Articles tagged California

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) efforts to convert renewable energy into pipeline quality natural gas are finding support among some stakeholders who view the research as an important part of building an alternative energy economy.

Oil and natural gas industry activity in California generated $152. 3 billion of economic activity in 2017, representing 2.1% of the state's gross product, according to a statewide study sponsored by the Los Angeles County Economic Development Corp. (LAEDC).

The bankrupt utility of California’s Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. (PG&E) must face a state court and potentially a jury trial for victims of the 2017 Tubbs fire, the deadly inferno that scorched parts of Sonoma and Napa counties, a judge ruled last Friday.

California in 2017 was already ahead of its 2020 targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, according to a regulatory report.

The CEO of California Resources Corp. (CRC), the state’s largest independent, said Gov. Gavin Newsom may push for more oversight of the oil and gas industry, but more stringent rules unlikely would be onerous.

Bankruptcy bound Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) said it will support a $21 billion California wildfire fund created by legislation signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom earlier this month.

California Resources Corp. (CRC) said Tuesday it has partnered with a unit of Los Angeles-based Colony Capital Inc. to develop the producer’s flagship Elk Hills oilfield.

Berkeley, CA, the center of college student protests more than a half-century ago, has become the first U.S. city to ban the use of natural gas in new construction, effective at the beginning of next year.

U.S. natural gas forward prices continued on the wild ride they’ve been on the last few weeks, posting steep losses -- one week after putting up equally sharp gains -- as weather models that had called for scorching temperatures throughout most of July had begun to cool.

After almost two years out of service, Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) plans to restart Line 235, a 30-inch diameter pipeline that carries natural gas from the Arizona border through the high desert and into the Los Angeles Basin.