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Russia’s Rosneft To Take Majority In Kurdish Oil Pipeline
While tensions between Iraq’s federal government and the Kurdistan region continue to escalate, Russia’s state-controlled oil giant Rosneft said on Thursday that it had agreed with the Kurdistan Regional Government to take majority control in the operation of the oil pipeline in the Kurdish region, ..
Shell Nigeria Lifts Force Majeure on Bonny Light Exports
WARRI, Nigeria (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigeria subsidiary says it has lifted the force majeure imposed on Bonny Light crude oil exports a month ago. Company spokesman Joseph Obari says the force majeure was lifted Thursday. It was imposed on Sept. 16 after a major pipeline, the Nembe Creek Trunk..
More Oil than Initially Believed Spilled off Louisiana Coast
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Coast Guard says the amount of oil discharged into the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana’s coast last weekend is substantially higher than initial estimates. The Coast Guard says multiple flights over the area have detected no recoverable oil. Skimming vessels from Clean Gulf Asso..
TANAP Awarded $500 Million in Financing
The Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas pipeline construction project receives $500 million in financing from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
Protesters Shut Down Pipeline Construction Project Hearing
Protesters shut down public hearing concerning Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline construction project in Minnesota.
Natural Gas Production Tax Gets Life in Pennsylvania House
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The potential for a tax on Marcellus Shale natural gas production gained new life Wednesday, as a bill emerged from a state House committee and Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf urged leaders of the Republican-controlled chamber to speed it to a floor vote. Wolf, who has long sought t..
Washington Neighborhood Evacuated after Mudslide Hits Gas Line
EDMONDS, Wash. (AP) — A neighborhood in a Seattle suburb was evacuated after a mudslide breached a natural gas line. KOMO-TV reports that emergency officials responded to the scene at about 5:40 a.m. Thursday in the Snohomish County city of Edmonds after receiving reports of a gas leak. About 30 h..
Pipeline Protest Charges Dismissed Against Journalist
Judge dismisses protest charges against journalistrelated to the Dakota Access pipeline construction project.
Kurdish Kirkuk-Ceyhan Crude Oil Flows Plunge To 225,000 Bpd
The flow of crude oil through the Kurdistan pipeline from Kirkuk to the Turkish port of Ceyhan have plummeted to some 225,000 bpd, from a typical flow of around 600,000 bpd, Reuters reported on Wednesday, citing a shipping source. On Tuesday the crude oil flows were some 500,000 bpd, said the sourc..
Kinder Morgan Warns About Trans Mountain Delays
Kinder Morgan has warned that its Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project is facing possibly months of delays because of the timing of permit issuance and other regulatory approvals. The delay could be as long as nine months, Kinder Morgan’s chief executive Steven Kean said in a recent confer..
Open Season Launched for Pipeline Construction Project
Medallion Midstream launches open season for a new crude oil pipeline construction project in the Delaware Basin.
ExxonMobil Acquires Crude Oil Terminal to Serve Growing Permian Basin Production
Exxon Mobil Corporation has acquired a crude oil terminal in Wink, Texas from Genesis Energy LP. The terminal is strategically positioned to handle Permian Basin crude oil and condensate for transport to Gulf Coast refineries and marine export terminals. The facility is interconnected to the Plains..
Judge to Hear Arguments on Tribe's Pipeline Contingency Plan
Federal judge to rule on tribe's Dakota Access pipeline construction project request.
Connecticut Regulators Investigating Gas Companies for Withholding Pipeline Capacity
Eversource and Avangrid under investigation for allegedly breaking pipeline regulations in Connecticut.
IEA: Oil Prices To Hit A Ceiling In 2018
The global oil market continues to make progress, but the ongoing production gains from non-OPEC countries will probably act as a “the ceiling for aspirations of higher oil prices” in 2018, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency. In its monthly Oil Market Report published Th..
The Natural Gas Market Is Set To Boom
Lower-for-longer oil prices and the advance of renewable energy and electric vehicles have made Big Oil plan for a gradual shift toward natural gas in their production portfolios. All current projections point to natural gas as the fastest-growing fossil fuel in the energy mix for decades to come. ..
Goldman: U.S.-Iran Standoff Is A Long-Term Threat To Oil Supply
While the Kurdistan-Iraq standoff is a risk to shorter-term oil production, the increased tensions between neighboring Iran and the U.S. are a longer-term and bigger threat to global oil supplies, according to Goldman Sachs. On Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he was officially withdrawing ..
Oil Spills Into Gulf of Mexico After Underwater Pipeline Bursts
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to an oil spill off the coast of Louisiana. The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said in a news release Friday that oil spewed out of an underwater fractured pipe in the Gulf of Mexico about 40 miles (64 kilometers) southeast..
The U.S. LNG Boom Could Be About To Stall
While speaking before industry executives last June, United States President Donald Trump asserted that he had “ended the war on coal” and that America would be “dominant” in energy. But where does this all stand now? Much of the Trump administration’s hope for achieving dominance requires increasi..
Minnesota Judge Allows Necessity Defense in Pipeline Case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has taken the unusual step of allowing four protesters to use a “necessity defense,” enabling them to present evidence that the threat of climate change from Canadian tar sands crude is so imminent that they were justified in trying to shut down two Enbridge Ener..
Major Energy Importer Bets $10 Billion On Natural Gas
Much of the attention in energy markets has been focused on OPEC and oil prices lately. But news this week suggests that a different energy commodity is quietly becoming the hottest story going worldwide. That’s natural gas. With the world’s top importing nation — Japan — saying this week it’s abou..
Colorado Proposes New Rules for Oil-Gas Lines After Blast
New pipeline regulations proposed in Colorado in response to April 2017 natural gas explosion.
TAP Pipe Deliveries Complete to Albania, Greece and Italy
The last shipment of steel line-pipes arrives in Greece for the Trans Adriatic pipeline construction project.
Land Preservation Board Approves Easements for Pipeline
The Virginia Outdoors Foundation approves the Atlantic Coast and Mountain Valley pipeline construction projects.
Open Season Launched for Pipeline Reversal
Open season for the Capline reversal pipeline construction project launched.
Protesters Arrested at Atlantic Sunrise Construction Site
More than two dozen Atlantic Sunrise pipeline construction project protesters arrested.
Enbridge Gets Presidential Permit for Line 67 Pipeline
Enbridge receives presidential permit for the Line 67 pipeline construction project.
Why U.S. Crude Exports Are Booming
In the years leading up to the shale oil boom, crude oil exports from the U.S. were nearly nonexistent. There were two reasons for that. First, following the 1973 OPEC oil embargo, a crude oil export ban had been enacted as part of an energy bill that aimed to mitigate future oil crises. The crude ..
Canada’s Pipeline Industry Takes Another Hit
Cancellation of major oil pipeline construction project hurts Canada's oil and gas industry.
Gas Leaking from Kansas Wells Amid Dispute over Who Must Fix
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Natural gas is leaking through unplugged abandoned wells that have penetrated a massive underground storage field in Kansas, creating a public safety hazard amid a dispute over who is responsible for fixing the problem, regulatory filings show. Northern Natural Gas Co., which o..
- Phillips 66 to Shut LA Oil Refinery, Ending Major Gasoline Output Amid Supply Concerns
- FERC Sides with Williams in Texas-Louisiana Pipeline Dispute with Energy Transfer
- U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Kinder Morgan’s Tennessee Pipeline Permits
- ConocoPhillips Eyes Sale of $1 Billion Permian Assets Amid Marathon Acquisition
- Valero Considers All Options, Including Sale, for California Refineries Amid Regulatory Pressure
- U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Kinder Morgan’s Tennessee Pipeline Permits
- Malaysia’s Oil Exports to China Surge Amid Broader Import Decline
- U.S. LNG Export Growth Faces Uncertainty as Trump’s Tariff Proposal Looms, Analysts Say
- Marathon Oil to Lay Off Over 500 Texas Workers Ahead of ConocoPhillips Merger
- Valero Considers All Options, Including Sale, for California Refineries Amid Regulatory Pressure
