. LNG Exports, EPA Tells FERC

The Region 6 office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is still not satisfied with FERC's review of the Corpus Christi Liquefaction LLC export terminal and associated pipeline in Texas. Read More