Natural Gas News Archives

TransCanada Corp , a North America energy pipeline company expanding its power generation business, on Monday said it agreed to buy a large New York City power plant from British utility company National Grid ... via Globeinvestor.com

Opponents of the proposed Keystone oil pipeline, which would carry Alberta crude to U.S. markets, are appealing a decision to allow construction to start this spring. via Globe and Mail

Williams Gas Pipeline and Puget Sound Energy said they are evaluating the joint development of a 172-mile pipeline designed to carry Rocky Mountain supply from the proposed Sunstone Pipeline to major markets in ... via Platts

“There are not enough suppliers for all the regasification terminals [being planned] around the world.”

The partners in the planned $1-billion liquefied natural gas terminal in Gros-Cacouna, Que., are applying the brakes at the project, citing a lack of secure gas supply to feed the plant. via Globe and Mail

TQM Pipeline said Wednesday it has halted a $760-million pipeline project that aimed to link a liquefied natural gas terminal near Riviere-du-Loup, Que., on the St. via Globeinvestor.com

The project, which would take as many 12 years to build, would be sited on the Slave River and, TransCanada hopes, be able to power the province's oil sand operations, large cities and perhaps export markets. via Platts

“A very key part of that feasibility analysis (is) we are doing some work to understand the project itself, understand the stakeholders up in the region and people that would be impacted by it. We're in an early feasibility stage”

Energy and pipeline giant TransCanada Corp., along with ATCO Power Ltd., is eyeing the development of Alberta's last remaining major hydroelectric prospect, on the Slave River -- a potentially $5-billion ... via Calgary Herald

The rally in the banking sector helped the benchmark overcome earlier sharp declines, as it was dragged down by resource issues that were shaken by retreating commodity prices. via Globeinvestor.com

Arkansas's severance tax is unconscionably low, especially when compared to our bordering states. via Northwest Arkansas' News

“We are in what I would call an early-stage feasibility exercise”

TransCanada Corp is mulling development of a C$5 billion hydroelectric project on the Slave River in the remote reaches of northern Alberta, Alex Pourbaix, president of the power and pipeline company's energy ... via Sympatico Finance

“It increases U.S. market access to crude oil supplies from a stable and reliable trading partner”

The U.S. State Department has issued a permit to a Canadian company for a $5.2 billion pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada through seven states. via The Plainsman

“What I've proposed is that they get 12 sick days a year, one of those can be used as a personal day and they can accumulate up to 20.”

White County is going through an unprecedented economic boom as companies in the natural gas industry open offices and create jobs as they drill in the Fayetteville Shale play. via Arkansas Online

“The limitations will limit significantly the types of [LNG] that could be delivered into the Algonquin system, contrary to the goal of the Commission's policy of seeking to lower potential barriers to the expected increase in LNG imports”

"All Algonquin shippers, joined by the current and potential LNG suppliers that might reasonably deliver re-gasified LNG into Algonquin, support or do not oppose the Settlement Agreement," the LDCs said. via SNL Financial

“Everyone in our area is saying it's really the lesser of two evils”

Perez Hilton hosts a collection of the series' pop-culture parodies, including Bobby Lee's "Crazy" video and Will Sasso in "Kenny Rogers' Jackass." FLOOD STATEMENT Is a severance tax on natural gas needed in ... via FOX16.com

The US Department of State has issued a Presidential Permit to TransCanada Keystone Pipeline authorizing the construction, maintenance and operation of facilities at the United States and Canada border to ... via Green Car Congress

A Canadian company says the U.S. State Department has issued a permit for its $5.2 billion pipeline to transport crude oil from Canada through seven states. via KTIV-TV Sioux City

“Sunstone and GTN provide efficient, continued access to Western Canada Sedimentary Basin gas supply in addition to new access to growing Rocky Mountain production.”

TransCanada Corp. and U.S.-based natural gas company Williams are proposing to jointly develop the Sunstone Pipeline to take gas to markets in the western United States. via 680News

“At the state level, the [Department of Environment and Natural Resources] testified that if any responsible party ... does not respond, they have the authority they need to force them to respond.”

The Keystone crude oil pipeline won't hurt local roads, representatives of the project told Yankton-area officials. via Construction Equipment Guide

Governor Mike Beebe announced today that he is contacting legislators to determine support for an agreed increase of the severance tax on natural gas in Arkansas. via ArkansasMatters

“It's a tremendous economic project for the province”

A decision on whether or not to go ahead with a $4-billion "polygeneration" energy project at Belle Plaine, Sask., will be made by the fall - and there a number of wild cards at play, officials say. via CBC

APL / PWE I recently listened to the year end conference call for Atlas Pipeline Partners LP . via Seeking Alpha

Porsche to increase control of VW Porsche plans to raise its stake in Volkswagen to more than 50 percent to win greater control over Europe's largest automaker. via Houston Chronicle

The U.S. State Department says it`s prepared to issue a permit this month for a $5.2 billion pipeline that would transport crude oil from Canada through seven states, including North Dakota. via KMOT-TV Minot

“This is a Congress that never gets tired of a forgone conclusion”

The bill , would extend a variety of tax credits beyond 2008 and create new ones, including a credit for cellulosic ethanol production and an incentive for plug-in hybrid vehicles. via Platts

TransCanada Corporation today announced that its 2007 Annual Report to shareholders, which contains the Consolidated Financial Statements and accompanying notes for the year ended December 31, 2007, as well ... via Market Wire