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After officially entering service on Jan. 1 (see Daily GPI, Jan. 6), Dominion's Cove Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) expansion project went into full commercial service Thursday after the Maryland segment of the project -- 48 miles of 36-inch diameter pipeline loop -- was completed.
Steve Harvey, head of Energy Market Oversight, part of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Office of Enforcement, will be moving across town in two weeks to take over as head of the Energy Information Administration's (EIA) Office of Oil and Gas. Harvey was recruited for FERC by William F. Hederman when Hederman was tasked in 2002 with starting up the enforcement arm to investigate attempts to manipulate the natural gas and electricity markets. As a deputy director of the original Office of Market Oversight and Investigations, Harvey was involved in setting up an extensive mar...
Despite softening natural gas prices, the Oklahoma Energy Index (OEI) has been on the rise after leveling off and taking a bit of a breather in recent months. May saw a new record for the index, which was launched in 1995, and expectations are that its upward trend will continue based on strong regional energy patch fundamentals.
Former White House antiterrorism adviser Richard Clarke issued a 159-page report last week that finds that not only are liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers and urban import terminals vulnerable to "catastrophic" terrorist attacks, they also are "extremely attractive" terrorist targets and there is little that can be done to protect against such attacks.
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline Inc. announced last week that it will extend by two weeks the binding open season for a project to provide incremental deliveries of up to 100,000 Dth/d of Midcontinent supplies to Enogex Inc.'s East Rate Zone near the Perry Compressor Station in Noble County, OK.