- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 14, 2019
Cuomo orders National Grid to provide hookups
The Cuomo administration in New York State has ordered National Grid to provide natural gas hookups to over 1,100 previously denied Brooklyn-based customers, numerous media reported.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 11, 2019
Chevron CEO touts Texas growth
Chevron’s chief executive on Wednesday touted the company’s Texas growth, from the Permian Basin to Houston refining and chemicals. Speaking at the Greater Houston Partnership’s annual “State of Energy” luncheon, Mike Wirth also urged the energy industry to take the lead on emissions reductions to help combat climate change, the Houston Chronicle reported.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 11, 2019
UPS adding 6,000 NGVs
Package delivery giant UPS will purchase more than 6,000 natural gas-powered vehicles (NGVs) beginning in 2020, through 2022, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 8, 2019
Tallgrass announces open season for Pony Express expansion
Midstreamer Tallgrass Energy, through its affiliate Tallgrass Pony Express Pipeline LLC, Monday announced a binding open season soliciting shipper commitments for crude oil transportation on the Pony Express system from origin points in Wyoming to the McPherson refinery in McPherson, Kansas.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- October 2, 2019
Sempra selling stake in Luz del Sur in Peru
Sempra Energy said this week it’s selling its equity interests in its Peruvian businesses, including its 83.6% stake in electric utility Luz del Sur S.A.A.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 26, 2019
PA county calls Mariner East pipeline a ‘nuisance’
The Chester County, Pennsylvania, prosecutor, increasing pressure on Sunoco’s Mariner East Pipeline, said this week his office plans to sue the $5.1 billion project as a public nuisance, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 25, 2019
Candor’s SCOOP-to-North-Texas gathering system online
Independent midstreamer Candor Midstream announced Tuesday its SCOOP-to-North-Texas rich gas gathering pipeline system now is online, Kallanish Energy reports. Candor purchased the system in January 2019, then made multiple upgrades to the pipeline system.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 23, 2019
Iran responsible for ‘attack against the world’: Saudi official
Iran’s recent warnings to Saudi Arabia are “ridiculous” and “laughable,” Saudi minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir told CNBC Friday, amid investigations by the kingdom tying Iran to a major attack on its oil facilities.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 20, 2019
Enterprise to expand, extend Acadian system
Enterprise Products Partners Thursday announced plans to expand and extend its Acadian natural gas system to deliver gas from the Haynesville Shale to the liquefied natural gas market in South Louisiana, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 19, 2019
Eco-Energy buys gathering/processing/terminal assets
Tennessee-based biofuel company Eco-Energy has acquired the Stone Mountain gathering pipeline system, Stone Mountain processing facility and the Stone Mountain rail terminal from Continuum Energy Services for an undisclosed price.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 18, 2019
LM Energy completes 1st phase of Touchdown gathering system
LM Energy Holdings, the former Longhorn Midstream Holdings LLC, said Phase I of its Touchdown Crude Oil Gathering System in the northern Delaware Basin is complete, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 17, 2019
US consumers will see ‘sticker shock’ at gas pump: analyst
U.S. gasoline prices will increase roughly 20 cents per gallon because of the recent attacks in Saudi Arabia, oil analyst Andy Lipow predicted Monday, on CNBC.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 13, 2019
Fire breaks out on oil tanker at Equinor’s terminal
Equinor said on Friday a fire broke out in the engine room of the Dubai Harmony oil tanker during loading at its operated Sture oil export terminal – one of the major oil terminals in Norway, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 10, 2019
Eia: Florida shifts to natural gas for electricity
Florida is rapidly turning to natural gas to produce its electricity, Kallanish Energy reports. Florida has added 16 gigawatts of utility-scale natural gas-fired electric generation between 2008 and 2018, about 24% of all U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 9, 2019
Fight continues over new Enbridge Mainline contracts
More than two dozen Canadian oil producers have filed comments with the Canada Energy Regulator on Enbridge’s plan to revise its shipping contracts on the Mainline pipeline system, Kallanish Energy has learned.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 9, 2019
More crude oil being loaded at Corpus Christi: RBN Energy
U.S. crude oil loadings at Corpus Christi, Texas, have nearly doubled with the completion of new pipelines from the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico, Kallanish Energy has learned.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 6, 2019
Arctic LNG 2 project receives final go-ahead
Novatek and its partners on Thursday took the final investment decision on the $21.3 billion Arctic LNG 2 project, with first liquefied natural gas deliveries expected in 2023, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 5, 2019
Hurricane forces evacuation of Elba Island LNG
Kinder Morgan has run into a new delay at its liquefied natural gas export facility in Georgia: Hurricane Dorian. The LNG liquefaction/export facility being started up has been evacuated and it is unclear how long the closure might last, Ceo Stevn Kean said on Wednesday at the Barclays energy conference in New York City, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 4, 2019
Cheniere’s Train 2 at Corpus Christi substantially complete
Cheniere Energy has announced that Train 2 at Corpus Christi, Texas, has reached substantial completion, Kallanish Energy reports. That was reached last week at the liquefaction/export facility, the company said on Tuesday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- September 4, 2019
Four dead in India’s ONGC fire
Four people died in a fire that occurred Tuesday at a facility operated by Indian state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 30, 2019
Saddlehorn Pipeline expanding following increased commitments
Saddlehorn Pipeline Company LLC on Thursday announced an expansion of the Saddlehorn Pipeline by 100,000 barrels per day, to 290,000 Bpd, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 29, 2019
Plains gives up on pipeline steel surcharge
U.S. pipeline operator Plains All American has abandoned a plan to institute a surcharge to offset Section 232 steel tariffs for its new Cactus II Pipeline, following objections by ConocoPhillips and Encana, according to regulatory documents secured by Kallanish, sister publication of Kallanish Energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 28, 2019
Tallgrass acknowledges buyout proposal from Blackstone
Tallgrass Energy (Tge) LP late Tuesday evening said its general partner’s board has received a non-binding offer from Blackstone Infrastructure Partners to acquire all outstanding Class A shares in Tallgrass not already owned, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 28, 2019
Mexico reaches deal with pipeline operators on contracts
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador Tuesday announced a deal ending a standoff with four natural gas pipeline operators over contract prices, allowing them to avoid international arbitration, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 27, 2019
Mexico near deal to resolve pipeline conflict
The administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has reached a preliminary deal with four private pipeline companies to resolve a conflict over natural gas line contracts, people familiar with the talks told The Wall Street Journal.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 22, 2019
Refiner Motiva moves into petrochemicals
Motiva Enterprises said this week it’s buying the Flint Hills Resources chemical plant adjacent to its Port Arthur, Texas, oil refinery, marking its entry into petrochemicals, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 20, 2019
Elevate inks gas gathering/treating pact with Sabine
Elevate Midstream Partners said Monday it’s entered into an eight-year natural gas gathering and treating agreement with Sabine Oil and Gas, a Haynesville Shale producer in East Texas’ Harrison and Panola counties, Kallanish Energy reports.- 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 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 15, 2019
Inter Pipeline announces new oil line project
Canada-based Inter Pipeline Ltd. announced it’s received sufficient shipper support for construction of a $100 million pipeline connection between its Bow River and Central Alberta pipeline systems in western Canada, Kallanish Energy reports.- 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 13, 2019
LNG Canada project to ship gas to Asia as early as 2024
A C$40 billion ($30 billion) liquefied natural gas export project in British Columbia led by Royal Dutch Shell (40% share) is on track to start exporting LNG to Asia as early as 2024, having received a significant financial boost from Canada’s federal government.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 12, 2019
EnLink executive chair Davis reassumes CEO role
EnLink Midstream announced last week Barry E. Davis, the company’s executive chairman, who led EnLink as its CEO from its founding in 2014 to 2018, has reassumed the role of chief executive while continuing to serve as chairman.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 9, 2019
NGL Energy Partners sells refined products assets
NGL Energy Partners announced it’s selling TransMontaigne Product Services (Tpsl) and associated assets to an unnamed buyer for roughly $300 million, including equity consideration, inventory and net working capital, Kallanish Energy reports.- 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 7, 2019
Black Bear inks Cotton Valley gathering & processing pact
Black Bear Midstream said Tuesday it’s entered into a seven-year gas gathering and processing agreement with an unnamed Cotton Valley producer in Louisiana’s Desoto and Caddo parishes, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 7, 2019
Caliber buys Bakken assets from American Midstream
Caliber Midstream Holdings said Tuesday it’s acquired Bakken assets in North Dakota from American Midstream Partners for an undisclosed price, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- August 6, 2019
Enbridge holding open season for Canadian Mainline
Canadian pipeline giant Enbridge has initiated an open season for transportation services on the Canadian Mainline pipeline system, Kallanish Energy 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 2, 2019
Pin Oak secures interconnection to Epic, Red Oak lines
Pin Oak Corpus Christi Monday announced new interconnection agreements with Epic Pipeline and Red Oak Pipeline and commencement of construction on its new crude oil trading hub at Taft, Texas, north of Corpus Christi, Kallanish Energy reports.- 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
US OCTG prices stay stuck in bear market
The slow on-going recovery for US steel prices is unlikely to affect the oil country tubular goods market for the foreseeable future, Kallanish hears from market sources.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 29, 2019
Neb says no federal scrutiny needed for gas line
TC Energy’s proposed Coastal GasLink pipeline to supply the LNG Canada project in northern British Columbia is not subject to federal regulation, Canada’s National Energy Board said Friday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 29, 2019
Oneok announces expansions to natgas, Ngl infrastructure
Midstreamer Oneok last week announced $700 million in plans to expand its natural gas and natural gas liquids infrastructure between now and 2021, including: * A 200 million cubic feet per day (Mmcf/d) expansion of the Bear Creek natural gas processing facility and related infrastructure in the Williston Basin* Mid-Continent Ngl fractionation facility expansions totaling roughly 65,000 barrels per day, and additional Ngl infrastructure to increase capacity between the Elk Creek and Arbuckle II pipelines* A 40,000 Bpd additional expansion of the West Texas LPG pipeline in the Permian Basin.- 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 16, 2019
Charletta named Equitrans president
Midstreamer Equitrans Midstream announced Monday Diana M. Charletta was appointed president of the company and president of the general partner of EQM Midstream Partners LP, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 16, 2019
Longhorn launches open season for Touchdown crude system
Longhorn Midstream Holdings announced Monday its LM Touchdown Crude II LLC unit launched a binding open season to support development of its Touchdown Crude Oil Gathering System in the Northern Delaware Basin, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 15, 2019
The Permian is the ‘swing producer in the world’: Souki
While predicting crude oil price swings is risky business, liquefied natural gas export player and Tellurian chairman Charif Souki said last week the Permian Basin in West Texas/southeast New Mexico is the world market’s gatekeeper, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 15, 2019
Bellville Tube to reopen after 5-year hiatus
A Bellville, Texas, tube mill idled in 2014, is being restarted under new ownership, a company press release tells Kallanish, sister publication of Kallanish Energy.- 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 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 9, 2019
Midstreamer Lucid Energy inks pact with XTO
Lucid Energy Group Tuesday announced the company has executed a new, long-term natural gas gathering and processing agreement with ExxonMobil unit XTO Energy, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 8, 2019
Delek says gas exports to Egypt by year’s end
Israel’s Delek Drilling said it has completed testing of a subsea natural gas pipeline to Egypt, but commercial sales by June 30 did not occur as originally projected, Kallanish Energy understands.- 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 7, 2019
Pipeline Supporters Rally for Atlantic Coast Pipeline Against Enviro Elites
Jim Willis Editor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) Pipelines supporters from affected North Carolina communities have had enough of environmental activists and political elites standing in their way.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 3, 2019
UGI unit acquiring Columbia Midstream for $1.28B
UGI Corp. has announced its UGI Energy Services unit is acquiring Columbia Midstream Group (Cmg) from a subsidiary of TC Energy for roughly $1.28 billion, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 2, 2019
Saddlehorn line to expand, add Ft. Laramie origin
Saddlehorn Pipeline Co. announced Monday the expansion of the Saddlehorn pipeline and a new Ft. Laramie, Wyoming origin point for the line, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- July 1, 2019