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 the end of this year, if all projects come online by their scheduled service dates, more than 23 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of … Read more
The Haynesville Shale is back. Natural gas production in the dry gas shale play jumped in both 2017 and 2018. The U.S. Energy Information Administration is projecting Haynesville gas production in May 2018 to reach 8.54 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), up from April’s 8.33 Bcf/d. Production was roughly 6.00 Bcf/d in January 2017. Quiet … Read more
TransCanada may begin preliminary work on its $8 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline project in Montana this coming autumn, with full construction in 2019, Kallanish Energy reports. That possibility emerged last week in a letter from the U.S. State Department to Native American tribes in Montana. The April 10 letter states the Assiniboine … Read more
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 Northeast Supply Enhancement project proposes to expand the Transco pipeline system, which extends from Texas to the Northeast coast. It would include installation of 17 … Read more
The Appalachian Basin remains a very busy place. Nearly 2,300 drilling permits were issued in 2017 in the three-state basin, with 1,036 of those wells being spud, said energy consultant Timothy Knobloch. That includes 1,377 Pennsylvania permits, 462 Ohio permits and 459 West Virginia permits, said Knobloch, president of James Knobloch Petroleum Consultants, of Marietta, Ohio. … Read more
Hilcorp Energy, one of the largest privately-held producers in the U.S., announced its billionaire owner, Jeff Hildebrand, has stepped down as CEO, but will remain as executive chairman. “The organizational change comes as the company, a longtime producer in Alaska, Texas and Louisiana, continues to see substantial growth in other legacy assets across the U.S.,” Justin … Read more
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 letter, the state agency said it is troubled by the company’s recent loss of returns associated with the pilot hole installation under the river, in … Read more
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 water certification for the natural gas pipeline, Kallanish Energy reports. Last October, Constitution Pipeline Co. filed a petition with FERC, asking the commission to find … Read more
The number of magnitude 3 or greater earthquakes in Oklahoma has dropped significantly in 2017, according to state regulators. The Oklahoma Geological Survey reports the state has had 294 quakes that are a magnitude 3 or greater in 2017 through the second week in December, the Oklahoma City Oklahoman newspaper reported. That compares to 624 similarly-sized … 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
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