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
Total crude oil production from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries increased 173,000 barrels per day (BPD) in July from June, to average 32.87 million barrels per day (MMBPD), according to secondary sources used in the cartel’s August Monthly Oil Market Report. Preliminary data indicate global oil supply increased 170,000 BPD in … Read more
Royal Dutch Shell said Wednesday it completed the $9.45 billion sale via three Canadian units and two deals of all its Canadian in-situ (in-ground) and undeveloped oil sands assets interests, and reducing its share in the Athabasca Oil Sands Project (AOSP) from 60% to 10%. Under the first agreement, Shell completed the … Read more
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 Westmoreland County, Kallanish Energy reports. “When leaks and other impacts do occur, the responsible party must remediate the damage and restore the resource,” said acting … Read more
Thirty-nine months after it occurred, a 20,000-barrel (Bbl) oil spill in North Dakota still isn’t fully cleaned up – and the company responsible for the accident has yet to set a date for completion. Though crews have been working 24/7 to deal with the Tesoro pipeline break, which happened in in September 2013, less than … Read more
Sempra Energy said Tuesday its liquefied natural gas (LNG) subsidiaries have filed applications with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to site, construct and operate the Port Arthur LNG natural gas liquefaction facility. The FERC application includes: two natural gas liquefaction trains capable of producing roughly 13.5 million metric tonnes per annum (MTPA), or approximately … Read more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected a rehearing on unauthorized tree cutting associated with the $1 billion Constitution Pipeline in New York and Pennsylvania, Kallanish Energy reports. The rehearing had been requested by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. He had filed his objections last May and FERC had rejected them in … Read more
U.S. pipeline exports of natural gas continued to grow in 2016, having doubled since 2009, the Energy Information Administration reports. Most of the growth is attributable to increasing exports to Mexico, which have accounted for more than half of all U.S. natural gas exports since April 2015, Kallanish Energy learns. In August, … Read more
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