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This white paper, Waste Heat Opportunities for Interstate Natural Gas Pipelines, prepared for INGAA by Bruce A. Hedman, an expert on distributed generation and waste energy recovery with the consulting firm of EEA-ICF, analyzes the current status [...] Read More

In a single, easy-to-use volume, the Desk Book captures a wealth of background information about the interstate natural gas pipeline industry in the United States. The Desk Book spans many topics,including the evolution of natural gas regulation, [...] Read More

This White Paper, Implementation of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) Enforcement Authority, expresses the collective views of a broad brange of energy trade associations regarding current enforcement policy and activities of [...] Read More

The Natural Gas Council (NGC), representing every segment of the U.S. natural gas industry, released today the results of a comprehensive study analyzing S. 280, the Climate Stewardship and Innovation Act of 2007, introduced by Senators Joseph [...] Read More

This report surveys the contributions of oil and gas pipelines in meeting the Nation’s energy needs, the critical role that research played in making those contributions possible up until now, and how research will be necessary in the future [...] Read More

Last year's invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces and the resulting Persian Gulf war have again thrown into question our degree of dependence on foreign oil. While the world oil market has adjusted to the Persian Gulf events and the U.S. is not in [...] Read More

The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) is a primary liaison organization representing the Natural Gas Industry and, as such is closely involved in support activities relating to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) [...] Read More

Among the major sources of energy used in the United States, natural gas enjoys an outstanding image. Compared to oil, coal, and nuclear power, it is considered to be the safest to use, the best for the environment, the most acceptable for [...] Read More

NEW MARKETS FOR GAS Faced with natural gas consumption that fell 27% between 1972 and 1986 and has only recently begun to recover, the natural gas industry must expand to new or under-utilized markets that can fuel future growth. Three markets [...] Read More

Dwights, under the direction of the INGAA Information Services Committee, completed the design, development, and commercial introduction of GAS*CODE, a data base of pipeline transferlreceipt points where nominations or gas title change can take [...] Read More

This report presents the results of a program of analysis and study performed during 1991 on Clean Air Act regulations which impact the natural gas transmission industry. This program is sponsored by the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America [...] Read More

During the past two years, the term environmental externalities has become increasingly important in energy industries. The economic concept of externalities has been around for a long time, but state requirements that electric utilities factor [...] Read More

The Clinton Administration recently proposed a modified Btu tax on energy. Before the announcement, a variety of taxes was being considered, both broad-based (e.g., Btu, carbon, ad valorem and VAT) and fuel-specific (motor fuels and the oil import [...] Read More

This paper examines current federal regulations of interstate natural gas pipelines with regard to their treatment of recoating costs. These regulations require that costs associated with recoating be expensed in the year incurred. The analysis [...] Read More

The natural gas industry is simultaneously undergoing fundamental structural change and being challenged to cultivate an array of new market opportunities. To successfully navigate through this period of transition, meet the needs of energy [...] Read More

The INGAA Foundation is an organization made up largely of suppliers to the natural gas industry, including manufacturers of linepipe, pipe coatings, compressors, valves and metering equipment. Gas pipelines make up the remainder of the Foundation [...] Read More

This report focuses on the major intrastate natural gas pipelines operating in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas, the intrastate gas market. Major findings of the report are as follows: Intrastate gas pipelines represent an important component of [...] Read More

The costs associated with the development of energy resources and protection of the environment have grown in importance to the energy industry, federal and state governments, and energy customers. The INGAA Foundation (Foundation) engaged R. J. [...] Read More

For a wide variety of reasons, many industry analysts believe that the amount of natural gas used for electric generation by utilities, independent power producers (IPPs), and industrial and commercial cogenerators will increase dramatically in the [...] Read More

There are now over one million natural gas vehicles in use worldwide. Natural gas is a high quality transportation fuel which has been proposed as a method for: Reducing fuel costs Reducing vehicle emissions Meeting legislative [...] Read More