Additional natural gas pipeline may be an obstacle to compliance with state and federal climate policies.
The scenarios were all run for the winter season — Dec. 1 through Feb. 28 of 2024 - 2025 — and assumed
no additional natural gas pipelines but accounted for demand reductions from energy efficiencies and rooftop solar power and the continued closure of coal and oil generators.
Not exact matches
Led by researchers at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Colorado, Boulder, the study estimates that
natural -
gas producers in an area known as the Denver - Julesburg Basin are losing about 4 % of their
gas to the atmosphere — not including
additional losses in the
pipeline and distribution system.
This includes developing needed infrastructure such as new
natural gas pipelines,
additional storage capacity and more.
After the
gas is extracted, an
additional 400 million gallons of water per day are consumed for
natural gas refining and
pipeline operations.
Oil and
natural gas pipelines transport energy at a 99.999 percent safety rate, and investing in
additional energy infrastructure will ensure we can continue to deliver affordable energy to homes and businesses throughout the nation.