Citgo Petroleum’s board has selected Carlos E. Jorda as its chief executive, selecting a veteran refinery expert and native Venezuelan to run a company facing legal attacks and working under U.S. sanctions against its parent, Petroleos de Venezuela (Pdvsa). Citgo severed ties with Pdvsa earlier this year after President Trump levied sanctions on the state-run company and
Read More...Black Bear Midstream said Tuesday it’s entered into a seven-year gas gathering and processing agreement with an unnamed Cotton Valley producer in Louisiana’s Desoto and Caddo parishes, Kallanish Energy reports. Black Bear will build roughly 20 miles of 16-inch, rich gas gathering pipeline west of its DeSoto Parish, 140 million cubic feet per day cryogenic processing
Read More...Martin Midstream Partners said Monday it’s selling to Hartree Cardinal Gas its membership interests in Arcadia Gas Storage, Cadeville Gas Storage Monroe Gas Storage, and Perryville Gas Storage for $215 million in cash. The storage assets consist of roughly 50 billion cubic feet of working capacity located in northern Louisiana and Mississippi. The transaction is
Read More...Louisiana is a key player in producing and refining America’s oil and natural gas resources, and as such has been the target of “Keep It In the Ground” activism that has particularly focused on an important piece of critical infrastructure: pipelines. Recently, the national interest groups Center for Constitutional Rights and 350.org joined with at
Read More...Liquefied natural gas export terminal Cameron LNG is preparing to load its first export shipment of LNG following the arrival of the first LNG tanker at its Louisiana facility, the Houston Chronicle newspaper reported. The Singapore-flagged LNG tanker Marvel Crane arrived in the Calcasieu Ship Channel early Tuesday morning where it later docked at the export
Read More...Liquefied natural gas exporter Tellurian said Thursday the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued the order granting authorization for Driftwood LNG, a proposed 27.6 million tonnes per annum (Mtpa) liquefaction export facility near Lake Charles, Louisiana. Also authorized was the associated Driftwood pipeline, a 96-mile proposed line delivering natural gas to the facility, Kallanish Energy
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