Angola’s National Agency for Petroleum, Gas and Biofuels (Anpg) on Tuesday launched its 2019 licensing round at a presentation in the capital city of Luanda, Kallanish Energy learns. The country is offering 10 offshore blocks in the Namibe and Benguela basins, which have been underexplored and are expected to hold significant reserves. They cover an
Read More...The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission recently determined New York waived its water quality authority for Williams’ Constitution Pipeline, according to S&P Global Platts. The decision gives new life to the project, which stalled in April 2016 when state regulators denied a permit. The FERC reversed its earlier finding — that the New York review could
Read More...China plans to put more focus on boosting domestic projects to cut its growing dependence on gas imports as the security of its energy supply comes under the spotlight amid an ongoing trade war with the United States, according to Reuters. A new government research report, released on Saturday, shows the row with the U.S.
Read More...During the week ended Aug. 24, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources issued eight permits for horizontal well drilling in the Utica/Point Pleasant shale play, according to The Youngstown Business Journal. Ascent Resources received the most permits with four in Jefferson County. EAP Ohio ::C received three permits for wells in Harrison County. XTO Energy
Read More...Sunoco has been issued two penalties from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for violations that occurred during the construction of the Mariner East Pipeline, which runs through the southern portion of the state, according to 69 News. Sunoco was fined more than $313,000 for alleged violations in 2017 and 2018. The DEP said the
Read More...U.S. pipeline operator Plains All American has abandoned a plan to institute a surcharge to offset Section 232 steel tariffs for its new Cactus II Pipeline, following objections by ConocoPhillips and Encana, according to regulatory documents secured by Kallanish, sister publication of Kallanish Energy. The proposed tariff would have been $0.05/barrel on its 670,000 barrels
Read More...Energy consumption in the U.S. reached a record high of more than 101 quadrillion British thermal units (quads) in 2018, surpassing the previous high recorded in 2007, by less than 0.3%, the Energy Information Administration reports. For nearly 70 years, the electric power sector, which both consumes and produces energy, has been responsible for some of the
Read More...Montana regulators this week proposed approval of a major expansion of the state’s largest coal mine after it was sold through bankruptcy auction to a company controlled by the Navajo Nation, Kallanish Energy reports. The 72-million-ton expansion of the Spring Creek Mine near Decker, Montana, will occur within the mine’s existing permit boundary, Jen Lane, with
Read More...Enterprise Products Partners has started gauging shipper interest in a proposed 50,000 b/d expansion of its ATEX ethane pipeline, according to S&P Global Platts. The proposed expansion would move more materials from the Appalachian Basin to the company’s NGLs storage complex in Mont Belvieu, Texas. Enterprise has been looking to boost deliveries of oil, gas, and
Read More...Attempting to boost shareholder value, Antero Midstream Corporation has announced a $300-million share buyback program, according to Nasdaq. The company doesn’t expect the program to have any effect on its financial leverage profile. This move is expected to further increase the flexibility of its capital return program. Antero Midstream plans to run the program through
Read More...Congressman Bill Johnson recently visited Shell’s $6 billion cracker plant in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, according to 33 WYTV. Following his tour last week, the congressman said he said the plant will have a huge impact on local energy needs. Additionally, he believes about 6,000 people could be working on the Monaca construction site by the
Read More...The Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline has run into another problem, being cited for “unsafe construction practices at work sites” by the U.S. Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, according to Kallanish Energy. According to the PHMSA, the company failed to follow written specifications or standards in ditching and laying pipe. Dominion Energy Transmission has
Read More...The U.S. District Court of Maryland this week blocked construction of a pipeline under state-owned land in western Maryland, agreeing with Maryland Attorney General Brian E. Frosh that Columbia Gas Transmission should not be allowed to move forward with the project. Columbia Gas filed its lawsuit May 17 after the Maryland Board of Public Works
Read More...Independent power producer Vistra Energy and its subsidiaries Wednesday named the four coal-fired power plants to be retired to meet the requirements of the recently approved revisions to the Multi-Pollutant Standard (Mps) rule imposed by the Illinois Pollution Control Board (Ipcb). Without this rule change, Vistra said the company’s entire downstate Illinois fleet was at
Read More...Wood Plc has agreed to sell its nuclear business for 250 million pounds ($302 million), as it cuts debt associated with the 2017 acquisition of Amec Foster Wheeler and a prolonged oil-price slump, Kallanish Energy reports. The Scottish engineering and services business will sell the unit to a subsidiary of Jacobs Engineering Group. The deal
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