Erika Green Chevron Phillips Chemical has completed mechanical completion of its Cedar Bayou ethane cracker in Baytown, Texas, and commissioning activities are under way, Kallanish Energy reports. That is “a major milestone,” the company said last week, in a statement. The plant is undergoing system checks and final certifications to ensure a safe and reliable startup and … Read more
PNM Resources has shuttered two of four coal-fired units at its San Juan Generating Station in New Mexico in order to comply with federal visibility regulations, Kallanish Energy reports. The company’s Public Service Co. of New Mexico, New Mexico’s largest utility, made the announcement Wednesday. The retirement of two of four units at the plant near … Read more
Polish state-controlled oil and gas company PGNiG announced Tuesday it signed its first medium-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal originating from Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass LNG export terminal in western Louisiana. The five-year contract was closed with Centrica LNG beginning in 2018. Up to nine cargoes will be delivered during the term of the contract to … Read more
Portugal has confirmed it will close its two remaining coal-fired power plants before 2030, phasing out electricity generation from the so-called dirty fossil fuel, as the country joins the UK and Canada in a bid to spread international action against carbon emissions. Environment minister Joao Matos said last week the government will close the 1,100-megawatt (MW) Sines … Read more
Portugal has confirmed it will close its two remaining coal-fired power plants before 2030, phasing out electricity generation from the so-called dirty fossil fuel, as the country joins the UK and Canada in a bid to spread international action against carbon emissions. Environment minister Joao Matos said last week the government will close the 1,100-megawatt (MW) Sines … Read more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has given Rover Pipeline LLC approval to conduct horizontal directional drilling (HDD) under streams and highways at four more locations along the route of the 711-mile natural gas pipeline across northern Ohio. The action came after Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners (ETP), the company developing the $4.2 billion pipeline, adopted specific … Read more
The so-called shale gale, aka, shale wave, which has positively impacted natural gas production, consumption and prices across the U.S., is a comfortable topic of discussion for Robert F. Powelson. With the Marcellus and Utica Shale plays major contributors to the gale/wave, the native Pennsylvania likes to point out what he calls the “Pennsylvania Experience,” how … Read more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved the Rayne Xpress Pipeline to begin shipping Marcellus and Utica shale natural gas to the Gulf Coast, Kallanish Energy reports. The project required adding compressor stations in three Kentucky counties to boost capacity by 1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d). The pipeline runs from Rayne, La., north … Read more
Royal Dutch Shell, PDVSA and Venezuela’s oil ministry have formed a joint coordination committee to develop natural gas projects in the oilfields of Monagas state, in northern Venezuela, Kallanish Energy learns. The committee will aim to use and recover gas in the fields, taking advantage of Venezuela’s gas reserves – ranked eighth-largest in the world. The parties … Read more
The government of Scotland announced Tuesday it plans to ban new gasoline and diesel cars by 2032 – eight years earlier than proposals made by the UK’s Westminster government, Kallanish Energy reports. In July, UK Prime Minister Theresa May set out targets to phase out the sale of new fossil-fuels cars by 2040 to … Read more
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