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Eni Reports Discovery Offshore Mexico in Block 9

Italian energy giant Eni SpA announced a discovery at the Yopaat-1 EXP exploration well in the offshore Mexico Block 9 of the Cuenca Salina in the Sureste Basin, which potential up to 400 MMboe in place. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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Owner of 3 Athens, OH Injection Wells Applies to Permanently Plug

In April, the Ohio Oil and Gas Commission upheld a regulatory order from the Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources (ODNR) suspending operations of three wastewater injection wells located in Torch (Athens County), OH, owned by K&H Partners, a subsidiary of Tallgrass Energy (see Ohio O&G Commission Votes to Shut Down 3 Athens Injection Wells). The…

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Marcellus Shale Testing Lab in PA Sells Itself to Minneapolis Co.

Incorporated in 1988, Environmental Service Laboratories, Inc. (ESL) is an environmental testing laboratory based in Indiana, PA, providing various analytical testing, consulting, and field sampling services. ESL customers include Marcellus/Utica natural gas drilling companies, industrial facilities, municipalities, engineering firms, local/state/federal government, and the general public. ESL is accredited to test drinking water, wastewater, soil, solid…

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Diversified Buys More East Texas Assets from Crescent Pass Energy

Diversified Energy (formerly Diversified Gas & Oil), with major assets in the Marcellus/Utica region (with assets in other regions, too), owns approximately 8 million acres of leases with 67,000 (mostly) conventional oil and gas wells. The company’s business model is to buy lower-producing wells on the cheap and find ways to make them more productive….

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July STEO Predicts U.S. Natgas Output Declines, Demand Rises 2024

Once a month, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) analysts issue the agency’s Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), their best guess about where energy prices and production will go in the next 12 months. Starting last month, the EIA axed its monthly Drilling Productivity Report that focused on shale plays and instead rolled it into the…

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Bipartisan Bill Would Study Carbon Emissions from China Products

Conservative Republicans in the U.S. Senate and House are pushing a so-called bipartisan bill to “study” the carbon emissions of products produced in the U.S. versus emissions for products manufactured in other countries, like China. We think this may be a slippery slope. We first wrote about this issue in March 2023 when the Senate…

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Shell Trinidad Takes FID at Manatee Offshore Gas Field

Shell Trinidad and Tobago Ltd. has taken FID on the Manatee cross-border gas field. Manatee will start production in 2027 and at its peak add 104,000 boe/d or 604 MMcf/d of natural gas to Trinidad’s production profile. This post appeared first on Hart Energy.

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EI Statistical Review: The Numbers Are In—American Energy Reigns Supreme

American energy continues to dominate as U.S. oil and natural gas are credited with playing a key role in meeting domestic and global energy demands in 2023.   The Energy Institute’s (EI) 2024 Statistical Review of World Energy provides numerical insights into global energy production, consumption, trade, and emissions from 2023, and highlights the United States’

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