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Comissioning begins on Chevron Phillips ethane cracker in Texas
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,” ...
Hilcorp plans $285M Alaskan investment in 2018
Hilcorp is planning to spend roughly $285 million in Alaska during 2018, the oil and gas producer’s operations manager Chad Helgeson said earlier this month. This investment ...
Ohio EPA troubled by HDD problems on Rover Pipeline
Rover PIpeline is continuing to have horizontal directional drilling (HDD) problems under the Tuscarawas River in Ohio, and that concerns the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Kallanish Energy finds. In a three-page ...
PGNiG, Centrica sign 5-year U.S. LNG supply Pact
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. ...
FERC denies latest petition from Constitution Pipeline
The stalled Constitution Pipeline in New York State has once again failed to start. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has declined to overrule New York State, which has denied a needed ...
EDF eyes lifespan extension of French fleet of 10-20 years: BFM TV 🔓
French state-controlled utility firm EDF is “secretly planning” to extend the lifespan of 58 nuclear reactors in France by 10 to 20 years, pushing back the country’s energy mix ...
FERC approves service for Rayne Xpress Pipeline
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 ...
China revises commissioning dates of EPRs
The two nuclear reactors under construction at the Taishan nuclear power plant in China’s Guangdong Province will not come online until the second half of 2017 and the first half of ...
Shell, PDVSA to reduce flaring in northern Venezuela
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 ...
Pennsylvania fines WPX $1.2M for 2012 water contamination
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection announced WPX Energy Appalachia has agreed to pay a $1.2 million fine for oil and gas violations that impacted groundwater and private water supplies in ...