- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 21, 2019
Judge to decide if Fes can emerge from Chapter 11
A federal court hearing that could result in FirstEnergy Solutions emerging from bankruptcy is expected to wrap up late Wednesday, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 20, 2019
Natgas deliveries to US LNG export facilities set record
Natural gas deliveries to U.S. facilities producing liquefied natural gas (LNG) for export set a monthly record in July, averaging 6.0 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) — 7% of the total U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 20, 2019
Shell cracker workers paid to listen to Trump speech: report
Union workers at Shell’s ethane cracker complex under construction in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, were required to attend President Trump’s speech at the facility a week ago, or stay home and not be paid, according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 19, 2019
EQM stops work on portion of Mountain Valley line
EQM Midstream Partners told the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission via letter last week the company would stop some work on the Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline in West Virginia and Virginia, as the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 19, 2019
Annual US refinery runs projected to fall for 1st time in decade
U.S. gross inputs to refineries, aka, refinery runs, have increased each year since 2009, most recently reaching a record high of 17.3 million barrels per day (Mmbpd) in 2018, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 18, 2019
Stored working gas total still climbing
The volume of working gas injected into storage in the latest Energy Information Administration’s weekly survey rose less than 2% from the previous week, Kallanish Energy calculates.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 15, 2019
U.S. looks to seize tanker held in Gibraltar
The U.S. Department of Justice applied today to seize the Iranian tanker held in Gibraltar after it was accused of carrying Iranian crude bound for Syria, violating EU sanctions.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 14, 2019
Trump claims credit for cracker plant during PA visit
President Trump boasted Tuesday afternoon about his administration’s efforts to “revive” the nation’s energy and manufacturing sectors during a visit to Royal Dutch Shell’s ethane cracker plant construction site in Beaver County, Pennsylvania.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 14, 2019
New lawsuit filed over Mountain Valley Pipeline
Conservation groups have filed a new lawsuit aimed at the Mountain Valley Pipeline over its impacts on threatened and endangered species, The Associated Press reported.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 14, 2019
Trump administration upsets offshore wind plans
The Trump administration has ordered a major environmental review of the growing offshore wind industry – a review that some experts see as derailing the nation’s first major project and raises questions concerning future developments, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 13, 2019
Sierra Club, others oppose West Virginia Ctl plant
Some environmental groups are hoping the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (Dep) will stop a proposed Mason County coal-to-liquids plant project.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 13, 2019
On-off Saudi Aramco IPO ‘back on’
Saudi Aramco’s on-off-on-again initial public offering is being accelerated, according to the Wall Street Journal, though it remains unclear when the listing may happen.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 8, 2019
Tribal leaders request hearing concerning Dapl
South Dakota tribal leaders are requesting a public hearing in North Dakota about a proposed increase in crude oil carried by the Dakota Access Pipeline (Dapl), Kallanish Energy reports. Energy Transfer Partners plans to expand the pipeline’s capacity from more than 500,000 barrels per day, to as much as 1.1 million barrels per day (Mmbpd) to meet growing demand without constructing additional pipelines or rail shipments.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 6, 2019
US sets daily record for power sector natgas use
The U.S. likely set a new daily record on Friday, July 19, of 44.5 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of natural gas consumption by power plants, the Energy Information Administration reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 5, 2019
Settlement allows Midwest refiners to go east
A major gasoline pipeline has reached an agreement to give Midwestern refiners greater access to Pennsylvania markets, Kallanish Energy learns. Houston-based Buckeye Partners has reached an agreement to allow Midwestern refiners to ship more fuel farther into Pennsylvania on its Laurel pipeline, a 350-mile line which historically was used by Philadelphia refineries to transport motor fuel and heating oil west across Pennsylvania.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 5, 2019
Transportation uses most petroleum in US: EIA
Petroleum, including crude oil and refined products such as gasoline, diesel, and propane, is the largest primary source of energy consumed in the U.S., accounting for 36% of total energy consumption in 2018, the Energy Information Administration reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 5, 2019
China’s Didi teams with BP to build EV charging network
Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-hailing behemoth, has teamed with oil supermajor BP to build electric vehicle (EV)-charging stations in China, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 2, 2019
OPEC output lowest since 2011: survey
Opec crude oil output hit an eight-year low in July as a larger voluntary cut by Saudi Arabia deepened losses caused by U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 1, 2019
US crude production continues setting monthly records
U.S. crude oil production in each of the first five months of 2019 increased over 2018 levels, with April 2019 establishing a new monthly record, the Energy Information Administration reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 1, 2019
Iran ready to export gasoline, natgas if can’t export crude
With U.S. sanctions on its crude oil seriously crimping exports, Iran has turned to gasoline and natural gas exports to boost its economy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 31, 2019
Sovereign wealth fund GIC joins BlackRock, KKR in Abu Dhabi
Singapore sovereign wealth fund GIC has joined international investors BlackRock and KKR in an oil pipeline partnership with Abu Dhabi’s National Oil Co.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 30, 2019
U.S. Lng exports to Europe rise as Asian demand falls
U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas reached a new peak of 4.7 billion cubic feet per day in May, according to the latest data from the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 29, 2019
U.S. approves commercial service for Cameron LNG
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last Friday approved Sempra Energy’s request to initiate commercial service of the first liquefaction train at its $10 billion Cameron liquefied natural gas export (Lng) terminal in Louisiana, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 26, 2019
Plaintiffs win royalty judgment against EQT
A federal judge has given final approval to the settlement of a natural gas royalty civil suit against EQT, which will cost the U.S.’s largest dry gas producer $53.5 million, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 24, 2019
Conservation groups seek action on dunes sagebrush lizard
Conservation groups have filed a notice to sue the Trump administration for failing to protect the dune sagebrush lizard in the Permian Basin, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 24, 2019
Petition calls for halt to plastics pollution to streams, oceans
A coalition of 270 community and conservation groups across the United States has filed a legal petition demanding that the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 23, 2019
Owner of damaged Philly refinery files for Chapter 11
PES Energy, owner of the South Philadelphia oil refinery that suffered a massive fire and explosions last month, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 22, 2019
DTE approved to buy Isabella Wind projects
Apex Clean Energy said last week its proposed sale of the Isabella Wind I and II projects to DTE Energy has been conditionally approved by the Michigan Public Service Commission (Mpsc), Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 22, 2019
Another major coal producer files for bankruptcy
Blackhawk Mining, LLC, a coal mining company with operations in Kentucky, West Virginia and Indiana, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy last Friday, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 22, 2019
McDermott awarded pre-Feed pact for LNG project
McDermott International said last week it was awarded a contract valued between $1 million and $50 million by Argentina-based YPF, S.A. to provide pre-front-end engineering design (pre-Feed) services for a five million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) LNG liquefaction facility.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 18, 2019
Crude oil slips after US fuel inventories grow
Crude oil futures fell Wednesday, extending a more than 3% drop in prices durting Tuesday’s session, after U.S. government data showed large builds in refined product stockpiles, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 15, 2019
Iea expects new crude glut in 2020
The International Energy Agency said in its July report released Friday it expects a new glut of crude oil in 2020, Kallanish Energy reports.California governor fires state’s top oil regulator
California Gov. Gavin Newsom Thursday ordered his secretary of Natural Resources to fire Ken Harris, the state’s top oil regulator, after learning from media reports and watchdog groups fracking permits have doubled without his knowledge since he took office, and seven supervisors regulating the industry own shares in major oil companies.Cuadrilla to restart fracking at British site
British shale gas producer Cuadrilla said Thursday it would restart fracking at its Preston New Road site in Britain in the third quarter of 2019, with plans to use a thicker fracking fluid to help reduce earth tremors, Kallanish Energy finds.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 11, 2019
Power from natgas to rise in 2019, slip in 2020: Steo
The share of U.S. total utility-scale electricity generation from natural gas-fired power plants will rise from 35% in 2018, to 38% in 2019, and then decline slightly in 2020, according to the latest Steo, Short-Term Energy Outlook, produced by the Energy Information Administration.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 11, 2019
US dry gas production to set another record: Steo
U.S. dry natural gas production will average 91.3 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2019, up 8.0 Bcf/d from the previous record set in 2018, the Energy Information Administration projects in the just-released July Short-Term Energy Outlook (Steo), Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 11, 2019
Wti crude climbs $1/Bbl in 2020: Steo
West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices will average $62 a barrel in the second half of 2019, and $63/Bbl in 2020, the Energy Information Administration projects in the just-released Short-Term Energy Outlook (Steo), Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 10, 2019
Petrobras strikes deal with regulator to sell assets
Brazilian state-owned oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has reached an agreement with anti-trust regulator Cade to sell natural gas transportation and distribution assets.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 8, 2019
Working gas injected falls under 100 Bcf 2nd straight week
The volume of working natural gas injected in the most recent weekly report by the Energy Information Administration was under 100 billion cubic feet for the second straight week, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 5, 2019
US gas storage injections on record-setting pace
During the first 12 weeks of the 2019 summer natural gas refill season, typically April 1 to Oct. 31, net injections of working gas into underground storage in the Lower 48 states set a record pace, the Energy Information Administration reported.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 3, 2019
Russian minister says Persian Gulf tension not Iran’s fault
Russian energy minister Alexander Novak said Tuesday Iran isn’t the cause of instability in the Persian Gulf, and sanctions against the country are “unlawful,” CNBC reported.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 2, 2019
Fossil fuels continue to dominate US energy consumption
Fossil fuels, including petroleum, natural gas, and coal, have accounted for at least 80% of energy consumption in the U.S. for well over a century, according to the Energy Information Administration.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 1, 2019
Dominion withdraws natgas project, blames Ferc
Dominion Energy Transmission on Friday withdrew its application filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the $48 million, 120 million cubic feet per day (Mmcf/d) Sweden Valley pipeline expansion, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 30, 2019
Pa impact fee collections set record
Pennsylvania’s impact fee on natural gas wells yielded its highest payout in the seven years the levy has been collected – surpassing the previous record by roughly $25 million, the state Public Utility Commission (Puc) said last week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 26, 2019
Rhode Island regulators reject gas-fired plant
Rhode Island regulators have denied Invenergy a much needed permit for its planned $1 billion, 900-megawatt, natural gas-fired Clean River Energy Center in Burrillville, Rhode Island, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 20, 2019
PG&E settles wildfire claims for $1B
Pacific Gas and Electric said Wednesday it’s reached agreements to resolve wildfire claims made by 18 local public entities (cities, counties, districts and public agencies) impacted by the 2015 Butte Fire, 2017 Northern California wildfires and 2018 Camp Fire.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 19, 2019
EQM raises cost, delays timing of Mvp
EQM Midstream Partners said this week it has raised the projected cost of its Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to Virginia to $4.8-$5.0 billion, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 19, 2019
Trudeau government again approves Trans Mountain line
As expected, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s federal government has approved the long-delayed expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline in western Canada, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 19, 2019
EU scolds 15 countries on renewables target
Industry association WindEurope said Tuesday the European Commission called out 15 countries for not meeting their renewables targets, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 18, 2019
Maryland AG asks federal judge to dismiss Columbia suit
Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh has asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by TransCanada’s Columbia Gas Transmission unit that wants to build a natural gas pipeline through three miles of the Maryland countryside state officials have rejected.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 18, 2019
Crude production inches up from June to July: Dpr
Crude oil production in the seven most prolific basins/plays in the Lower 48 U.S. states is projected to increase by less than 1% from June to July, the latest Energy Information Administration data reveals, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 17, 2019
ND’s April crude production near high, natgas sets mark
North Dakota crude oil production was flat in April, just below a record set earlier this year, state regulators said Friday — but natural gas production again set an all-time record, Kallanish Energy finds.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 17, 2019
TX company wants to move royalties suit to federal court
A class-action lawsuit filed by nine Idaho residents who signed leases with a Texas-based independent oil and gas producer may be moved from state court to federal court, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 13, 2019
Appalachian storage hub loan guarantee perhaps in trouble
An amendment to a major government appropriations bill (H.R. 2740) could mean trouble for a $1.9 billion Energy Department loan guarantee for the proposed natural gas liquids storage facility planned for Appalachia, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 13, 2019
Southwestern states have better solar resources: EIA
Utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants in the U.S. operated on average at roughly 25% of their electricity generating capacity, based on an average of annual values, from 2014 through 2017, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 10, 2019
‘Urgent’ call to take advantage of Appalachia’s ethane largesse
CECIL TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania – The Appalachian Basin, specifically the trio of states including Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, is approaching a tipping point when determining what is done with the substantial volume of ethane produced here.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 10, 2019
Working gas in storage jumps by triple digits
The volume of working natural gas injected into underground storage during the week ended May 31, was the second-highest amount in 2019, and the fifth time this year the volume was measured in triple digits, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 7, 2019
Horizontally drilled wells dominate U.S. O&G production
Wells drilled horizontally into tight oil and shale gas plays continue to account for an increasing share of crude oil and natural gas production in the U.S., the Energy Information Administration said Thursday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- June 6, 2019