All Posts Tagged With: "Colorado natural gas"
West Slope News — SourceGas Customers Rates to Drop
SourceGas announced that customers in its Western Slope service area will see a net decrease of approximately 16 percent for a typical residential and commercial peak winter month bill. The reduction is the result of two filings recently approved by the Colorado PUC.
9Dec2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
West Slope Area Holds Potential for Shale Gas
The question at hand involves Mancos Shale. The formation surfaces in places such as Grand Junction but is buried deeply in much of the Piceance Basin. The Mancos sits below the Mesaverde Group, which contains the sandstone that companies have successfully been drilling in for natural gas for decades.
8Sep2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Natural Gas Can Help Illuminate Colorado’s Energy Path
Xcel Energy’s Comanche 3, a 750 MW coal-fired power plant in Pueblo now scheduled for start-up in late March, is the first new coal-fired plant built by the utility in nearly 30 years. Yet, in light of impending federal regulation of carbon dioxide emissions, it may also be the last one built in the state. A CEN White Paper
2Mar2010 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
Gas Glut Threatens Clean Electricity Future
So what’s not to like about cheap energy? Plenty, if you’re a producer trying to make money off it. At $2.50 per 1,000 cubic feet — the lowest price level since March 2002 — gas is simply uneconomical to produce and market. That’s not a good thing for an energy source on which some are counting to replace coal in the next 10 years as the No. 1 fossil fuel for generating electricity in this country.
9Sep2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
From “Bridge Fuel” to Major Player in
New Energy Economy
Natural gas is getting new found respect from the Ritter Administration, as evidenced by what it’s head of economic development told a Grand Junction business audience on Monday. The Governor sees natural gas as a clean source of power for electricity generation in the New Energy Economy. West Slope Republicans remain skeptical.
1Sep2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
Colorado’s Natural Gas Industry Reloads
for Senate Energy Legislation
The industry is hoping it doesn’t find itself on the outside looking in once again as the Senate debates its version of the energy bill. Armed with an estimated $80 million war chest for lobbying efforts, the support of both Colorado Senators and a newly formed Natural Gas Alliance, the sector aims to have a voice in the final legislative reckoning.
17Aug2009 | admin | 3 comments | Continued
Ritter Seeks $10 Million Grant to Boost
Natural Gas Demand
The Governor’s Energy Office, in partnership with Clean Energy and the Southern and Northern Colorado Clean Cities Coalitions, has applied for a $10 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to significantly expand the use of compressed natural gas as a fuel source for industry, transit and public vehicles in Colorado.
7Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
Enterprise Opens Central Treating Facility Near Meeker
Located about 8 miles south of the company’s recently expanded Meeker gas processing complex, the central treating faciilty can handle as much as 200 MMcfd as well as production from ExxonMobil’s properties in nearby Piceance basin.
6Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
New Supply Presents Near-Term Challenges,
Opportunities for Natural Gas in Colorado
Unlike power generation, however, in the case of transportation further infrastructure is needed. Currently, for example, there are seven publicly available NG fill stations in Metro Denver, but none between Denver and Grand Junction.
29Jun2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
“Fracking” Fracas
There’s a common-sense solution to the current fight over fracking. The industry could simply divulge what chemicals are added to the pressurized water pumped into gas deposits. Currently it’s not required to by law; but doing so could help answer critics of fracking while at the same time displaying a new openness on the part of oil and gas producers.
8Jun2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
My View — If We Play by New Gas-Industry Rules,
We’re Going to Get Burned
The new rules come at the worst time for the industry, as natural-gas prices are nearly a quarter of what they were just one year ago. Nationwide, the effect of gas prices on the drilling rig count has been devastating. When compared to the Colorado numbers, though, the nationwide drop doesn’t look so bad. Last year at this time, our state had 123 drilling rigs
working. Now we have just 45.
We need to promote export terminals to liquify and ship natural gas to markets in Asia and Euroupe. The US ...
Natural Gas can be consumed so efficiently that the WATER can even be recovered from the combusted exhaust gases.
Going ...
Lack of funding is a serious obstacle for implementation of audit recommendations. Even small rebates will have little impact ...
Re: Natural gas generation wasn’t included in the final analysis but is generally assumed to emit about half as much ...
Disclosure MIGHT prevent pollution if there was a watchdog agency that ruled yes or no on particular chemicals before they ...
Having just read Tom Gray's article 'Fred Udo's bogus numbers' I get the feeling I haven't understood whats going on. ...
I agree with you kirsch. I knew this article had the stench of industry money as soon add I read ...
Can someone explain how disclosure prevents pollution? They can still release air toxins and they are still not held ...