- 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 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 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
ConocoPhillips to cut 2020 capex by $750 million
ConocoPhillips has announced it’s cutting its operational capital expenditure by $700 million this year in response to the recent oil market downturn, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 19, 2020
EOG Resources cuts $2 billion or 31% from capex budget
Texas-based EOG Resources is cutting its 2020 capital spending by $2 billion or 31%, in the wake of the spreading coronavirus and the crude oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia that is impacting U.S.- 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 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
BJ Services, Aethon to add new fracturing fleet
Texas-based BJ Services has entered into a four-year agreement with Aethon Energy for a natural gas-fueled fracturing fleet to be used in Louisiana, Kallannish Energy reports The first next-generation Titan fleet will be deployed in the gas-rich Haynesville Shale in the fourth quarter of 2020.- 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
Gazprom, CNPC to shut Power of Siberia for maintenance
Natural gas exports from Russia to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline will be halted later this month for a routine maintenance, Russian media reported earlier this week.- 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 11, 2020
Cenovus to cut 2020 capital spending by 32%
In the wake of the oil price crash, Alberta-based Cenovus announced that it was cutting its 2020 capital spending by 32%, Kallanish Energy reports.- 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 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 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
ExxonMobil to earmark $33B on 2020 capital spending
Population growth, an expanding middle class and global prosperity are driving a worldwide demand for oil, natural gas and chemicals, according to ExxonMobil.- 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 2, 2020
Midcoast inks anchor shipper pacts for CJ Express expansion
Midcoast Energy’s East Texas operating subsidiary has made a positive final investment decision and entered into definitive, long-term anchor shipper agreements in support of its CJ Express expansion project.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 28, 2020
Equitrans, EQM agree to merge
Midstreamers Equitrans Midstream (ETRN) and EQM Midstream Partners LP said Thursday they’ve agreed to a share-for-unit merger, in which each outstanding public common unit of EQM would be exchanged for 2.44- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 28, 2020
EQT, EQM sign gas gathering pact
Independent producer EQT Corp. and EQM Midstream Partners LP (EQM) said Wednesday they’ve executed a 15-year gas gathering agreement covering Pennsylvania and West Virginia both sides call a win-win deal.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 26, 2020
Centennial sells disposal wells, infrastructure for $225M
Colorado-based independent producer Centennial Resource Development Inc. is selling its saltwater disposal wells and associated produced water infrastructure in Reeves County, Texas, to WaterBridge Holdings LLC for $225 million, Kallanish Energy reports.- 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
Phillips 66 Partners acquires 50% interest in Liberty line
Midstreamer Phillips 66 Partners LP (PSXP) said Friday it’s acquiring from its sponsor, Phillips 66, its 50% interest in the $1.6- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 21, 2020
Williams reports strong 4th quarter results
Williams has reported its fourth quarter 2019 gathered volumes were up 10% in 2019 from a year earlier, to a record 13.3- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 21, 2020
North Dakota regulators approve DAPL expansion
The North Dakota Public Service Commission this week voted 3-0 to approve the proposed expansion of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), which involves building a pump station in Emmons County to help push up to twice as much crude oil through the line daily.- 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 20, 2020
ET announces Eagle Ford, Delaware Basin deals
Energy Transfer (ET) said Wednesday it’s signed a number of gathering, processing, transportation and fractionation agreements with a large, unnamed integrated energy company, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 17, 2020
US Henry Hub prices rise 14.5% from 2020 to 2021
In January, the Henry Hub natural gas spot price averaged $2.02 per million British thermal units (MmBtu), as warm weather contributed to below-average inventory withdrawals and put downward pressure on natural gas prices, the Energy Information Administration reports in its February Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO).- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 15, 2020
Natural Gas Now Best Picks of the Week – February 15, 2020
Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 14, 2020
Enbridge buying Rio Bravo line from NextDecade
NextDecade Corp. and Enbridge announced Thursday Enbridge will acquire Rio Bravo Pipeline Company LLC from NextDecade for no more than $25 million, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 13, 2020
Southern sells its stake in ACP to Dominion
Dominion Energy is buying The Southern Co.’s 5% share in the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) for $175 million, Kallanish Energy learns. Currently under construction, the projected cost of the 600-mile natural gas pipeline has increased to $8 billion, up considerably from the estimated $4.5- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 11, 2020
I Squared acquires interest in Colombia’s OCENSA line
Global infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital, through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund II, has acquired an indirect equity interest in Oleoducto Central, S.A.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 10, 2020
CA utility wildfire prevention plans include blackouts
California utilities plan to continue shutting off customers’ power during dry and windy conditions to prevent possible deadly wildfires, but they will make outages more targeted to avoid widespread blackouts, according to plans filed Friday with the state, The Associated Press reported.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 10, 2020
ARB announces new connection to DJ Basin system
ARB Midstream’s DJ South Gathering LLC unit last week announced another expansion of its crude oil gathering and transportation system in the DJ Basin in northeastern Colorado, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 5, 2020
Midstreamers exercise Saddlehorn option
Noble Midstream Partners LP and Greenfield Midstream LLC announced Tuesday they’ve exercised their option to acquire a 20% interest in the Saddlehorn Pipeline for $155 million gross, $84 million net to Noble Midstream, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 3, 2020
Energy Transfer announces open season for Mariner West
Energy Transfer LP said last Friday its Sunoco Pipeline L.P. unit launched a binding open season for ethane transportation service on its Mariner West pipeline, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 30, 2020
Williams joins The Environmental Partnership
Energy infrastructure giant Williams said Wednesday it’s joined The Environmental Partnership, a coalition of energy-provider companies committed to improving environmental performance and accelerating emissions reductions, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 29, 2020
BCE-Mach III acquiring Alta Mesa, Kingfisher
The partnership BCE-Mach III LLC is acquiring substantially all of the upstream oil and gas assets of Alta Mesa Holdings (AMH) and its subsidiaries, and the midstream assets of Kingfisher Midstream for $320 million, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 28, 2020
Southcross Energy’s restructuring plan OKed, Chapter 11 ending
Natural gas midstreamer Southcross Energy Partners LP said Monday the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has confirmed the company’s Plan of Reorganization, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 27, 2020
Working-gas draw down nearly hits triple digits
The volume of working natural gas pulled from storage during mid-January in the Lower 48 U.S. states reached 3% of total gas stored, the latest weekly survey by the Energy Information Administration reveals.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 27, 2020
Oil patch bankruptcies soar in 2019: Haynes and Boone
If you thought 2019 seemed much like 2016 in terms of tough times in the oil patch, leading to bankruptcy filings, you’re dead on.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 24, 2020
Virginia AG files Supreme Court brief opposing ACP
Virginia attorney general Mark Herring this week filed a brief in the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) natural gas line case at the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 20, 2020
Freeport LNG’s Train 2 begins commercial operations
Freeport LNG’s Train 2 has started commercial operations, Kallanish Energy reports. That announcement of the initial LNG deliveries to BP under a 20-year tolling agreement came last Friday. Freeport- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 17, 2020
Enbridge Gas holding open season for storage at Dawn Hub
Enbridge Gas is holding a binding open season for up to 1 billion cubic feet (Bcf) of peak storage service at the Dawn Hub storage facility in Ontario, beginning as early as April 1, 2020, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 6, 2020
Tenaris closes $1.1B buy of pipemaking rival
Luxembourg-based steel pipe maker Tenaris said last week it’s closed the $1.07 billion acquisition of IPSCO Tubulars from Russian steelmaker TMK, becoming the largest steel pipe maker in North America, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 27, 2019
Tax dollars for Ohio from 2 gas lines may be less than expected
Developers of two new natural gas pipelines in Ohio want to reduce their valuation, which would decrease by millions anticipated tax dollars slated for schools and municipalities, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 23, 2019
Dark Fiber Project in Bradford County Another Plum from Natural Gas Tree
Johnny Williams Bradford County Writer High capacity dark fiber internet infrastructure is being planned for Bradford County, thanks to the Marcellus gas impact fee and some innovative leaders.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 23, 2019
Work on Nord Stream 2 may stop on Trump sanctions
Switzerland’s AllSeas Group SA said it would halt operations on the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, as President Trump approved sanctions targeting the project, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 13, 2019