- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 27, 2020
Court backs ACE review of Bayou Bridge Pipeline
A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled that the environmental review of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) was sufficient, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 27, 2020
Energy Transfer gets Pa. waivers for Mariner East 2 work
Pennsylvania has approved six waivers to allow Energy Transfer and subsidiary Sunoco to continue construction on its Mariner East 2 pipelines, Kallanish Energy reports The waivers, approved on Wednesday, allow the company to continue working at 15 construction sites across the state.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 26, 2020
South Dakota toughens up on pipeline rioters
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has signed legislation to toughen the state’s riot laws with criminal and civil penalties for those who urge rioting against pipeline projects, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 24, 2020
Covid-19 highlights key role of electricity, clean energy: IEA
The coronavirus crisis is causing havoc across the globe and has highlighted how much modern societies rely on electricity, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said on Monday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 23, 2020
Global gas flaring reaches 4.6 Tcf in 2019: GlobalData
Oil and gas producers have flared over 4.6 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas globally in 2019, foregoing as much as $24 billion in revenues, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 20, 2020
Bankruptcy judge approves PG&E financing plan
A federal bankruptcy judge in California has approved Pacific Gas & Electric’s financing plan to emerge from Chapter 11 reorganization, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 20, 2020
EPA finalizes settlement on Wyoming oil spills
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a proposed settlement with Citation Oil & Gas Corp. for spills in 2016 and 2019 in Wyoming, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 20, 2020
FERC approves Jordan Cove LNG in Oregon
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday issued a certificate of approval for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Oregon, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 19, 2020
Australia’s Victoria state lifts ban on conventional gas
Australia’s Victoria state will lift a moratorium on onshore conventional natural gas drilling after a three-year investigation, Kallanish Energy reports. The government of the southeastern state said on Tuesday it would introduce legislation to “allow for an orderly restart of onshore conventional gas exploration and development from 1 July 2021.”- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 18, 2020
Golar plans LNG import terminal in Brazil
Liquefied natural gas shipping company, Golar LNG, has revealed plans to develop an LNG import terminal in the Port of Suape, to meet power generation demand in Brazil’s northeastern region, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 17, 2020
Crude oil prices plummet on growing surplus
Crude oil prices plummeted on Monday as the coronavirus’ fast spread around the world is killing global oil demand, and supply continues surging, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 17, 2020
Aramco ‘very comfortable’ with oil at $30 a barrel: officials
Saudi Aramco is “very comfortable” with crude oil prices of $30 a barrel and will remain so “for a long time,” officials said on Monday during the company’s first earnings call with investors and analysts.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 16, 2020
Owner to keep Pa. nuclear power plant open beyond 2021
The owner of a nuclear power plant in western Pennsylvania has reversed a previous decision and will keep the plant open beyond 2021, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 16, 2020
Nine counties challenge tighter Colorado air rules
Nine rural counties in western Colorado have filed a lawsuit challenging state rules adopted last December to reduce unhealthy ozone pollution, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 16, 2020
Wyoming eyes Occidental lands in Utah, Colorado
It is the strangest story of the week: Wyoming may soon to buy a chunk of land in another state for possible oil and gas drilling and other uses, Kallanish Energy has learned.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 13, 2020
Ohio eco-groups recall XTO Energy gas well blowout
One of the biggest-ever methane leaks in the United States occurred two years ago at a natural gas well in eastern Ohio, and Ohio environmentalists remembered that event on Thursday, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 12, 2020
Russia approves zero tax on Arctic gas extraction
Russia’s upper house has approved a tax exemption on natural gas drilling in the Arctic, as a way to boost production of further liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the region.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 12, 2020
Saudi Arabia, UAE to flood oil markets in April
As the coronavirus outbreak is declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, Saudi Arabia and the UAE announced they are increasing crude supply to the market in April by around 3 million barrels per day (Mmbpd), Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 12, 2020
US natural gas production up 10% in 2019: EIA
U.S. natural gas production increased by 10% in 2019, according to the Department of Energy and its Energy Information Administration. Volumes were up by 9.8- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 12, 2020
DOE cancels Strategic Petroleum Reserve oil sales
The U.S. Department of Energy has suspended its planned sale of crude oil from the agency’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve in Texas and Louisiana, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 11, 2020
PG&E, FEMA settle on $1B California wildfire payment
Pacific Gas & Electric has agreed to pay $1 billion to resolve claims by federal and state emergency management agencies tied to 2017 and 2018 California wildfires, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 11, 2020
Massachusetts utility to pay $53M fine for 2018 gas explosions
A Massachusetts utility had pleaded guilty to causing a series of natural gas explosions in 2018 that killed one person and damaged scores of homes north of Boston, Kallanish Energy reports The president of Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, Mark Kempic, entered the plea this week in U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 10, 2020
Half of BLM workers agree to move from D.C. to Colorado
About half of the 179 Bureau of Land Management workers being shifted from Washington, D.C., to western Colorado by the Trump administration have agreed to the move and the other half has quit or left the agency, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 10, 2020
Oil prices collapse 30%, may dip into $20s
Saudi Arabia added fuel to an already burning oil market by slashing its crude oil prices to Europe, Asia and the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 9, 2020
FERC releases massive EIS for $40B Alaska LNG project
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a generally favorable Environmental Impact Statement for a long-sought natural gas pipeline and liquefied natural gas export project in Alaska, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 9, 2020
Enbridge to proceed with $500M Line 5 Pipeline tunnel
Enbridge announced Friday that it intends to build a $500 million pipeline tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac after a long and continuing legal fight with the state of Michigan, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 9, 2020
Warren Buffett withdraws from $9.5B Quebec LNG project
Warren Buffett and his Berkshire Hathaway investment company have reportedly decided against investing $4 billion in a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Quebec, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 9, 2020
New Mexico governor signs renewable energy bills
Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has signed legislation to expand solar and wind power in New Mexico and to modernize the state’s electric grid to allow for increased export of renewable energy, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 6, 2020
Opec proposes 1.5 Mmbpd cut until end of 2020
Opec agreed on Thursday to recommend an additional 1.5 million barrels per day (Mmbpd) of oil production cuts until the end of 2020, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 6, 2020
Mozambican learders must tackle security issues: Ayuk
Mozambican leaders must tackle security problems emerging in sites where international companies are developing liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, NJ Ayuk, chairman of the African Energy Chamber warned this week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 6, 2020
Tata Motors delivers India’s first LNG bus
India has entered “a new era of transportation” with the delivery of its first liquefied natural gas-powered buses, Tata Motors said earlier this week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 6, 2020
Nigeria to back $2.6B AKK gas pipeline project
Nigeria’s finance minister Zainab Ahmed announced this week the government will back the construction of the $2.59 billion AKK gas pipeline with a sovereign guarantee, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 6, 2020
FortisBC to expand Tilbury LNG plant in B.C.
FortisBC Holdings has filed initial paperwork with British Columba regulators to expand its Tilbury Island liquefied natural gas plant, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 6, 2020
Florida approves $1.8B community solar project
Florida regulators have approved Florida Power & Light’s $1.8 billion SolarTogether program, Kallanish Energy reports. Approval came from the Florida Public Service Commission.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 5, 2020
BP joins Santos in Moomba CCS project
Australia’s second largest independent gas producer, Santos, said Wednesday BP wants to join its carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in South Australia, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 4, 2020
Work set to resume on Coastal GasLink Pipeline
Construction is to resume on the Coastal GasLink Pipeline in western Canada after weeks of protests, arrests and rail blockades across Canada, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 3, 2020
Oil prices rebound on hopes Opec, central banks will act
Crude oil prices rebounded on Monday after the massive sell-off in commodities and equities last week, on hopes central banks will support their economies and the Opec+ alliance will not disappoint, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 3, 2020
UK to allow onshore wind to compete in power auctions
The UK government announced Monday a U-turn plan on onshore wind power, by allowing the technology to compete for contracts in power auctions, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 3, 2020
Souki, Houston sell shares to satisfy loan requirements
Two of the best-known LNG export industry players sold millions of shares in the company they founded amid concern a critical supply deal won’t be finalized.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 2, 2020
Maduro revamps PDVSA leadership
Venezuela has named four new vice presidents for a quartet of units of state oil company PDVSA, as well as a new president for the unit that handles joint ventures with private oil companies, PDVSA announced Saturday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 2, 2020
Citgo reaches deal to transfer Aruba refinery to govt
U.S. refiner Citgo has reached an agreement with the island of Aruba to transfer control of the San Nicolas refinery to the island’s government, Citgo said late Saturday, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 28, 2020
Eversource buying Columbia Gas of Mass for $1.1B
The largest public utility in New England is paying $1.1 billion for a Massachusetts natural gas utility at fault for 2018 explosions and fires, and which was just told by federal regulators to exit the state.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 28, 2020
Egypt’s Damietta LNG plant to restart by June: Eni
Egypt’s Damietta liquefaction plant will restart by June of this year, after an amicable resolution to an eight-year dispute between investors and the Egyptian government, Eni said Thursday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 27, 2020
PA’s natgas production, producing well total rise
Pennsylvania’s natural gas production volume, number of producing wells and average production per well all rose in 2019 from 2018, with all three categories jumping by triple digits from eight years ago, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 27, 2020
US crude inventories climb in latest EIA survey
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) for the week ended Feb. 21, increased by 452,000 barrels from the previous week, the Energy Information Administration reported Wednesday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 27, 2020
Wind now US’s most-used renewable energy source
In 2019, annual wind generation in the U.S. exceeded hydroelectric generation for the first time, with wind power the country’s top renewable power source, the Energy Information Administration reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 27, 2020
Coronavirus outside China obstructs oil market recovery
The further spread of the coronavirus outside China has gotten in the way of the oil market recovery, and is forcing markets to re-assess the severity of the headwinds ahead, IHS Markit said this week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 26, 2020
Coronavirus will meaningfully impact oil demand growth
Global oil production (crude oil and liquids) will increase by 0.7 million barrels per day (Mmbpd), to roughly 102.3 Mmbpd from fourth-quarter 2019 to fourth-quarter 2020, economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas, report.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 25, 2020
Oman plans to install offshore wind farms in Arabian Sea
Oman reportedly is planning to build offshore wind farms in the Arabian Sea, a plan that complements the country’s desire to install and increase high power generation capacity from renewable resources, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 25, 2020
Bankruptcy judge approves PES refinery’s sale
A U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge has approved the $252 million sale of the Philadelphia Energy Solutions (PES’) refining complex in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to a Chicago, Illinois-based developer.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 25, 2020
Supreme Court begins hearing ACP arguments
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday began hearing arguments that will determine the fate of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), the $8 billion natural gas line that would flow Marcellus Shale Play gas from West Virginia through Virginia and North Carolina.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 24, 2020
Triple-digit gas pull reported by EIA
The volume of working natural gas pulled from storage maintained triple digits for the fourth consecutive week, the latest data from the Energy Information Administration shows.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 24, 2020
Brazil’s oil, natural gas output sets records in January
Brazil’s oil and natural gas production hit record highs in January, the Brazilian government said last week, Kallanish Energy learns. Last month’s oil production reached 3.17- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 21, 2020
CER recommends approval of Alberta gas line project
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) is recommending approval of NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd.’s 2021 System Expansion Project in western Canada, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 21, 2020
BLM to release new plans for greater sage-grouse habitat
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management today will release six draft supplemental Environmental Impact Statements for management of greater sage-grouse habitat on public lands in seven Western states, Kallanish Energy reports..- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 20, 2020
PDVSA shakeup designed to stop crude output plunge
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro is expected to install new leadership at state oil company Petroleos de Venezuela SA, aka, PDVSA, as he hopes to end the crumbling of the nation’s oil industry, Kallanish Energy finds.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 19, 2020
Month-to-month US gas production projected to drop
Natural gas production in the seven most prolific basins/plays in the Lower 48 U.S. states is projected to drop between February and March, the Energy Information Administration’s February Drilling Productivity Report (DPR) reveals.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 19, 2020
US crude production barely moves in latest DPR
Crude oil production from the Lower 48 U.S. states’ seven most productive basins/plays will barely move from February to March, the Energy Information Administration’s February Drilling Productivity Report (DPR) projects.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 18, 2020