September 25, 2019
Candor Midstream‘s Rich Gas Gathering Pipeline System is now open and, as the company says, it “de-bottlenecks” SCOOP and Oklahoma natural gas regions……
September 25, 2019
Fluor Corp.‘s lead independent director Peter Fluor has retired as chairman and will not stand for re-election at next year’s stockholder meeting, the company said Tuesday……
September 25, 2019
Most oil, gas and electricity workers are exempt from Tuesday’s order by Jefferson County Judge Jeff Branick for a county curfew between 11 pm and 5 am, which joins Chambers County Judge Jimmy Sylviain‘s 10 pm to 7 pm curfew in the counties that are still recovering from the effects of Tropical Storm Imelda….
September 25, 2019
Houston’s Alberta-Texas Energy Ventures Inc., an oil and gas exploration and development company, recently hired Clark Hill to work on oil and gas development opportunities and strategy, according to The Hill….
Alberta, Canada’s premier says there has been a huge flight of money and jobs from his energy sector to Texas in recent years… “The Americans are playing a very strategic game and quite frankly I think they’re winning at that.”
September 24, 2019
You may not know it, but Texas has not only been trying to interest Californians in taking up residence here, but Canadians as well — and while California doesn’t seem to care much (other than blaming Texas for its homeless problems) — now Canada’s “fighting” back…..
September 24, 2019
Entergy Texas says it’s restored power to almost all the 40,000 the homes and businesses that lost power during Tropical Storm Imelda, but the remainder — most of them damaged, some severely — may need work before the electricity can flow again……..
Honda’s buying Texas solar power to offset CO2, but also plans to convert more than 60% of its vehicle sales to electric-power by 2030, using renewable power for charging those vehicles
September 23, 2019
Google‘s new corporate buy in renewables capacity is the biggest in history, with Texas solar farms able to supply the largest North American power contribution.
But Texas will also be a major player, along with Oklahoma, in supplying a new goal for Honda‘s manufacturing plants’ carbon offsets……
September 23, 2019
The cold Great Lakes and Canadian winds of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula are a natural for turning turbines, so an affiliate of El Paso’s Hunt Companies is joining with a local company to finance and develop new wind projects……
September 23, 2019
Phillips 66’s Beaumont Terminal in Nederland is back in operation after being closed since last Thursday, and TC Energy Corp.‘s Marketlink oil pipeline is also back online…..
September 23, 2019
Democrat Jay Stittleburg announced on Sunday his campaign against Republican Brandon Creighton for the Senate District 4 seat….
September 21, 2019
Permit applications approved by the Texas Railroad Commission for Sept. 12 through Sept. 18 for Districts 7C, 8 and 8A.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of permits approved for that leasehold.
Hover over permit information to see RRC file links.
Anadarko E&P Onshore LLC, Griffin State 56-3-41 Unit, Reeves, new drill (3); Magic State 56-3-39 Unit, Reeves, new drill (3); APC Fee 6, Loving, new drill.
Apache Corporation, CC 33, Upton, new drill.
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September 21, 2019
Jason Damen is the new senior manager of government affairs at Energy Transfer (ET).
Most recently, Mr. Damen has been on the government affairs team at AEP Texas, according to ET‘s Grant Ruckel, and previously worked for years under former Governor Rick Perry…..
September 19, 2019
The assistant director at city-owned College Station Utilities (CSU) is moving into the electrical utility general manager job for the city of Georgetown….
By Alex Mills
The attack on an oil processing facility in Saudi Arabia last week has raised new questions about the reliability and security of oil supplies in the future.
The attack on the Saudi Aramco Abqaiq oil processing facility, the world’s largest crude oil processing stabilization plant, occurred on Sept. 14, and originally took out approximately 5 million barrels per day (b/d) of the facilities capacity of 7 million b/d.
Crude oil prices on the futures markets initially increased about 10 percent closing at $68.10 for Brent and $61.95 for West Texas Intermediate on Sept. 16. However, by midweek prices had dropped to $63.52 for Brent and $58.10 for WTI.
Saudi Aramco stated it expected to resume full production by the end of September. Meanwhile, crude oil exports to customers will continue without interruption by drawing on existing inventories and offering additional crude oil production from other fields.
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) at the U.S. Department of Energy reported tanker loading estimates from third-party data sources indicate that loadings at two Saudi Arabian export facilities have been restored to the pre-attack levels……
September 18, 2019
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) says it’s raised its number of pipeline safety inspectors to the highest ever, increased its overall pipeline inspections by 31% and cited dozens more pipeline rule violations during Fiscal Year 2019 than it did in 2018….
September 17, 2019
There were reports of thick black smoke coming from Texas City on Tuesday, but authorities said it was the result of a transformer fire at a chemical plant….
September 17, 2019
Calpine Energy‘s proposed 124 MW Bluestone wind farm in New York state is waiting for the green light from the The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment.…
September 17, 2019
A controversial new Texas law will go to trial in the cases of some Greenpeace protesters who dangled low enough from the large Fred Hartman Bridge over the Houston Ship Channel on Thursday to cause a partial shutdown of the channel……
However it rules, it appears likely that in ruling on the case the state high court will provide new guidance for more specific language in joint-venture partnership contracts.
September 17, 2019
Energy Transfer Partners may still have a chance to win the $535 million case it brought against Enterprise Products Partners now that the Texas Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case, which amounts to a case in point in how to form business partnerships, especially in Texas….
September 17, 2019
With new emphasis on water and its use in oil & gas development in Texas, a new white paper from the Texas Alliance of Energy Producers takes an overview of the management of produced water and related policies, challenges and solutions.
The rise in fracking and the technique’s extensive use for water both in production and as byproduct of that production is placing a premium on water management, which includes new power from the state legislature to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for regulation of produced water handling and runoff, paid programs to soften produced water impacts on local areas and clarification of produced water ownership.
But increased federal and state action is needed, the white paper notes.
The TAEP report called Sustainable Produced Water Policy, Regulatory Framework, and Management in the Texas Oil and Gas Industry: 2019 and Beyond warns of a need for continuing management of the water byproduct of oil & gas development and operation — the result of an “increased need for treatment to support recycle, reuse and disposal of produced water,” as the organization put it…..