- 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 24, 2020
NextEra Energy Partners to focus on growth, not acquisitions
Florida-based NextEra Energy Partners said on Friday it expects to achieve long-term growth without committing to further acquisitions at least until 2021, Kallanish Energy reports.- 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 24, 2020
Phillips 66 CEO takes reins of oil and gas trade group API
The CEO and chairman of Phillips 66 has been named chairman of the oil and gas industry’s top trade group, the American Petroleum Institute (API), Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 22, 2020
US natural gas production growth slows in latest DPR
Natural gas production growth in the U.S.’s seven most productive basins/plays won’t break 100 million cubic feet per day from January to February, according to the January Drilling Productivity Report, produced by the Energy Information Administration.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 22, 2020
US crude production inches up in new survey
The newest evidence oil and gas production is slowing across the U.S. came Tuesday from the Energy Information Administration. Crude oil production from the U.S.’s- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 21, 2020
Sinopec to review potential $16B Cheniere deal: sources
China’s Sinopec is planning to review terms of a potential $16 billion liquefied natural gas supply deal with Cheniere Energy, industry officials told Reuters.- 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. FreeportWorking-rig count climbs by baker’s dozen
In the last two working-rig surveys, the number of rigs working onshore in the Lower 48 U.S. states has fallen by 13 and,in the latest survey, risen by the same number – the biggest one-week positive move since a 17-rig jump recorded the week ended April 5, 2019.- 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 16, 2020
GM bids to buy land for new Ohio battery factory
General Motors wants to build a new $2.3 billion battery factory in Lordstown, Ohio, adjacent to its former car assembly plant that it shuttered and sold in 2019, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 14, 2020
NOAA finds little wrong with Oregon pipeline
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration stated the environmental impact of a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal and pipeline in southern Oregon would be minimal, The Associated Press reported Sunday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 14, 2020
Senators pushing bolstering power grid cybersecurity
The proposed legislation did not get much play last week – there were a few other things going on – but, nonetheless, a bipartisan U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 10, 2020
Oxy soon to begin cutting jobs post-Anadarko takeover
Occidental Petroleum said Wednesday it would begin cutting personnel in a new cost-cutting move following its $38 billion acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 9, 2020
Bright Canyon Energy buys ownership in 2 wind farms
Independent energy project developer Tenaska and electric infrastructure company Bright Canyon Energy said Wednesday Bright Canyon has acquired ownership interests in two Tenaska-developed wind farms, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 9, 2020
Crude falls after Trump says Iran ‘appears to be standing down’
Crude oil prices continued to fall Wednesday after President Trump said Iran is standing down in the Middle East and the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 8, 2020
Shuttering coal plants saved 26,000 US lives: study
The decline of coal could be saving thousands of U.S. lives as power plants reduce air pollution by switching to natural gas, according to a study published Monday.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 7, 2020
Trump administration set to OK largest US solar farm
The Trump administration is expected to soon approve siting for the largest solar farm in the U.S., a $1 billion, 690-megawatt facility that will also include 380 MW of four-hour battery storage, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 7, 2020
US shippers say they overpaid for rail transport, allege price fixing
The petrochemical/refining unit of the French energy major Total has joined 37 other big freight shippers in accusing the U.S.’s four biggest railroads of price fixing by adding fuel surcharges to cargo prices.- 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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- January 6, 2020
US O&G M&A poised for recovery: Enverus
A total of $96 billion of U.S. oil & gas merger and acquisition transactions took place in 2019, including $11 billion in the final three months of the year, according to data analytics firm Enverus.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 3, 2020
Pemex’s plan to speed up drilling leads to re-bids
Efforts by Mexico’s national oil company, Pemex, to drill new wells at 20 “priority” fields largely using smaller, local service providers isn’t working, with the company expected to re-bid some of the work this year, Kallanish Energy finds.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 3, 2020
Oxy strengthens board, adds former Schlumberger CEO
Occidental Petroleum added to its board of directors Thursday with the appointment of a former Schlumberger CEO, as Oxy looks to score points with its shareholders after risking its future to buy Anadarko Petroleum for $38 billion in 2019.- 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.Fracking ban would gut US economy: study
By 2025, the price of gasoline would double and government revenue would plummet by almost $1.9 trillion, according to What If … Hydraulic Fracturing Was Banned?- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 19, 2019
DPL selling 2 Ohio coal-fired plants
DPL Inc., parent of utility Dayton Power & Light has sold two Adams County, Ohio coal-fired power plants it retired last year, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 19, 2019
McDermott, partners announce 1st cargo from Freeport Train 2
McDermott International and partners Chiyoda International Corp. and Zachry Group, announced Wednesday the first commissioning cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been shipped from Train 2 of the Freeport LNG project, on Quintana Island in Freeport, Texas.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 18, 2019
Noble Energy, Noble Midstream moving to Nasdaq
Independent producer Noble Energy and its midstream affiliate Noble Midstream have announced both are moving their stock listing to the Nasdaq Global Select Market from the New York Stock Exchange, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 17, 2019
US natgas production projected to slow considerably
The just-released EIA December Drilling Productivity Report (DPR) forecasts natural gas production from the U.S.’s seven most productive basins/plays will rise just 77 million cubic feet per day from December to January – a month-to-month increase that in previous reports neared 1 billion cubic feet per day.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 17, 2019
US coal production jobs plunged 41% in 8 years
U.S. coal mining employment, like the number of active coal mines in the country, continues to fall, according to data from the Energy Information Administration.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 13, 2019
Basalt acquires gas transmission business
A fund managed by infrastructure investment fund Basalt Infrastructure Partners II GP Ltd. has acquired Third Coast Midstream’s natural gas transmission business, rebranding the assets Black Bear Transmission.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 13, 2019
ONEOK’s Elk Creek line flowing NGL
Midstreamer ONEOK this week announced its Elk Creek Pipeline is now flowing natural gas liquids 900 miles, from the Williston Basin to ONEOK’s Mid-Continent NGL facilities in Bushton, Kansas, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 13, 2019
County plans to fight California’s anti-oil plan
At least one California county is prepared to take on Gov. Newsom and his plan to shrink and possibly phase out California’s oil industry, Kallanish Energy understands.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 12, 2019
EPIC ships 1st crude from Corpus Christi
Texas-based EPIC Crude Holdings said Wednesday one of its subsidiaries has loaded and launched the first shipment of crude oil from the IGC marine terminal, located on the Inner Harbor of the Corpus Christi (Texas) Ship Channel.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 12, 2019
Ironwood Midstream closes South Texas buy
Ironwood Midstream Energy Partners II announced it’s closed on the acquisition of midstream assets located in South Texas from Twin Eagle Gardendale Pipeline LLC, a unit of Twin Eagle Holdings N.A.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 11, 2019
XOM beats New York’s climate-change accounting case
New York state’s Attorney General failed to prove ExxonMobil (XOM) mislead shareholders over the true cost of climate change, a judge ruled Tuesday, ending the supermajor’s four-year battle against the state, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 10, 2019
O&G down, but certainly not out
It’s not hard to miss the signs: * The onshore Lower 48 U.S. states working-rig count has dropped more than 26% since the first week of 2019.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 10, 2019
Entergy, NextEra begin building Arkansas solar project
A subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources and Entergy Arkansas last week announced the start of construction of Arkansas’ largest utility-scale solar energy project, the 100-megawatt Chicot Solar Energy Center, Kallanish Energy reports.US working-rig count continues to slip
The number of rigs working onshore in the Lower 48 U.S. states last week fell by three for the second straight week, data from Baker Hughes Co.’s- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 9, 2019
KM expects core earnings to increase in 2020
U.S. pipeline operator Kinder Morgan said it expects its core earnings to increase slightly in 2020, Kallanish Energy reports. The company said it intends to cut its debt and increase its dividend next year.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 9, 2019
US crude posts best week since June, on Opec+ news
Crude oil rose Friday as Opec+ agreed to raise production cuts another 500,000 barrels a day through March 2020, bringing total production cuts to 1.7- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 8, 2019
US working gas in storage falls for 3rd straight week
The volume of working natural gas pulled from storage in the latest Energy Information Administration weekly survey dropped for the third consecutive week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 5, 2019
US crude stockpiles fall for 1st time in 6 weeks
U.S. commercial crude oil inventories (excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve) for the week ended Nov. 29, fell by 4.9- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 4, 2019
ET, Shell release EPC tender for Lake Charles project
Energy Transfer LP (ET) said Tuesday a tender has been issued to engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractors to submit final commercial bids for the proposed Lake Charles LNG liquefaction project, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 3, 2019
Sabine O&G completes sale to Osaka Gas USA
Sabine Oil & Gas Holdings said Monday it’s closed the sale of its subsidiary, Sabine Oil & Gas Corp. to Osaka Gas USA Corp.,- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 3, 2019
Cold weather prompts fuel switching in RTOs
A historic November cold snap sent temperatures below freezing in 75% of the Lower 48 states, with the price of natural gas jumping from less than $2.00- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 3, 2019
McDermott, Chiyoda flow feed gas to Cameron’s Train 2
McDermott International and its joint-venture partner, Chiyoda International, Monday announced Train 2 of the Cameron liquefied natural gas export project, in Hackberry, Louisiana, has reached the final commissioning stage, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 2, 2019
Texas plant explosion: Fires continues into 5th day
A fire continued to burn late Saturday night at the Port Neches, Texas, chemical plant that exploded Wednesday night, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 2, 2019
Working gas pulled from storage for 2nd week in row
Working natural gas was pulled from storage for the second consecutive week in the latest Energy Information Administration survey, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 29, 2019
Fire rages at Texas chemical plant day after explosions
Officials in East Texas said Thursday they didn’t know when roughly 50,000 people evacuated from their homes following two explosions at a chemical plant would be able to return, as an onsite fire continued to burn.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 29, 2019
Cowboys owner looks to score big in the Haynesville
Jerry Jones, owner/general manager of the National Football League’s Dallas Cowboys, has taken a fancy to Louisiana’s Haynesville Shale, calling it the best play for low-cost hydrocarbons and that he’s hunting for more acreage there.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 27, 2019
US energy-related CO2 emissions rose in 2018
Total U.S. energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in 2018 rose to 5.27 billion metric tons, 2.7% more than its 2017 level, the Energy Information Administration reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 26, 2019
Proposed LNG export facility inks deal with trader
International commodities trader Gunvor and Commonwealth LNG have signed a deal related to Commonwealth’s $4 billion liquefied natural gas export project in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 26, 2019
Oil rises as traders bet on trade deal, economic rebound
Crude oil rose Monday after posting three straight weeks of gains, nudged higher by positive comments from the U.S. and China rekindled hopes in global markets the world’s two largest economies could soon sign an interim deal to end their trade war.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 25, 2019
Moler appointed Tallgrass Energy’s new CEO
Midstreamer Tallgrass Energy said Monday the board of its general partner has appointed William R. (Bill) Moler as CEO, effective immediately, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 25, 2019
Restaurant Association sues over natgas ban
It’s getting hot in the kitchen in the state of California. The California Restaurant Association (CRA) has filed suit against the City of Berkeley following the city’s ban on natural gas infrastructure and the use of natural gas in newly constructed buildings, beginning Jan.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 25, 2019
Last New York coal plant set to close
The last operating coal-fired power plant in New York state could close by mid-February, Power magazine reported. Somerset Operating Co. on Nov.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 24, 2019
Brookline, MA banning O&G pipes in new builds
Taking a cue from what’s happening in California, residents of Brookline, Massachusetts, last week voted to ban the installation of oil and gas pipes in new buildings, as well as in extensive renovations of existing buildings — the first such prohibition in Massachusetts.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 21, 2019