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BLM methane rule on hold; Columbia Gas line explodes in West Virginia

10th Circuit keeps BLM methane rule on hold as case proceeds

Key parts of an Obama administration rule limiting methane emissions will remain on hold after a federal appeals court rejected attempts to put the rule back in effect. A district court order had previously allowed the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to suspend its standards, which limit methane releases from oil and natural gas operations on public and tribal lands, while the agency under the Trump administration suspends and revises the rules and while states and organizations who oppose these revisions fight them in court.

Explosion, fire on new Columbia Gas Transmission line triggers force majeure

A relatively new TransCanada Corp. transmission pipeline in West Virginia ruptured in the early hours of June 7, disrupting an estimated 1.3 MMDth of firm service and damaging 10 acres of forest. The company declared a force majeure on the Leach Xpress line, part of the Columbia Gas Transmission LLC system that carries gas from southeast Ohio, West Virginia and southwest Pennsylvania west across Ohio and then south to an interconnect in Leach, Ky. The affected section will be flowing zero capacity for the June 8 gas day, TransCanada said, and that will remain the case until further notice.

Gas industry planning out fight against DOE push on coal, nuclear power plants

Groups aligned with the U.S. natural gas industry railed against the Trump administration's plan to move forward with policies that would promote coal and nuclear power generation at the expense of other energy sources, arguing that the policy meddles with markets without improving energy security.

Pennsylvania finalizes permits meant to cut methane emissions from gas industry

As part of its effort to reduce emissions of methane and other pollutants, Pennsylvania officials finalized changes to the state's permitting processes for new natural gas processing and transmission plants along pipelines as well as new unconventional gas wells. In addition to the methane controls, the permits also set thresholds on other types of air pollution, such as volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides. Under the new regulations, operators will be required to meet federal new source standards and state best available technology requirements for equipment and processes to control emissions.

Pennsylvania wants more data for permit for National Fuel's Line N project

National Fuel Gas Supply Corp.'s proposal to expand its pipeline system in Pennsylvania to deliver an additional 133,000 Dth/d to an industrial facility hit a bump when the state said an application for a water quality permit was incomplete. The state agency provided a list of missing information. It said the developer has 60 days to submit the information or the application will be listed as withdrawn.

Canada's feds to get Wash. pipeline in Trans Mountain deal with Kinder Morgan

Canada's federal government may dip its toe into the U.S. pipeline business because of its planned purchase of the Trans Mountain pipeline network from Kinder Morgan Inc., which includes a 69-mile conduit linking the line with refineries in Washington state.