In the second of a series of three articles on the treatment of waters, oil and gas industry expert David Robinson discusses the treatment and discharge of produced and other waters from onshore oil and gas production. First stage ...
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US Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Jay Rockefeller has asked the General Accountability Office to examine the impact of shale oil and gas development on pipelines, rail and other transportation infrastructure and safety, in light of the ...
Nearly a decade after re-entering the US Gulf of Mexico and five years into its shale play foray onshore, Statoil is now an operator in both arenas, a coup for the Norwegian company best known for harsh-environment marine operations. ...
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Natural gas production in the Lower-48 US states rose to 73.24 Bcf/d in April, up 0.8%, or 570,000 Mcf/d, from March, the Energy Information Administration said Friday in its monthly gross production report. April output was up from a ...
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MarkWest Energy is selling some of its natural gas gathering facilities in West Virginia for $210 million as it focuses on growing processing needs elsewhere in the Marcellus and Utica shales, the company said Wednesday. The sale of these ...
Pieridae Energy Canada, the developer of the Goldboro LNG project in Nova Scotia, has signed a 20-year sales agreement to start delivering 5 million mt/year to German utility E.ON in the first quarter of 2020, Pieridae said Monday. The ...
Natural gas-supported plays such as the Haynesville, Fayetteville and Barnett bring a sufficient internal rate of return of around 20% at a gas price of $5/MMBtu, while the Marcellus has the same rate of return at $4, analysts with Platts ...
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China National Petroleum Corp said Monday that it has started construction of an eastern section of its Third West-East gas pipeline in China. Work has started on the Ji'an-Fuzhou segment of the pipeline on May 9, which will run through ...
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Shell Chemicals is more than likely to re-enter the polyethylene market with its new proposed petrochemical complex in Pennsylvania, but it would not be a core business for the company, Executive Vice President of Shell Chemicals Graham ...
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Falling natural gas liquids production in the US Midwest and Rockies has resulted in a return of the regional frac spread to positive territory and a drop-off in ethane rejection since mid-January, a Platts analysis shows. Platts ...
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The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has authorized Dominion Transmission to build a pair of pipeline projects that would transport natural gas produced in Pennsylvania. The two projects show that "rather than building things from ...
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Natural gas production growth in the Marcellus Shale could meet last year's levels, even with some moderation of drilling in the region, as a backlog of wells wait to be brought online, analysts with Barclays Research said Wednesday in a ...
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Ineos Europe said Wednesday it has entered into 15-year shipping agreements with Danish shipping company Evergas for the transportation of ethane into Europe from the US Mariner East project. The Mariner East pipeline, processing and ...
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Methanex Corporation and Chesapeake Energy Corporation announced the execution of a 10-year agreement to supply all of the natural gas required for Methanex's one million tonne per year methanol plant in Geismar, Louisiana. Commencement of ...
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Investment bank Goldman Sachs on Monday cut its 2013 US natural gas price forecast to $3.75/MMBtu form $4.25/MMBtu, saying mild winter weather across the US has failed to put a serious dent in storage levels. The bank said higher levels ...
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