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On March 23, 1994, during the Edison, New Jersey, natural gas explosion, a 36 inch diameter section of pipeline exploded, destroying numerous apartments nearby. [9] [10] On February 21, 1986, near Lancaster, Kentucky, a 30-inch diameter Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline gas pipeline ruptured due to corrosion. Three people had serious burns ...
April 7, 1926 - A lightning-caused fire, involving a 1 million gallon tank, near San Luis Obispo. [8] September 16, 1928 – George F. Getty Inc. well exploded at the Santa Fe Springs oil fields, igniting a fire that burned for almost two months. [10] July 12, 1951 - A tank farm fire in Wilmington injured 3.
Marcellus natural gas trend. Extent of Marcellus Shale [1] The Marcellus natural gas trend is a large geographic area of prolific shale gas extraction from the Marcellus Shale or Marcellus Formation, of Devonian age, in the eastern United States. [2] The shale play encompasses 104,000 square miles and stretches across Pennsylvania and West ...
The Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation Natural Gas Pipeline Explosion and Fire occurred in Edison, New Jersey, on March 23, 1994, where a 36-inch (910 mm) diameter natural gas pipeline broke and exploded into flames next to the Durham Woods apartment complex along New Durham Road at its junction with Interstate 287. [1]
Meanwhile, manufactured gas was more commonly used than natural gas in the early 19th century, first introduced in Baltimore in 1816 with underground pipes laid starting in 1851. [6] Gas plants could be sited within cities, and many major U.S. cities such as New York, Chicago, San Francisco had gas distribution lines for manufactured gas by the ...
Index Name 1-Month 3-Month YTD 2010 1-Year 3-Year 5-Year 10-Year Since Inception* Dow Jones-UBS Commodity IndexSM 2.06 4.45 4.45 16.83 28.49 -5.20 2.57 7.07 6.24 Data calculated as of March 31, 2011. Index performance data prior to initial calculation dates are based on back-testing.
In 2012, the United States produced 25.3 trillion cubic feet of marketed natural gas, with an average wellhead value of $2.66 per thousand cubic feet, for a total wellhead value of $67.3 billion. [2] In 2013, the country produced 30.0 trillion cubic feet (TCF) of marketed gas. [3] With 7,545 billion cubic feet (BCF), the leading gas-producing ...
On December 24, 2010, a mechanical failure at a Texas Gas Transmission compressor station near Youngsville, Louisiana, caused a gas leak that ignited and exploded in the middle of the night. The Texas Gas gas control center received alarms indicating fire, vibration, and emergency shutdown alarms were activated. The fire department and state ...