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N.Y. nuclear plants’ subsidy challenged by natgas users
Companies operating natural gas-fired power plants in New York are challenging a new state subsidy put in place to keep the state’s nuclear facilities online, Kallanish Energy learns. Earlier this ...
California pipeline proposal could be in trouble
The proposal to build a 65-mile natural gas pipeline through San Bernardino County, California, to Moreno Valley could be in trouble. Sempra Energy subsidiaries Southern California Gas ...
Could Western Pennsylvania get a second cracker plant?
Could western Pennsylvania be getting a second ethane cracker plant? That possibility surfaced at an Aug. 23 public meeting in Beaver County where Royal Dutch Shell has ...
FERC rejects N.Y. tree-cutting request re: Constitution line
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected a rehearing on unauthorized tree cutting associated with the $1 billion Constitution Pipeline in New York and Pennsylvania, Kallanish Energy ...
Iran’s oil production comeback could be over
Iran, which easily beat expectations for how fast it boosted crude oil exports after sanctions were lifted, now needs a massive cash injection and the easing of remaining trade barriers, ...
Arson destroys construction equipment on Dakota Access Pipeline
Federal and state agencies are investigating a $2 million fire suspected of being arson along the Dakota Access Pipeline in central Iowa, Kallanish Energy reports. The fire ...
Chile’s ENAP to explore shale gas with ConocoPhillips
Chile’s state-oil company, ENAP, signed an agreement with U.S. independent oil and gas firm ConocoPhillips to explore and potentially produce shale gas in the Magallanes region of ...
U.S. exporting shale gas to the Middle East
Since March of this year, the U.S. has been exporting liquefied natural gas, LNG, to a very unlikely region of the world: the Middle East. Two cargoes of LNG from ...
Nigerian militants claim new pipeline attack, threaten to sink tankers
The Nigerian militant group calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) claimed Thursday to have blown up a pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC), the first attack ...
Brazil to build more nuclear plants by 2050: report
Brazil’s mines and energy ministry is nearly finished with the country’s 2050 national energy plan (PNE), which will include the construction of new nuclear power plants, local newspaper Valor Econômico ...