Wang Mingyuan
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199579853
- eISBN:
- 9780191722745
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199579853.003.0009
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law, Environmental and Energy Law
Land is an important natural resource on which human beings depend for existence and development. Rights to land and rights to other natural resources such as mineral resources, water, forest, ...
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Land is an important natural resource on which human beings depend for existence and development. Rights to land and rights to other natural resources such as mineral resources, water, forest, grassland, wild animals, and renewable resources make up a related and complicated system of rights. This chapter is based on the existing legislation of China on natural resources, taking the exploration, exploitation, and transportation of natural gas as an example. It analyses the conflicts between rights of land use and rights of natural resource development, and puts forward suggestions for improvement.Less
Land is an important natural resource on which human beings depend for existence and development. Rights to land and rights to other natural resources such as mineral resources, water, forest, grassland, wild animals, and renewable resources make up a related and complicated system of rights. This chapter is based on the existing legislation of China on natural resources, taking the exploration, exploitation, and transportation of natural gas as an example. It analyses the conflicts between rights of land use and rights of natural resource development, and puts forward suggestions for improvement.
Justin Farrell
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691164342
- eISBN:
- 9781400866496
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691164342.003.0006
- Subject:
- Sociology, Politics, Social Movements and Social Change
This chapter investigates an “outlier” case of environmental conflict, where things did not follow the same social patterns observed elsewhere in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). The case ...
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This chapter investigates an “outlier” case of environmental conflict, where things did not follow the same social patterns observed elsewhere in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). The case study involves conflict over a plan to drill 136 natural gas wells just to the south of Yellowstone, in Sublette County, Wyoming. This plan is not unusual, given that this county includes two of the largest gas fields in the United States and that most residents of this county and state support this economically beneficial activity. But in a radical reversal, a large group of miners, outfitters, ranchers, and other old-westerners acted against their own economic and cultural traditions, starting an environmental movement to oppose drilling in this particular area. The chapter shows that the intense negative reaction to drilling in this area is caused by a violation of strong moral boundaries linked to old-west place attachment.Less
This chapter investigates an “outlier” case of environmental conflict, where things did not follow the same social patterns observed elsewhere in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem (GYE). The case study involves conflict over a plan to drill 136 natural gas wells just to the south of Yellowstone, in Sublette County, Wyoming. This plan is not unusual, given that this county includes two of the largest gas fields in the United States and that most residents of this county and state support this economically beneficial activity. But in a radical reversal, a large group of miners, outfitters, ranchers, and other old-westerners acted against their own economic and cultural traditions, starting an environmental movement to oppose drilling in this particular area. The chapter shows that the intense negative reaction to drilling in this area is caused by a violation of strong moral boundaries linked to old-west place attachment.
Erica S. Downs
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780813125633
- eISBN:
- 9780813135359
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
- DOI:
- 10.5810/kentucky/9780813125633.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
This chapter explores the current state of China–Russia energy trade. It then addresses the forces of convergence and divergence shaping their energy relations. Next, the role that energy plays in ...
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This chapter explores the current state of China–Russia energy trade. It then addresses the forces of convergence and divergence shaping their energy relations. Next, the role that energy plays in the broader bilateral relationship and some of the factors that might strengthen or weaken energy cooperation between China and Russia are discussed. Whether and when China and Russia develop closer energy relations may depend on several factors, including changes in world oil prices, China's willingness to pay more for natural gas, China's willingness to play by Russia's “rules of the game” for energy cooperation, and Russian concerns about the “China threat”. These factors are also specifically described.Less
This chapter explores the current state of China–Russia energy trade. It then addresses the forces of convergence and divergence shaping their energy relations. Next, the role that energy plays in the broader bilateral relationship and some of the factors that might strengthen or weaken energy cooperation between China and Russia are discussed. Whether and when China and Russia develop closer energy relations may depend on several factors, including changes in world oil prices, China's willingness to pay more for natural gas, China's willingness to play by Russia's “rules of the game” for energy cooperation, and Russian concerns about the “China threat”. These factors are also specifically described.
Gerald Berk
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199251902
- eISBN:
- 9780191719059
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199251902.003.0005
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Business History
This chapter reinterprets Louis Brandeis's role in the crisis of progressive era railroad regulation. While others have implicated Brandeis in the crisis, the essay shows how he identified fatal ...
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This chapter reinterprets Louis Brandeis's role in the crisis of progressive era railroad regulation. While others have implicated Brandeis in the crisis, the essay shows how he identified fatal flaws in Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) ratemaking and proposed a coherent alternative. Brandeis showed how rate-of-return regulation made false promises to measure the objective value of railroad property and gave the railroads perverse incentives to increase costs. Drawing on the work of scientific manager F. Lincoln Hutchins, Brandeis proposed to replace valuation with a benchmarking system by which railroads could compare their performance. Drawing on his work in Massachusetts natural gas, Brandeis proposed to set rates according to a system of ‘sliding scales’, in which railroads received higher dividends when they provided lower rates. In theory, Brandeis's system was superior to rate-of-return regulation because it provided railroads with incentives to improve and information, unavailable from the firm or the market, about how to improve.Less
This chapter reinterprets Louis Brandeis's role in the crisis of progressive era railroad regulation. While others have implicated Brandeis in the crisis, the essay shows how he identified fatal flaws in Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) ratemaking and proposed a coherent alternative. Brandeis showed how rate-of-return regulation made false promises to measure the objective value of railroad property and gave the railroads perverse incentives to increase costs. Drawing on the work of scientific manager F. Lincoln Hutchins, Brandeis proposed to replace valuation with a benchmarking system by which railroads could compare their performance. Drawing on his work in Massachusetts natural gas, Brandeis proposed to set rates according to a system of ‘sliding scales’, in which railroads received higher dividends when they provided lower rates. In theory, Brandeis's system was superior to rate-of-return regulation because it provided railroads with incentives to improve and information, unavailable from the firm or the market, about how to improve.
Paul MacAvoy
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300083811
- eISBN:
- 9780300129328
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300083811.001.0001
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Economic History
Over the past six decades, federal regulatory agencies have attempted different strategies to regulate the natural gas industry in the United States. All have been unsuccessful, resulting in ...
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Over the past six decades, federal regulatory agencies have attempted different strategies to regulate the natural gas industry in the United States. All have been unsuccessful, resulting in nationwide gas shortages or massive gas surpluses, and costing the nation billions of dollars. Additionally, partial deregulation has led the regulatory agency to become more involved in controlling individual transactions among gas producers, distributors, and consumers. This book demonstrates that no affected group has gained from these experiments in public control and that all participants would gain from complete deregulation. Although losses have declined with partial deregulation in recent years, current regulatory practices still limit the growth of supply through the transmission system. This history of the regulation of natural gas is a cautionary tale for other natural resource or network industries that are regulated or are about to be regulated.Less
Over the past six decades, federal regulatory agencies have attempted different strategies to regulate the natural gas industry in the United States. All have been unsuccessful, resulting in nationwide gas shortages or massive gas surpluses, and costing the nation billions of dollars. Additionally, partial deregulation has led the regulatory agency to become more involved in controlling individual transactions among gas producers, distributors, and consumers. This book demonstrates that no affected group has gained from these experiments in public control and that all participants would gain from complete deregulation. Although losses have declined with partial deregulation in recent years, current regulatory practices still limit the growth of supply through the transmission system. This history of the regulation of natural gas is a cautionary tale for other natural resource or network industries that are regulated or are about to be regulated.
Hanaa Kheir-El-Din
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789774161544
- eISBN:
- 9781617970306
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774161544.003.0008
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
This chapter examines the topic of energy policy in Egypt on several fronts. Section 1 examines the world energy market with reasonable estimates of future prices for oil and natural gas, such that ...
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This chapter examines the topic of energy policy in Egypt on several fronts. Section 1 examines the world energy market with reasonable estimates of future prices for oil and natural gas, such that the “most likely” scenario from the US Department of Energy's Information Administration database. Section 2 analyzes the energy sector in Egypt including historical production, consumption, and net exports of energy resources. In addition, the research tackles when and to what extent Egypt will turn into a net importer of oil, and analyzes the trend of such behavior. Derivation of a time path for natural gas resource depletion, based upon proven reserves, and a forecasted timeline of natural gas consumption until 2025 is conducted. This is based upon comparative elasticity analysis between oil and natural gas including the calculation of price elasticity, income elasticity, and energy/GDP elasticity for both resources, and the calculation of the elasticity of substitution between oil and natural gas. The analysis also includes an energy sustainability constraint (via an application of Hartwick's model) on resource extraction rates, with the objective of guaranteeing future expected energy demand, conditional upon GDP growth rate targets, which guarantee sustainable development. Energy sustainability analysis incorporates alternative energy use including solar and nuclear energy. Section 4 offers policy recommendations.Less
This chapter examines the topic of energy policy in Egypt on several fronts. Section 1 examines the world energy market with reasonable estimates of future prices for oil and natural gas, such that the “most likely” scenario from the US Department of Energy's Information Administration database. Section 2 analyzes the energy sector in Egypt including historical production, consumption, and net exports of energy resources. In addition, the research tackles when and to what extent Egypt will turn into a net importer of oil, and analyzes the trend of such behavior. Derivation of a time path for natural gas resource depletion, based upon proven reserves, and a forecasted timeline of natural gas consumption until 2025 is conducted. This is based upon comparative elasticity analysis between oil and natural gas including the calculation of price elasticity, income elasticity, and energy/GDP elasticity for both resources, and the calculation of the elasticity of substitution between oil and natural gas. The analysis also includes an energy sustainability constraint (via an application of Hartwick's model) on resource extraction rates, with the objective of guaranteeing future expected energy demand, conditional upon GDP growth rate targets, which guarantee sustainable development. Energy sustainability analysis incorporates alternative energy use including solar and nuclear energy. Section 4 offers policy recommendations.
Robin M. Leichenko and Karen L. O'Brien
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780195177329
- eISBN:
- 9780199869800
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195177329.003.0007
- Subject:
- Biology, Ecology, Biodiversity / Conservation Biology
This chapter explores linkages and feedbacks between global environmental change and globalization. It first shows how interactions between the two processes may enhance global connectivities and ...
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This chapter explores linkages and feedbacks between global environmental change and globalization. It first shows how interactions between the two processes may enhance global connectivities and contribute to accelerating rates of global change. It then presents a case study of feedback double exposure in the arctic region. The Arctic is changing rapidly as the result of both climate change and the expansion of international shipping. Direct linkages between the processes emerge because climate change-related reductions in sea ice open new shipping routes and provide greater access to the oil and gas resources of the region. Feedbacks may occur as consumption of the region's oil and gas leads to further increases in greenhouse emissions and further arctic melting. The case shows how efforts to exploit the benefits of climate change and globalization without considering the feedbacks may lead to an acceleration of both processes, with significant implications for sustainability.Less
This chapter explores linkages and feedbacks between global environmental change and globalization. It first shows how interactions between the two processes may enhance global connectivities and contribute to accelerating rates of global change. It then presents a case study of feedback double exposure in the arctic region. The Arctic is changing rapidly as the result of both climate change and the expansion of international shipping. Direct linkages between the processes emerge because climate change-related reductions in sea ice open new shipping routes and provide greater access to the oil and gas resources of the region. Feedbacks may occur as consumption of the region's oil and gas leads to further increases in greenhouse emissions and further arctic melting. The case shows how efforts to exploit the benefits of climate change and globalization without considering the feedbacks may lead to an acceleration of both processes, with significant implications for sustainability.
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- March 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780226502106
- eISBN:
- 9780226502120
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- DOI:
- 10.7208/chicago/9780226502120.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
This chapter describes how the cumulative victories by groups of gas distributors resulted in the series of conditions that made possible the defining, safeguarding, and trading of property rights. ...
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This chapter describes how the cumulative victories by groups of gas distributors resulted in the series of conditions that made possible the defining, safeguarding, and trading of property rights. Gas pipeline transport transformed over the course of sixty-five years into an industry that shows true Coasian bargaining in transport entitlements and supports the world's only vigorously competitive and openly transparent gas market with an equally vigorous futures market. The Natural Gas Act of 1938 was an unusual piece of legislation that came about in response to pressure from the states and gas-consuming city coalitions. Phillips Petroleum attempted to argue that only pipeline regulation was the subject of the Natural Gas Act. The end of conflict between shippers and pipeline owners signaled a transformation of the regulator's prime job. In 2000, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) resolved the last outstanding issues, and the competitive pipeline transport market took off.Less
This chapter describes how the cumulative victories by groups of gas distributors resulted in the series of conditions that made possible the defining, safeguarding, and trading of property rights. Gas pipeline transport transformed over the course of sixty-five years into an industry that shows true Coasian bargaining in transport entitlements and supports the world's only vigorously competitive and openly transparent gas market with an equally vigorous futures market. The Natural Gas Act of 1938 was an unusual piece of legislation that came about in response to pressure from the states and gas-consuming city coalitions. Phillips Petroleum attempted to argue that only pipeline regulation was the subject of the Natural Gas Act. The end of conflict between shippers and pipeline owners signaled a transformation of the regulator's prime job. In 2000, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) resolved the last outstanding issues, and the competitive pipeline transport market took off.
John Gulliver and Donald N. Zillman
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199299874
- eISBN:
- 9780191714931
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199299874.003.0006
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law
This chapter discusses energy regulation in the United States. Topics covered include the origins of United States regulation, challenges to regulation, energy regulation under the Bush ...
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This chapter discusses energy regulation in the United States. Topics covered include the origins of United States regulation, challenges to regulation, energy regulation under the Bush Administration, and electricity and natural gas regulation. It presents four general observations about the great, bubbling world of contemporary United States energy regulation: (i) some portions of the energy sector reflect a growth of power in the federal government; (ii) contemporary energy regulation pays considerable attention to procedures that reflect collaboration rather than confrontation and encourage all stakeholders to have an early say in major energy decisions; (iii) a strong preference for competitive markets backs many aspects of policy and regulation; and (iv) given the need for market monitoring and market intervention by an informed, empowered, and neutral player, regulation will not disappear.Less
This chapter discusses energy regulation in the United States. Topics covered include the origins of United States regulation, challenges to regulation, energy regulation under the Bush Administration, and electricity and natural gas regulation. It presents four general observations about the great, bubbling world of contemporary United States energy regulation: (i) some portions of the energy sector reflect a growth of power in the federal government; (ii) contemporary energy regulation pays considerable attention to procedures that reflect collaboration rather than confrontation and encourage all stakeholders to have an early say in major energy decisions; (iii) a strong preference for competitive markets backs many aspects of policy and regulation; and (iv) given the need for market monitoring and market intervention by an informed, empowered, and neutral player, regulation will not disappear.
Nigel Bankes and Martha Roggenkamp
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199532698
- eISBN:
- 9780191701054
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199532698.003.0015
- Subject:
- Law, Environmental and Energy Law
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is one of a number of potential technological options to reduce anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide. The literature generally identifies up to four different ...
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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is one of a number of potential technological options to reduce anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide. The literature generally identifies up to four different phases in any CCS project: (1) capture, (2) transport (to the injection well), (3) injection, and (4) post-closure. This chapter sketches the key features of each of the four stages of CCS, but focuses on stages 3 and 4 in the context of onshore CCS projects. It identifies and discusses some of the key legal issues associated with these two phases of the CCS cycle, which have been grouped as a set of property issues, regulatory issues, and liability issues. Much of the analysis is premised on the assumption that we can learn a great deal from analogous operations including natural gas storage, enhanced oil recovery, acid gas disposal schemes, and deep-well waste injection. These developments are illustrated with examples from the European Union, North America (Canada and the United States), and Australia.Less
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is one of a number of potential technological options to reduce anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide. The literature generally identifies up to four different phases in any CCS project: (1) capture, (2) transport (to the injection well), (3) injection, and (4) post-closure. This chapter sketches the key features of each of the four stages of CCS, but focuses on stages 3 and 4 in the context of onshore CCS projects. It identifies and discusses some of the key legal issues associated with these two phases of the CCS cycle, which have been grouped as a set of property issues, regulatory issues, and liability issues. Much of the analysis is premised on the assumption that we can learn a great deal from analogous operations including natural gas storage, enhanced oil recovery, acid gas disposal schemes, and deep-well waste injection. These developments are illustrated with examples from the European Union, North America (Canada and the United States), and Australia.
Martha Roggenkamp, Jacob Sandholt, and Daisy G Tempelman
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780198822080
- eISBN:
- 9780191861161
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198822080.003.0015
- Subject:
- Law, Environmental and Energy Law
The EU natural gas system has been developed since the 1960s, following discovery of the Groningen gas field. Climate change and security of supply challenges are affecting the natural gas market, ...
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The EU natural gas system has been developed since the 1960s, following discovery of the Groningen gas field. Climate change and security of supply challenges are affecting the natural gas market, provoking greener innovation including the introduction of renewable gases, such as biogas, which needs to be converted to biomethane (natural gas quality) before injection into the natural gas system and transported cross-border. This chapter examines the legal framework on EU and national level. Special attention is paid to: the extent to which biogas/biomethane is considered a renewable energy source; safety and quality standards; access and connection rules. National gas quality standards may, however, prove to be an obstacle for transportation cross-border. In addition, there is a trend towards cross-border contractual trade in biomethane and slowly emerging organizational developments facilitating cross-border trade in biomethane.Less
The EU natural gas system has been developed since the 1960s, following discovery of the Groningen gas field. Climate change and security of supply challenges are affecting the natural gas market, provoking greener innovation including the introduction of renewable gases, such as biogas, which needs to be converted to biomethane (natural gas quality) before injection into the natural gas system and transported cross-border. This chapter examines the legal framework on EU and national level. Special attention is paid to: the extent to which biogas/biomethane is considered a renewable energy source; safety and quality standards; access and connection rules. National gas quality standards may, however, prove to be an obstacle for transportation cross-border. In addition, there is a trend towards cross-border contractual trade in biomethane and slowly emerging organizational developments facilitating cross-border trade in biomethane.
Jessica Smartt Gullion
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780262029766
- eISBN:
- 9780262329798
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262029766.003.0005
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Environmental Studies
This chapter deals with the regulatory and legal aspects of natural gas development in the US, with specific emphasis on Texas. Included are discussion of the major regulatory agencies involved and ...
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This chapter deals with the regulatory and legal aspects of natural gas development in the US, with specific emphasis on Texas. Included are discussion of the major regulatory agencies involved and their roles and responsibilities, along with some of the legal issues, such as that of mineral rights versus surface rights. This is followed by an overview of structural constraints on public health and safety, and some of the ways in which cities have navigated this system.Less
This chapter deals with the regulatory and legal aspects of natural gas development in the US, with specific emphasis on Texas. Included are discussion of the major regulatory agencies involved and their roles and responsibilities, along with some of the legal issues, such as that of mineral rights versus surface rights. This is followed by an overview of structural constraints on public health and safety, and some of the ways in which cities have navigated this system.
Paul W. MacAvoy
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300083811
- eISBN:
- 9780300129328
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300083811.003.0004
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Economic History
This chapter describes the restructuring of the natural gas industry and the emergence of the spot market, and examines the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission orders. The effects of regulation are ...
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This chapter describes the restructuring of the natural gas industry and the emergence of the spot market, and examines the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission orders. The effects of regulation are significant and result in reduction of the capacity of the pipeline system, high gas prices, and low production. The chapter studies the market effects of restructured transportation and the role of capacity increase, concluding that market, not regulatory conditions, determine prices for transportation service. The transitions to unregulated markets add to the improvement of industry performance in terms of increased production. The partial deregulation of the transport market results in no gains and the behavior of spot gas prices on the market indicates that transportation has become competitive enough to warrant the elimination of rate regulation. The chapter also presents the gains and losses from unbundling and partial deregulation, and reveals that the inconsistency leaves both producers and consumers worse off.Less
This chapter describes the restructuring of the natural gas industry and the emergence of the spot market, and examines the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission orders. The effects of regulation are significant and result in reduction of the capacity of the pipeline system, high gas prices, and low production. The chapter studies the market effects of restructured transportation and the role of capacity increase, concluding that market, not regulatory conditions, determine prices for transportation service. The transitions to unregulated markets add to the improvement of industry performance in terms of increased production. The partial deregulation of the transport market results in no gains and the behavior of spot gas prices on the market indicates that transportation has become competitive enough to warrant the elimination of rate regulation. The chapter also presents the gains and losses from unbundling and partial deregulation, and reveals that the inconsistency leaves both producers and consumers worse off.
Jessica Smartt Gullion
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780262029766
- eISBN:
- 9780262329798
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262029766.003.0003
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Environmental Studies
With developments in hydrofracturing (fracking) and horizontal drilling, natural gas exploration began in earnest in the Barnett Shale region of North Texas in the late 1990s. This chapter discusses ...
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With developments in hydrofracturing (fracking) and horizontal drilling, natural gas exploration began in earnest in the Barnett Shale region of North Texas in the late 1990s. This chapter discusses the process of natural gas development. Much of the physical infrastructure and processes of extraction in this area are located in urban areas, in close proximity to neighbourhood homes and schools.Less
With developments in hydrofracturing (fracking) and horizontal drilling, natural gas exploration began in earnest in the Barnett Shale region of North Texas in the late 1990s. This chapter discusses the process of natural gas development. Much of the physical infrastructure and processes of extraction in this area are located in urban areas, in close proximity to neighbourhood homes and schools.
Paul W. MacAvoy
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- October 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780300083811
- eISBN:
- 9780300129328
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Yale University Press
- DOI:
- 10.12987/yale/9780300083811.003.0001
- Subject:
- Economics and Finance, Economic History
This chapter provides an overview of natural gas distribution systems from wellhead to transportation, and distribution to final consumer at federal regulated rates at wellhead and transportation ...
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This chapter provides an overview of natural gas distribution systems from wellhead to transportation, and distribution to final consumer at federal regulated rates at wellhead and transportation service required for delivery. The Federal Power Commission (FPC) acted as a regulatory authority to protect consumer interest. A detailed discussion on regulation under FPC, its goals, and wellhead price regulation are presented. The impact of regulatory practice produced a shortage and surplus of the gas market supply. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission initiated a restructure in buy–sell relationships among production, transmission, and distribution companies followed by partial deregulation and gradual price decontrol at wellhead and transportation. The gas was unbundled from transportation and the consumer was able to contact wellhead in an open, unregulated market with gas marketers to bypass gas ownership by pipeline companies.Less
This chapter provides an overview of natural gas distribution systems from wellhead to transportation, and distribution to final consumer at federal regulated rates at wellhead and transportation service required for delivery. The Federal Power Commission (FPC) acted as a regulatory authority to protect consumer interest. A detailed discussion on regulation under FPC, its goals, and wellhead price regulation are presented. The impact of regulatory practice produced a shortage and surplus of the gas market supply. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission initiated a restructure in buy–sell relationships among production, transmission, and distribution companies followed by partial deregulation and gradual price decontrol at wellhead and transportation. The gas was unbundled from transportation and the consumer was able to contact wellhead in an open, unregulated market with gas marketers to bypass gas ownership by pipeline companies.
Barry Barton
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199299874
- eISBN:
- 9780191714931
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199299874.003.0007
- Subject:
- Law, Public International Law
Energy regulation has seen many shifts and changes because of the significant policy movements that many countries have seen. Two substantial shifts have occurred in New Zealand in a two-year period, ...
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Energy regulation has seen many shifts and changes because of the significant policy movements that many countries have seen. Two substantial shifts have occurred in New Zealand in a two-year period, 2003 to 2005. The electricity market is no longer under self-regulation, but is now under state regulation. The natural gas industry is no longer virtually unregulated, as it once was, and is now under a form of co-regulation. This chapter explores the reasons for these changes.Less
Energy regulation has seen many shifts and changes because of the significant policy movements that many countries have seen. Two substantial shifts have occurred in New Zealand in a two-year period, 2003 to 2005. The electricity market is no longer under self-regulation, but is now under state regulation. The natural gas industry is no longer virtually unregulated, as it once was, and is now under a form of co-regulation. This chapter explores the reasons for these changes.
Jessica Smartt Gullion
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- September 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780262029766
- eISBN:
- 9780262329798
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262029766.001.0001
- Subject:
- Environmental Science, Environmental Studies
When natural gas drilling moves into an urban or a suburban neighborhood, a two-hundred-foot-high drill appears on the other side of a back yard fence and diesel trucks clog a quiet two-lane ...
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When natural gas drilling moves into an urban or a suburban neighborhood, a two-hundred-foot-high drill appears on the other side of a back yard fence and diesel trucks clog a quiet two-lane residential street. Children seem to be having more than the usual number of nosebleeds. There are so many local cases of cancer that the elementary school starts a cancer support group. In this book, Jessica Smartt Gullion examines what happens when natural gas extraction by means of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” takes place not on wide-open rural land but in a densely populated area with homes, schools, hospitals, parks, and businesses. Gullion focuses on fracking in the Barnett Shale, the natural-gas–rich geological formation under the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. She gives voice to the residents—for the most part educated, middle class, and politically conservative—who became reluctant anti-drilling activists in response to perceived environmental and health threats posed by fracking. Gullion offers an overview of oil and gas development and describes the fossil-fuel culture of Texas, the process of fracking, related health concerns, and regulatory issues (including the notorious “Halliburton loophole”). She chronicles the experiences of community activists as they fight to be heard and to get the facts about the safety of fracking. Touted as a greener alternative and a means to reduce dependence on foreign oil, natural gas development is an important part of American energy policy. Yet, as this book shows, it comes at a cost to the local communities who bear the health and environmental burdens.Less
When natural gas drilling moves into an urban or a suburban neighborhood, a two-hundred-foot-high drill appears on the other side of a back yard fence and diesel trucks clog a quiet two-lane residential street. Children seem to be having more than the usual number of nosebleeds. There are so many local cases of cancer that the elementary school starts a cancer support group. In this book, Jessica Smartt Gullion examines what happens when natural gas extraction by means of hydraulic fracturing, or “fracking,” takes place not on wide-open rural land but in a densely populated area with homes, schools, hospitals, parks, and businesses. Gullion focuses on fracking in the Barnett Shale, the natural-gas–rich geological formation under the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. She gives voice to the residents—for the most part educated, middle class, and politically conservative—who became reluctant anti-drilling activists in response to perceived environmental and health threats posed by fracking. Gullion offers an overview of oil and gas development and describes the fossil-fuel culture of Texas, the process of fracking, related health concerns, and regulatory issues (including the notorious “Halliburton loophole”). She chronicles the experiences of community activists as they fight to be heard and to get the facts about the safety of fracking. Touted as a greener alternative and a means to reduce dependence on foreign oil, natural gas development is an important part of American energy policy. Yet, as this book shows, it comes at a cost to the local communities who bear the health and environmental burdens.
LeRoy C. Paddock and Jessica Anne Wentz
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- May 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780198703181
- eISBN:
- 9780191772474
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198703181.003.0008
- Subject:
- Law, Environmental and Energy Law, Public International Law
This chapter examines the evolving Federal regulatory landscape for hydraulic fracturing. It compares how two states — Pennsylvania, one of the leading states for hydraulic fracturing gas production, ...
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This chapter examines the evolving Federal regulatory landscape for hydraulic fracturing. It compares how two states — Pennsylvania, one of the leading states for hydraulic fracturing gas production, and New York, where a long-standing moratorium on hydraulic fracturing remains in place — have regulated, or propose to regulate, fracturing operations. In the United States natural gas resources are privately owned unless they are located under publicly owned land. Under state law, the individual or organization who owns the surface property typically owns the mineral resources underneath, and may sell or lease those mineral rights to third parties. Thus, natural gas extraction tends to be a private activity which involves a mix of private contract law and public regulation of exploration and extraction practices. State law is especially important since onshore oil and gas exploration and production have historically been regulated at the state level. In presenting the state regulatory regimes, the chapter highlights areas where the Center for Sustainable Shale Development's (CSSD) new performance standards compare to the state approach.Less
This chapter examines the evolving Federal regulatory landscape for hydraulic fracturing. It compares how two states — Pennsylvania, one of the leading states for hydraulic fracturing gas production, and New York, where a long-standing moratorium on hydraulic fracturing remains in place — have regulated, or propose to regulate, fracturing operations. In the United States natural gas resources are privately owned unless they are located under publicly owned land. Under state law, the individual or organization who owns the surface property typically owns the mineral resources underneath, and may sell or lease those mineral rights to third parties. Thus, natural gas extraction tends to be a private activity which involves a mix of private contract law and public regulation of exploration and extraction practices. State law is especially important since onshore oil and gas exploration and production have historically been regulated at the state level. In presenting the state regulatory regimes, the chapter highlights areas where the Center for Sustainable Shale Development's (CSSD) new performance standards compare to the state approach.
Lila K. Barrera-Hernández
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- March 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199532698
- eISBN:
- 9780191701054
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199532698.003.0007
- Subject:
- Law, Environmental and Energy Law
This chapter discusses the future of South America's (SA) energy sector. The idea of looking beyond a carbon economy assumes that countries are focusing their efforts on alternatives to fossil fuels. ...
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This chapter discusses the future of South America's (SA) energy sector. The idea of looking beyond a carbon economy assumes that countries are focusing their efforts on alternatives to fossil fuels. Today, natural gas is believed to be SA's ‘bridge to the clean, low cost energies of the future’. For most South American countries, attracting foreign investment to fund the expansion of hydrocarbon reserves, output, and related infrastructure, particularly in those countries that may be at risk of becoming net importers or whose income is directly tied to hydrocarbon exports, is first on the agenda. From here to 2030 and beyond, it is a matter of tapping deeper into the region's hydrocarbon potential, increasing reserves, and expanding infrastructure coverage, including added ability to service a growing liquefied natural gas (and even gas to liquids) market. Laying the legal foundations for SA's energy future requires setting up a framework for clear, stable, and transparent transactions that lead to sustainable long-term relations amongst companies, governments, and the public.Less
This chapter discusses the future of South America's (SA) energy sector. The idea of looking beyond a carbon economy assumes that countries are focusing their efforts on alternatives to fossil fuels. Today, natural gas is believed to be SA's ‘bridge to the clean, low cost energies of the future’. For most South American countries, attracting foreign investment to fund the expansion of hydrocarbon reserves, output, and related infrastructure, particularly in those countries that may be at risk of becoming net importers or whose income is directly tied to hydrocarbon exports, is first on the agenda. From here to 2030 and beyond, it is a matter of tapping deeper into the region's hydrocarbon potential, increasing reserves, and expanding infrastructure coverage, including added ability to service a growing liquefied natural gas (and even gas to liquids) market. Laying the legal foundations for SA's energy future requires setting up a framework for clear, stable, and transparent transactions that lead to sustainable long-term relations amongst companies, governments, and the public.
Barry Barton, Catherine Redgwell, Anita Rønne, and Donald N. Zillman
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199271610
- eISBN:
- 9780191709289
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199271610.003.0019
- Subject:
- Law, Environmental and Energy Law
This chapter underlines one of the exacerbating factors in energy security, which is complex systems of supply. It discusses that energy security in the supply of electricity, and natural gas ...
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This chapter underlines one of the exacerbating factors in energy security, which is complex systems of supply. It discusses that energy security in the supply of electricity, and natural gas particularly, demands management of a complex system; and as del Guayo points out, this has implications for the drafting and interpretation of energy legislation. It notes that interactions between the different parts of the system must be anticipated, and that the system as a whole may be different from the sum of its parts. It indicates four main kinds of energy security concerns — security of supply, security of demand, reliability of energy supply, and physical security of energy installations and personnel. It also explains the role of law in energy security.Less
This chapter underlines one of the exacerbating factors in energy security, which is complex systems of supply. It discusses that energy security in the supply of electricity, and natural gas particularly, demands management of a complex system; and as del Guayo points out, this has implications for the drafting and interpretation of energy legislation. It notes that interactions between the different parts of the system must be anticipated, and that the system as a whole may be different from the sum of its parts. It indicates four main kinds of energy security concerns — security of supply, security of demand, reliability of energy supply, and physical security of energy installations and personnel. It also explains the role of law in energy security.
