Congress is moving quickly on a plan to accelerate government approvals for liquefied natural gas exports, a development that could cause natural gas prices to triple by 2030, according to recent published reports. The website Fuel Fix reports that the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee held a hearing last week to examine the issue, just one day after the ...
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Gas Conversions: The Hidden Costs
Over the years, most of us have become too familiar with the words gas conversion. Contractors are hearing that their customers have decided (rightly or wrongly) that either LP or natural gas offers a better value, compared to other fuels they have purchased over several heating seasons. The equipment marketers are also promoting higher efficiency heating equipment that is cleaner ...
Read More »The Future is Looking Brighter
We have heard all too often that heating oil is a fuel of the past. On occasion that has included voices within our industry. A variety of data points from this issue of the magazine would suggest that heating oil is nowhere near needing an obituary. For starters, we have the price issues between heating oil and natural gas. Historically heating ...
Read More »Majority Of Americans Polled Support Expansion Of Natural Gas Infrastructure
DES PLAINES, Ill. — More than half of Americans support the development of additional infrastructure to expand the use of natural gas in the U.S., according to a poll conducted for Honeywell’s UOP business, a leading supplier of technology and equipment to natural gas producers. An even larger number, three-quarters of respondents, agreed that the development of natural gas is driving economic ...
Read More »Keystone Pipeline Fails in the Senate
The Keystone XL pipeline will have to wait until the new congress settles in to have another run at approval. On Nov. 18, a bill to authorize construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline was defeated by one vote in the Senate (59-41), after similar legislation passed in the House. It was uniformly supported by Republicans and managed to gain 13 votes among Senate Democrats.
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