Onshore
Working-rig count in Lower 48 drops for 3rd straight week
The number of rigs working onshore in the Lower 48 U.S. states during the week ended June 29, fell for the third consecutive week, data from oilfield ...
Shell, Chevron get waivers from steel tariffs
Shell and Chevron are the first oil and gas industry players granted waivers from President Trump’s 25% tariff on steel imports, after the administration agreed the specialty steel they were ...
Bangladesh inks deal with CHDHK to build coal-fired plant
The state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has signed a joint-venture agreement with China Huadian Hong Kong Company Ltd. to build a 1,320-megawatt coal-fired power plant in ...
UK LNG importer seeks to widen supply sources
The UK’s busiest liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal, South Hook LNG, has been granted a technical modification to its network entry agreement (NEA) and will be able to expand ...
Advantage, U.S. chemical industry, due to shale gas: ACC
Strong global growth prospects, rising exports, increased manufacturing, balanced inventories, healthy demand, and sufficient, inexpensive shale gas combined suggest positive growth this year for the U.S. chemical ...
PetroChina, Rosneft leave Venezuela refining projects
Chinese and Russian state oil companies PetroChina and Rosneft will not pay the costs of repairing and modernizing Venezuela’s Cardón and Amuay refineries for PDVSA, according to ...
Northeast U.S. slated for record gas line buildout in 2018
Roughly 38% of additional natural gas pipeline capacity is slated to come online in the U.S. Northeast just in 2018, according to the Energy Information Administration. By ...
N.Y. nixes natural gas pipeline expansion permit
New York State regulators have denied a permit for a pipeline expansion designed to increase natural gas deliveries to New York City, The Associated Press reports. The ...
PetroChina, Rosneft leave Venezuela refining projects
Chinese and Russian state oil companies PetroChina and Rosneft will not pay the costs of repairing and modernizing Venezuela’s Cardón and Amuay refineries for PDVSA, according to ...
NRC to issue license for two new reactors in Florida
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission said last week it will issue a license to utility Florida Power & Light for two new nuclear reactors at Turkey Point, ...