West Texas Intermediate crude oil prices will average $62 a barrel in the second half of 2019, and $63/Bbl in 2020, the Energy Information Administration projects in the just-released Short-Term Energy Outlook (Steo), Kallanish Energy reports. EIA’s forecast WTI price of $63/Bbl for December 2019, should be considered in the context of Nymex WTI futures and options
Read More...The volume of working natural gas injected in the most recent weekly report by the Energy Information Administration was under 100 billion cubic feet for the second straight week, Kallanish Energy reports. For the week ended June 28, 89 Bcf of working gas was injected underground, bringing total working gas stored to 2.39 trillion cubic
Read More...The number of rigs working onshore in the Lower 48 U.S. states dipped slightly last week, the fourth week in the last five where the working-rig total has fallen, data from Baker Hughes, a GE company, reveals. For the five-day period ended July 3 (two days shorter than normal due to the Fourth of July
Read More...Just as EQT Corp. is at odds with remnants of Rice Energy, which it acquired in 2017 and became the U.S.’s largest natural gas producer, independent proxy advisory services firms have now come out on opposite sides of the ongoing proxy battle. Glass Lewis & Co. said in a report Friday EQT, under its current management
Read More...Dominion Energy Transmission on Friday withdrew its application filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the $48 million, 120 million cubic feet per day (Mmcf/d) Sweden Valley pipeline expansion, Kallanish Energy reports. The transmission arm of Dominion Energy blamed Ferc, saying delay at the commission harmed the project, and the unnamed shipper on the
Read More...The number of rigs working in the Lower 48 U.S. states last week rose by a single rig following three consecutive weeks of falling numbers, data from Baker Hughes, a GE company reveals. For the week ended June 28, 931 rigs were working in the Lower 48, up a lone rig from one week earlier,
Read More...Pacific Gas and Electric said Wednesday it’s reached agreements to resolve wildfire claims made by 18 local public entities (cities, counties, districts and public agencies) impacted by the 2015 Butte Fire, 2017 Northern California wildfires and 2018 Camp Fire. Under the agreements, $1 billion in payments will be made as part of a Chapter 11
Read More...A pair of independent producers, Chisholm Oil and Gas of Oklahoma, and Gastar Exploration of Houston, which exited Chapter 11 just five months ago, announced Wednesday they’re merging, Kallanish Energy reports. No pricetag was placed on the deal. The combined company, which will operate under the name Chisholm Oil and Gas and be headquartered in Oklahoma,
Read More...Meritage Midstream Services II said Monday its Thunder Creek NGL Pipeline subsidiary launched a binding open season to support construction of a 140-mile extension to its existing natural gas liquids pipeline, Kallanish Energy reports. The extension will facilitate transportation of Ngls from two processing plants located in Wyoming’s Campbell and Converse counties, to an interconnection
Read More...U.S. line pipe prices sunk in May, Kallanish Energy’s sister publication, Kallanish, learns from analyst Pipe Logix. Average U.S. line pipe prices fell by 1.5% from April to May, reaching a combined $1,757/short ton at the distribution level. Domestic prices fell by 1.5%, to $1,930/st, while import prices fell by 1.4%, to $1,584/st. Pipe Logix
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...CECIL TOWNSHIP, Pennsylvania – The Appalachian Basin, specifically the trio of states including Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia, is approaching a tipping point when determining what is done with the substantial volume of ethane produced here. There are three scenarios concerning ethane, according to Charles Zelek, a senior economist in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office
Read More...The volume of working natural gas injected into underground storage during the week ended May 31, was the second-highest amount in 2019, and the fifth time this year the volume was measured in triple digits, Kallanish Energy reports. The Energy Information Administration reported 119 billion cubic feet of working gas was added to storage during the
Read More...Canadian Natural Resources last week evacuated its Pelican Lake and Woodenhouse operations in northern Alberta, the first major shut-in of oil production triggered by wildfires in 2019, Kallanish Energy reports. The producer removed all 240 people working at the two sites, stopping a combined 65,000 barrels per day of heavy crude production, according to a statement
Read More...The volume of working gas injected into underground storage in the most recent Energy Information Administration survey topped 100 billion cubic feet for the third consecutive week. At May 24, 1.87 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of working gas was stored, up 114 Bcf from the week-earlier total of 1.75 Tcf, Kallanish Energy calculates. The latest
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