Sentences with phrase «gas pipeline industry»

Lead developers on multiple initiatives supporting clients in the natural gas pipeline industry.

Not exact matches

The Calgary - based company, which specializes in analytical instrumentation and process control equipment for industries including oil and gas, pipeline, wastewater and petrochemical, did $ 11 million worth of business that year.

But the pipeline industry leaders Oneok; Energy Transfer Partners; Boardwalk Pipeline Partners; and Eastern Shore Natural Gas, a Chesapeake Utilities subsidiary, all reported communications system interruptions.

Hence the drive to build pipelines and export terminals to the Pacific Ocean is becoming for Canada's oil and gas industry an existential quest.

It is important for the ACCC to achieve a balance between natural gas pipeline owners receiving a fair return that will encourage new investment in the industry and ensuring the cost of the gas is not prohibitive

Already, industry groups like the American Petroleum Institute and the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America have opposed the president's earlier proposals to require new pipelines to use American - made steel, citing higher costs.

«The Achilles heel of the industry may be that people are very resistant to construction of necessary infrastructure,» stated the report, which was sponsored by half a dozen oil and gas companies and two law firms representing them and included a list of the type of people opposing pipelines and their motivations.

Over the last year, the solar industry added jobs twelve times faster than the rest of the economy, even more than the jobs created by the oil and gas extraction and pipeline sectors combined.

You don't have to stick with the big boys in the industry, though; there are hundreds of independent oil & gas companies that participate in drilling and exploration, equipment and services, pipelines, and refining and marketing.

The company also manufactures products for the gas and pipeline industry, like an odour neutralizing formula that destroys molecules in a chemical compound called Mercaptan, a harmless but pungent ‑ smelling gas used widely to make it easier to detect natural gas leaks.

The battle for pipelines has become a battle for more than just the people involved in the oil and gas industry in Alberta; it has also become a battle for other commodity traders such as farmers and everyday Albertans who rely on the transportation of goods.

In other words the cheapest and most sensible approach to reducing greenhouse gases from current 732 megatonnes to a 2020 target of 620 megatonnes involves shrinking the oil and gas industry by limiting bitumen extraction, and not building more pipelines.

Natural - gas prices have crashed, the price of oil the companies also transport has declined and the outlook for growth in the pipeline industry has dimmed.

There are several Gas Pipelines, which will transport Hydrofracked Gas from the Marcellus Shale region and other states, despite the fact that many of the wells especially in PA are already showing signs of being exhausted, and that is why there is much attention on the Southern Tier and Lower Western portion of NYS; the Delaware Valley and Catskill region south to New Jersey, where the «Industry» is slated to construct 100,000 new wells; an estimated 8.9 % of which will leak and contaminate our water resources according to the «Solutions Project» led by Dr. Mark Jacobson of Stanford University and other noted scholars from other institutions, (Cornell University and Pepacton Institute).

The final version of the report also excised a reference to risks associated with gas pipelines and underground storage — a reference which could have complicated the Cuomo administration's potential support for a number of other controversial energy projects, including a proposed gas storage facility in the Finger Lakes region that local winemakers say could destroy their burgeoning industry.

In an interview, Hawkins said that activists still face many challenges, from fighting the inevitable industry lawsuits to overturn the ban, to challenging the fracking infrastructure of pipelines across the state and gas storage in the salt caverns near Seneca Lake, to campaigning for a «state plan for a rapid transition to 100 percent green energy to fight climate change, lower electric costs and create millions of new jobs,» he said....

The agency says encouraging more fracking in New York will lead to «growth in the natural gas industry,» with more pipelines and compressor stations that could harm state owned preserves, freshwater wetlands and forests.

In that time, environmental and community groups turned the 124 - mile pipeline, which would have connected gas from Pennsylvania's robust fracking industry into a network of pipelines that terminate in Schoharie County, into a powerful symbol of the fossil fuel industry that causes climate change.

It had been closely watched amongst environmental groups, as well as within the energy industry, because states rarely reject intrastate gas pipelines.

Another fear is that terrorists might strike at the energy industry's computerized systems for controlling the flow of oil or natural gas through pipelines.

About a third of the factors used to estimate pipeline leaks and other natural gas emissions in the most recent inventory, for 2015, are based on a 1996 study by the EPA and an industry group then known as the Gas Research Institugas emissions in the most recent inventory, for 2015, are based on a 1996 study by the EPA and an industry group then known as the Gas Research InstituGas Research Institute.

The oblast is a centre of Ukraines oil and natural gas industry, with many wells and pipelines situated here.

For industries like oil and gas which rely on a sustainable pipeline of STEM talent, finding ways to inspire, attract and retain young people's interests in these critical subjects is an increasingly important part of their work.

It provides essential services to oil and gas producers in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin through its integrated network of infrastructure, which includes gathering pipelines, natural gas processing plants, natural gas liquids processing, transportation, and storage facilities, and an industry - leading condensate handling system.

While Trump's stance on issues like the Keystone XL pipeline bodes well for the oil and gas industry, the risks posed by a U.S. - led slump in global trade would likely far outweigh the increased volumes of crude that would flow across the border into the Gulf of Mexico — especially at today's depressed prices.

With global shipments of liquefied natural gas (LNG) and pipeline exports to Mexico rising, we believe that exportation is a compelling theme that could drive the U.S. natural gas distribution industry higher.

It's an industry because, unlike other pollutants and greenhouse gases, methane is a valuable commodity if kept in a pipeline.

The country has built a sophisticated energy industry that underpins its economy, despite lacking infrastructure enabling it to rely on electricity imports or natural gas flowing from international pipelines,» said Claude Mandil, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA), today in Seoul at the launch of Energy Policies of IEA Countries — Republic of Korea 2006 Review.

Dobson says at present, only large landfills located close to industries that can use the converted gas, or near pipelines, are financially viable.

While environmental groups worry the pipeline will spur further development of the oil sands and add to greenhouse gas emissions, the industry's chief lobbyist rejected that argument.

Yet while federal and international programs have encouraged companies to seek and curb methane emissions from gas and oil wells, pipelines and tanks, aggressive efforts like EnCana's are still far from the industry norm.

As for those other setbacks for the oil and gas industry, in a moved that «stunned» supporters and opposers alike, last week the Federal Energy Regulatory Agency denied permission for the construction of a major natural gas export terminal and pipeline in Oregon.

If Trump can bring this about, this should provide a huge boost for the US economy and provide many jobs in the natural gas, oil, and pipeline industries.

Obama: I have always been in favor of an «all of the above» climate policy, including a carbon price with cap and trade, crippling EPA regulatory restrictions on the coal plus oil and gas industries, fewer incentives for exploratory drilling, no further drilling on government lands, no Keystone pipeline, more taxes on the rich, etc..

But the conclusion may not apply to natural gas plants and pipelines: That industry expects a big boost as the Trump administration rolls back proposed EPA rules and takes a more hands - off approach to permitting.

A host of recent studies have suggested much of the pipeline of new coal plants the coal mining industry is depending on may never be built as environmental concerns in key markets such as China and India escalate and competition from gas and increasingly cost - competitive renewables intensifies.

All of this, of course, could enable the offshore natural gas industry to develop lucrative expertise and a new revenue stream in handling the logistics and subsea construction of bundled pipelines, HVDC and fiber optic cables.

Or, in the words of the head of the American Natural Gas Association, referring to the bitter struggle between activists and the Canadian tar sands industry over the building of the Keystone XL pipeline, «Call it the Keystone - ization of every project that's out there.»

Oil and gas pipelines are a typical analogy for the scale and nature of infrastructure required, but have significant differences: the science of fossil fuel reserves was limited when much of the industry was created, and under business - as - usual the price of oil can be expected to rise as reserves go down, thus stretching out the time in which the investment is worthwhile.

Queensland's natural gas exports and Queensland's tourism industry could more easily exist side - by - side if natural gas exports were exported instead by pipeline through the Northern Territory and onward to Asia.

electric power plants are: (1) survey and assess the capacity, cost, and location of potential depleted gas and oil wells that are suitable CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- repositories (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (2) conduct research on the feasibility of ocean disposal, with objectives of determining the cost, residence time, and environmental effects for different methods of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- injection; (3) perform an in - depth survey of knowledge concerning the feasibility of using deep, confined aquifers for disposal and, if feasible, identify potential disposal locations (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (4) evaluate, on a common basis, system and design alternatives for integration of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- capture systems with emerging and advanced technologies for power generation; and prepare a conceptual design, an analysis of barrier issues, and a preliminary cost estimate for pipeline networks necessary to transport a significant portion of the CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- to potentially feasible disposal locations.

The research needs that have high priority in establishing the technical, environmental, and economic feasibility of large - scale capture and disposal of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- from electric power plants are: (1) survey and assess the capacity, cost, and location of potential depleted gas and oil wells that are suitable CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- repositories (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (2) conduct research on the feasibility of ocean disposal, with objectives of determining the cost, residence time, and environmental effects for different methods of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- injection; (3) perform an in - depth survey of knowledge concerning the feasibility of using deep, confined aquifers for disposal and, if feasible, identify potential disposal locations (with the cooperation of the oil and gas industry); (4) evaluate, on a common basis, more» system and design alternatives for integration of CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- capture systems with emerging and advanced technologies for power generation; and prepare a conceptual design, an analysis of barrier issues, and a preliminary cost estimate for pipeline networks necessary to transport a significant portion of the CO -LCB- sub 2 -RCB- to potentially feasible disposal locations.

* Koch Industries * — with business in oil and gas exploration, pipelines, refining and trading, coal and other carbon product logistics, timber and consumer paper products, commodities trading and investing, chemicals, fertilizer, ethanol, cattle and game ranching, glass, fiber optics, electronics and plenty of awkward public relations.

The gas is captured, cleaned, and blended into natural gas distribution pipelines and used in the same way as traditionally delivered natural gas by homes, businesses, transportation fleets, and industry.

If the fossil fuel industry gets its way, there will be at least four major new fracked gas pipeline projects criss - crossing the Blue Ridge and Appalachian regions of Virginia and West Virginia — endangering our forests and farmlands, the communities living along their routes, and taking us backward in our fight to stop climate change.

Yet the methane we lose to well completion and leaky pipelines represents a strong economic opportunity for the gas industry.

Germany is looking to build a liquefied natural gas industry to reduce the nation's dependence on gas supplies shipped by pipeline from Russia and Norway.

In this 112th Congress alone, oil, gas and coal interests gave over $ 20 million of this «dirty energy money» to our Senators and Representatives, to influence their votes around industry - friendly measures from dismantling the power of regulatory bodies like the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), to approving the Keystone pipeline, to opening up the outer - continental shelf to drilling.

CFACT Senior Policy Advisor Paul Driessen says that the Obama Administration is continuing, even revving up, its campaign against domestic energy production with new EPA regulations on the horizon that would shutter much of the nation's coal industry and do great harm to oil and gas production; he also promised to veto any legislation to approve the Keystone XL pipeline.

Brian Straessle, a spokesman for the American Petroleum Institute, which represents much of the oil and gas industry in Washington, D.C., said the industry «is highly regulated at the state and federal level, and there are strong standards in place to govern the pipeline infrastructure that helps fuel our economy.