Power company Dominion Resources said Wednesday it will spend $253 million to upgrade a network of natural gas pipelines in West Virginia that was never designed to handle the gas bonanza that has been uncovered in the region.
Large portions of the state sit on top of the Marcellus shale, where a massive deposit of natural gas that touches five states is locked in tight rock formations.
Iroquois Gas Transmission System, L.P. (“Iroquois”) has announced thecommencement of a non-binding open season for its NYMarc project proposed to connect rapidly expanding Marcellus gas supplies to New York, New England and Eastern Canadian gas markets.
As proposed, the NYMarc project will interconnect with both the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company in Sussex County, New Jersey and the Millennium Pipeline Company in Orange County, New York and traverse a northeasterly route of approximately sixty-six (66) miles in length before tying into Iroquois’ mainline in Pleasant Valley, New York.
Spectra Energy Corp. said Monday its subsidiary, Texas Eastern Transmission LP, reached a deal with oil and gas producer Range Resources Corp. to transport supplies of Appalachian natural gas in the northeastern U.S.
Under the agreement, Texas Eastern will provide a minimum of 150 million cubic feet per day of transportation capacity for Range Resources at the Marcellus Shale formation in Pennsylvania.
Spectra Energy Corp. said Monday its subsidiary, Texas Eastern Transmission LP, reached a deal with oil and gas producer Range Resources Corp. to transport supplies of Appalachian natural gas in the northeastern U.S.
Under the agreement, Texas Eastern will provide a minimum of 150 million cubic feet per day of transportation capacity for Range Resources at the Marcellus Shale formation in Pennsylvania.
It was a presentation of EPA staff concerning the new PCB Mega Rule — to an audience of several hundred mostly industry representatives.
The fact is that natural gas pipelines are now regulated under the PCB rule because many of them ARE contaminated with PCBs, due to leaking of PCB oil used in the compressor pumps which push the gas through the pipeline.
All along the gas lines — from the original wells to our homes and industries — are condensate traps where sampling often finds PCB in high levels. (Between 50 and 500 ppm)