Energy Update
US oil pipeline companies were calling their lawyers in Washington last week after regulators said a practice that has apparently become commonplace in the industry violates federal law.
(Tue, 05 Dec 2017) Coalâs share of total electricity generation in the South declined over the past decade, from 50% in 2006 to 29% in 2016. As the use of coal has declined, the use of natural gas has increased. In 2016, southern states used natural gas for 42% of their electricity generation, a bigger share than the U.S. average of 34%.
Cape Wind, the offshore wind project off the coast of Massachusetts that drew the ire of the Kennedy and Koch families, is officially dead. Energy Management Inc. has ceased efforts to build what was once expected to become the first offshore wind farm in the U.S., according to an emailed statement from Chief Executive Officer Jim Gordon.
Beach Energy has executed new gas sales agreements (GSAs) with Adelaide Brighton Cement, a wholly owned subsidiary of Adelaide Brighton, and Alinta Energy Retail Sales for the supply ex-Moomba of processed sales gas from Beach’s 100% owned Western Flank Cooper Basin gas acreage.
In September 2017, Arizona Public Service proposed a new product, reverse demand response (DR), that aims to balance system load with excess renewable generation. This is the latest example of using DR for renewables integration (DRRI).
(Mon, 04 Dec 2017) Shale gas production in the Appalachia region has increased rapidly since 2012, driving an overall increase in U.S. natural gas production. According to EIAâs <em>Drilling Productivity Report</em>, natural gas production in the Appalachia regionânamely the Marcellus and Utica shale playsâhas increased by more than 14 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) since 2012.
A joint venture comprising TechnipFMC, Samsung Engineering and Tecnicas Reunidas has bagged a $4.2bn worth contract from Bahrain Petroleum Company (Bapco) for the expansion and modernization of the Sitra Refinery in Bahrain.
JGC Corporation, in partnership with JGC Indonesia, a subsidiary of JGC Corporation, and PT Rekayasa Industri of Indonesia, has received an order for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) work for the construction of a gas processing plant in Bojonegoro, East Java Province, Indonesia.
ClearSign Combustion Corporation (ClearSign) has secured a purchase order from an Eastern Mediterranean/Middle East Refinery for six Duplex Plug and Play burners for multiple refinery process heaters.
Unifor, a union that represents 160 workers at Parkland Refinery has reached a three-year tentative agreement.
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