The natural gas storage report from the EIA for the week ending April 30th indicated that the amount of natural gas held in underground storage in the US rose by 60 billion cubic feet to 1,958 billion cubic feet by the end of the week, which left our gas supplies 345 billion cubic feet, or 15.0% below the 2,303 billion cubic feet that were in storage on April 30th of last year, and 61 billion cubic feet, or 3.0% below the five-year average of 2,019 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have been in storage as of the 30th of April in recent years..the 60 billion cubic feet that were added to US natural gas storage this week was more than the average forecast of a 51 billion cubic foot addition from an S&P Global Platts survey of analysts, but was well below the average addition of 81 billion cubic feet of natural gas that have typically been injected into natural gas storage during the same week over the past 5 years, as well as well below the 103 billion cubic feet added to natural
Critics of the proposed pipeline rallied Saturday afternoon Author: Caitlin McCarthy Updated: 11:01 PM CDT May 1, 2021
MEMPHIS, Tenn. Boxtown and Westwood neighbors are continuing to put pressure on elected officials to stop the Byhalia Pipeline. Members of those communities rallied Saturday afternoon to continue bringing awareness to a potential health crisis that will affect many marginalized Memphis neighborhoods.
On Tuesday, the Memphis City Council is expected to vote on a city ordinance that would limit new pipeline projects with oil or hazardous liquids from being built or expanded within city limits.
Neighbors and critics, like Dr. Roz Nichols of Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope are concerned if the pipeline project is approved by the Memphis City Council, it will contaminate the water in Memphis and parts of northern Mississippi.