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Natural Gas is a highly flammable hydrocarbon consisting primarily of methane and ethane. It is a type of petroleum that commonly occurs in association with crude oil. Natural gas is often found dissolved in oil at the high pressures existing in a reservoir, and it also can be present as a gas cap above the oil. Such natural gas is known as associated gas.
Natural Gas is a highly flammable hydrocarbon consisting primarily of methane and ethane. It is a type of petroleum that commonly occurs in association with crude oil. Natural gas is often found dissolved in oil at the high pressures existing in a reservoir, and it also can be present as a gas cap above the oil. Such natural gas is known as associated gas.
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Trash choice brings high price
Residents of La Caņada Flintridge can choose the company that hauls their trash, but in doing so, they might be choosing higher prices. Even with Athens Services and Allied Waste Services competing, and new hauler NASA soon to be offering its services...Tags: Prices, Contracts, Athens (Greece), Natural Resources, Energy Resources
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Gas leak triggers street closures, evacuations
Southern California Gas Company workers successfully stemmed the flow of natural gas from the ruptured gas line on Chevy Chase Drive shortly after 2 p.m., said Gas Company spokesman Raul Gordillo.
The street, which had been closed between Descanso Drive...Tags: Southern California Gas Company, Disasters, Natural Resources, Chevy Chase, Energy Resources
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Gas Company monitoring LCF pipelines
As investigators continue to decipher the cause of the Sept. 9 pipeline explosion in San Bruno, Calif., the Southern California Gas Company is enhancing an already extensive list of safety procedures to ensure such an accident does not occur locally,...Tags: Southern California Gas Company, U.S. Department of Transportation, Natural Resources, Chevy Chase, Companies and Corporations
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A political debate plays out among Louisiana oil rigs
LAFAYETTE, La. — Visitors to this oil town might be forgiven for wondering whether the BP oil spill and subsequent drilling moratorium ever happened. "Now hiring" signs are plastered on billboards around town, and hotels such as the Crowne Plaza are...Tags: Natural Resources, Mitt Romney, Environmental Issues, Wildlife, Conservation
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Electric rates going up in 2015
Tribune reporterYour electric rates are going up but not until 2015. That year, electric bills are set to be about $130 a year more than now, according to the results of annual auction that decides which electricity providers will be paid for committing to run their...Tags: Coal, Petroleum Industry, Energy Saving, Auction Service, Environmental Pollution
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UGI proposes lowering natural gas rates again
UGI Utilities will propose lowering its natural gas rates by an average 3.4 percent in its annual filing next month with the state Public Utility Commission, the company's gas division announced Thursday.
If approved, the reduced gas rates would take...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Economy, Business and Finance, UGI Utilities, Natural Resources, Energy Resources
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Coal plant closures could send electricity costs soaring
Residential electricity prices are expected to spike by more than 10 percent beginning in 2015, with consumers paying between $150 and $330 a year more than this year, as coal plants, the least expensive producers of electricity, continue to close....
Tags: Coal, Petroleum Industry, Morningstar Incorporated, Plant Closings, Travis Miller
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'Clean' coal minus the coal
For a few years now, Tenaska Inc. has been trying to sell Illinois lawmakers on a $3.5 billion plant in downstate Taylorville that would use coal to produce electricity with less pollution. Emissions would be kept underground instead of being released...
Tags: Coal, Upstream Oil and Gas Activities, Petroleum Industry, Energy, Justice System
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Natural gas garbage trucks save money
When the garbage truck rolled through the campus of Muhlenberg College on a recent morning to empty big, metal trash bins, there was something new: the fuel.
Sustainable Waste Solutions, a Souderton company that serves commercial clients in eastern...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Washington, DC, Economy, Business and Finance, Muhlenberg College, Natural Resources
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Joke is on Progress customers stuck paying nuclear tax
Stop me if you've heard this one.
You and Progress Energy walk into a bar. Progress says it's going to order $24 billion worth of drinks, but they won't arrive until 2024. Oh, and you have to pick up the tab — even if the server drops the tray...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Progress Energy Incorporated, Economy, Business and Finance, Natural Resources, Nuclear Power
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Obama administration approves 3,675 new natural gas wells in Utah
The Obama administration has approved a new natural gas drilling project in Utah that is designed to support more than 4,000 jobs and boost the production of energy -- while protecting the environment. All are political issues in the current...
Tags: Petroleum Industry, Energy, Elections, Democratic Party, Parties and Movements
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Tenaska willing to drop coal to strike deal, source says
Tribune staff reporterTenaska Inc., the Nebraska-based company seeking to gasify coal to generate electricity in Downstate Taylorville is ready to take coal off the table. Instead, it may power its plant from old fashioned natural gas in an attempt to win votes for its...Tags: Coal, Elections, Petroleum Industry, Metal and Mineral, Natural Resources
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