Enbridge Energy Partners LP agreed to pay $177 million to resolve federal charges stemming from 2010 leaks from crude oil pipelines in Illinois and Michigan, the US Department of Justice and US Environmental Protection Agency jointly announced. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Oil & Gas Journal – Transportation
Article Abstract: Pekin Daily Times Responders get refresher course on dangers of natural gasPekin Daily TimesThe Pekin Fire Department and other first responders had a refresher course on natural gas and the danger it potentially imposes. Ameren Illinois organized the safety presentation over a three-day period at the administration building in Mineral …and more » from…
Article Abstract: Murray Energy says the new standards, which decrease the threshold for ground-level ozone to 70 parts per billion, set the levels so that even some of the country’s national parks will be out of compliance. (Image from archives)US coal miner Murray Energy Corp., one of the top producers in Northern Appalachia and the…
Article Abstract: Enbridge’s Ozark Pipeline carries oil from Oklahoma through Missouri on its way to the Wood River refinery in Illinois. from Energy Global Click Here To Read Full Article Visit Energy Global for more great articles.
Article Abstract: The Peoria, Illinois, company says most of the cuts will occur in 2015 in its salaried and management workforce. from Fuel Fix Click Here To Read Full Article Visit Fuel Fix for more great articles.
Article Abstract: COCRN Materials Prepared for the Press The Community Environmental Legal Defense Fund (CELDF), a Pennsylvania-based anti-fracking organization best known for backing initiatives targeting the oil and gas industry in Ohio and Illinois – and even threatening local communities with bankruptcy – has now set its sights on Colorado. CELDF, under the guise of…
Article Abstract: Fast-rising propane production in the Marcellus and Utica shale plays, the reversal and repurposing of the Cochin Pipeline and other factors have exposed gaps in the midstream infrastructure that shuttles and stores large volumes of propane within the U.S. Perhaps one of the most obvious of those gaps is the inability to pipe…
Article Abstract: Sioux City Journal South Sioux City-MidAmerican natural gas franchise advancesSioux City JournalDes Moines-based MidAmerican, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, has more than 726,000 natural gas customers in Iowa, Illinois, South Dakota and Nebraska. The utility also has 746,000 electric customers in its sprawling territory, including the …and more » from natural gas – Google…
Article Abstract: Tallgrass Energy’s Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) opened the floodgates for Marcellus/Utica producers this Saturday, August 1, bringing online its Zone 3 East-to-West (E2W) expansion capacity. The expansion tripled westbound design capacity to a full 1.8 Bcf/d from the Marcellus/Utica producing region to delivery points in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois. Potentially this additional takeaway…
Article Abstract: Natural gas line ruptured in Cahokia, Camp Jackson Road closed | Belleville …Belleville News-DemocratA major roadway in Cahokia has been closed as firefighters work to contain a ruptured natural gas line. The Camp Jackson Fire Department responded to the gas leak about 9 a.m. Monday after an Illinois Department of Transportation lawn crew…