Category Archives: Natural Gas

Surviving the Winter Without Aliso Canyon: A Look at California’s Short- and Long-term Natural Gas Storage Future

Posted on November 18, 2016 by Enerdynamics

by Christina Nagy-McKenna, Enerdynamics Instructor California’s transition to a carbon-free resource mix for electricity generation may have just gotten a momentum boost from a most unlikely source: clean-burning natural gas. Long at the forefront of the movement to use resources … Continue reading →

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Halting Fugitive Methane Emissions Is Key to Attaining Natural Gas’ Environmental Benefits

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor Natural gas has recently replaced coal-fired generation as the dominant form of generation in the U.S. From the standpoint of power plant emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) this is good news. On … Continue reading →

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What Does the Future Utility Look Like?

Posted on August 18, 2016 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator When I was growing up in the 1960s and 70s, phone service meant one thing – the service delivered by my local Bell company through copper lines connected to my house. Ask … Continue reading →

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Mexico Natural Gas 2016: The 1990s All Over Again?

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator For  U.S. and Canadian natural gas markets, the 1990s were a fun time. Gas demand grew as independent power producers (IPPs) and utilities built new combined-cycle gas-fired generation and industrial customers took … Continue reading →

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Gas Pipeline Safety Regulations Continue to be Strengthened

Posted on July 14, 2016 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Instructor “Safety is cited as the No. 1 concern among all sectors of the natural gas industry”[1] As we have often discussed in Energy Currents blog posts over the last two years, safety … Continue reading →

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Do You Know Where Your Energy Facilities Are?

Posted on May 27, 2016 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator Ever read about a gas leak and wondered if there is a gas storage field near you? Or where the closest power plant is? Or maybe you heard about a major storm … Continue reading →

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Where Do the Presidential Candidates Stand on Energy Issues?

Posted on April 28, 2016 by Enerdynamics

by Bob Shively, Enerdynamics President and Lead Facilitator  As we get deeper into the presidential election season, the current candidates offer very clear and differing views on what is the right energy path for America. There are two extreme ends of … Continue reading →

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Continental U.S. Begins Exporting LNG Despite Uncertain Global Market, part II

Posted on April 15, 2016 by Enerdynamics

by Christina Nagy-McKenna, Enerdynamics Facilitator In last week’s post I delved into how the United States’ lower 48 is, for the first time ever, exporting liquefied natural gas (LNG) to overseas markets. On February 24, 2016, the first LNG tanker … Continue reading →

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Continental U.S. Begins Exporting LNG Despite Uncertain Global Market, part I

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Enerdynamics

by Christina Nagy-McKenna, Enerdynamics Facilitator The natural gas market, like all commodity markets, is a moving target that once again is shifting. But for U.S. gas production there is a new factor: global price exposure due to U.S. liquefied natural … Continue reading →

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Gas Storage Safety:  What is Next After Aliso Canyon?

Posted on February 23, 2016 by Enerdynamics

by Christina Nagy-McKenna, Enerdynamics Instructor On Oct. 23, 2015, the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage field owned by Southern California Gas Company developed a vast, persistent leak that the utility was unable to contain until Feb. 12, 2016.  Full repercussions … Continue reading →

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