Natural Gas Industry In The United States

In the United States today, there are thousands of miles of an extended network of natural gas pipelines across the nation. Current pipeline explosions and leaks in several regions have challenged the natural gas industry to re-evaluate efforts and to pursue proactive strategies. Safety and the environmental threat has become a primary concern in the United States and around the world, but mostly in cases where natural gases, oil, and other hazardous wastes are intricate. Thus, a significant point in the natural gas pipeline industry that signifies both the economic and social issue is the unplanned pipeline risk. In this article, a quantitative data analysis was performed for Downstate New York companies, Con Edison and National Grid. There, the data from various natural gas pipelines was observed for the trend regarding failing material, failure cause, aging characteristics, and perform a risk assessment to come up with training and risk checklist that could be crucial for risk handling strategies. The statistical analyses of the natural gas pipeline-related incident data for distribution pipelines between 2012 and 2016, which were composed from Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) of the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), are compiled. The total miles in the gas distribution pipelines in downstate New York is approximately 48,539 as of 2016. The equipment failure, other incident cause, other outside force, and excavation damages are the leading causes of the pipe-related incidents, which are responsible for over 20% of the total incidents between 2012 and 2016. As a result, a quantitative research methodology has been developed as the suitable approach to achieve risk assessment. Mainly, this approach aims towards risk management in natural gas industry projects using the maximum likelihood method on 70 rupture incidents between 2012 and 2016, which were collected from the PHMSA pipeline incident database. The hypothetical quantitative risk assessment of the gas distribution pipelines are illustrated by combining the statistics of the pipeline rupture incidents, as well as risk assessment performed in the present study.

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Spinning Liquid Gold

Mechanical Engineering ◽

10.1115/1.2014-jul-1 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 136 (07) ◽

pp. 32-37

Author(s):

John Kosowatz

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Natural Gas ◽

The United States ◽

Liquefied Natural Gas ◽

Gas Industry ◽

Natural Gas Industry ◽

Production Techniques ◽

International Demand ◽

Advanced Drilling ◽

Local Use

This article discusses the economic growth opportunities due to liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the United States. Advanced drilling and production techniques have given the United States more natural gas than its markets can handle. Converting that bounty into liquefied natural gas promises to transform the U.S. gas industry into a global energy power. LNG is the generally preferred form of natural gas for use in long-haul heavy-duty trucks, because liquefying it reduces volume. More fuel can be loaded into the tank. Local-use vehicles, which operate from a central yard, often use CNG. For LNG, the only serious limits that people are talking about today are related to infrastructure costs, particularly in the development of exports. Even if the international demand for LNG stays high, exports from the United States cannot happen for a few years because of the time needed for plant construction. Optimism reigns among players throughout the natural gas industry.

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Connecting the dots: NOx emissions along a West Siberian natural gas pipeline.

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-7633 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ronald van der A ◽

Jos de Laat ◽

Henk Eskes ◽

Jieying Ding

Keyword(s):

Natural Gas ◽

Power Plants ◽

The United States ◽

Small Scale ◽

Satellite Measurements ◽

Gas Industry ◽

Gas Drilling ◽

Natural Gas Pipeline ◽

Natural Gas Industry ◽

Order Of Magnitude

New TROPOMI (Sentinel 5P) high quality satellite measurements of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) over snow-covered regions of Siberia reveal previously undocumented but significant nitrogen oxides (NOx = NO + NO2) emissions associated with the natural gas industry in Western Siberia. Besides gas drilling and natural gas power plants, also gas compressor stations for the transport of natural gas are sources of high amounts of NOx emissions, which are emitted in otherwise pristine regions. The emissions from these remote gas compressor stations are at least an order of magnitude larger than those reported for North American gas compressor stations, possibly related to less stringent environmental regulations in Siberia compared to the United States. This discovery was made possible thanks to a newly developed technique for discriminating snow covered surfaces from clouds, which for the first time allows for satellite measurements of tropospheric NO2 columns over large boreal snow-covered areas. This results in 23% more TROPOMI observations on an annual basis. Furthermore, these observations have a precision four times better than nearly any TROPOMI observation over other areas and surfaces around the world. These new results highlight the potential of TROPOMI on Sentinel 5P as well as future satellite missions for monitoring small-scale emissions

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Constructivism: an answer to activism

The APPEA Journal ◽

10.1071/aj18241 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 59 (2) ◽

pp. 571

Author(s):

Tara Diamond

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Employee Engagement ◽

Best Practice ◽

The United States ◽

Practical Case ◽

Unified Approach ◽

Gas Industry ◽

Natural Gas Industry ◽

Licence To Operate ◽

Social Licence To Operate

The rise of activism is impacting the future of the Australian resources and energy industry. New projects suffer delays on a myriad of regulatory fronts, and fall victim to coordinated activist campaigns seeking to undermine their social licence to operate. Public trust in the natural gas industry is declining more rapidly in Australia than any other country, followed closely by the United States. In Australia, the industry is looking internationally for best practice approaches to turning this issue of perceptions around. In this paper I have drawn on the latest research and practical case studies from the United States to argue that harnessing the power of the workforce is the key to a strong, constructive response to activism and shifting community perceptions of the industry. I articulate the concept of constructivism in support of the resources and energy industries as an answer to activism, outlining strategies for successful constructivist campaigns, ultimately led by highly engaged Australian workforces. The method involves applying this constructivist approach to ‘Industry Employee Engagement’, creating a clear sense of purpose and emotional bond between your employees, their work and the industry. This sees employees motivated to take action and, when equipped with the appropriate knowledge and skills, discuss and promote the industry within their own community networks. Success will provide an aligned and unified approach to turning around perceptions of the industry and ensuring all Australians are fully informed and behind the role the industry will play in our nation’s future.

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US methane rules will not achieve climate targets

Emerald Expert Briefings ◽

10.1108/oxan-db197805 ◽

2015 ◽

Keyword(s):

Natural Gas ◽

Radiative Forcing ◽

Oil And Gas ◽

State Level ◽

Oil And Gas Industry ◽

The United States ◽

Methane Emissions ◽

Gas Industry ◽

Content Type ◽

Natural Gas Industry

Subject US methane regulations. Significance US rules aimed at 45% reductions in methane emissions from the oil and gas industry by 2025 are to be finalised in the middle of this year, according to a White House plan unveiled last month. Methane emissions are the second-most common greenhouse gas (GHG) in the United States and account worldwide for nearly 20% of 'radiative forcing' -- a measure of potential climate change impact. The new rules will apply from 2016 and only to new or newly modified sites. Impacts The push to switch to natural gas from coal could lead to a rapid increase in gas installations. However, the natural gas industry has expanded during the 'shale revolution' and those operations will be exempt from current rules. Landfill regulations may proliferate at municipal and state level, where the industry is less politicised.

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