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Chief Oil & Gas Explores Sale for More Than $3 Billion
Chief Oil & Gas LLC, the Appalachian exploration and production company founded and controlled by Texas wildcatter Trevor Rees-Jones, is exploring a sale that could value it at more than $3 billion.
Isolation Enables Operator to Replace, Pressure Test Pipeline
T.D. Williamson completed its first SmartPlug isolation in offshore Nigeria, working for a major operator through its local partner, Strides Energy & Maritime.
Plains All American, Oryx Midstream Form Permian Basin Joint Venture
Plains Oryx Permian Basin (the joint venture) includes all of Oryx's Permian assets and, except for Plains' long-haul pipeline systems and certain intra-basin terminal assets, the majority of Plains' assets within the Permian Basin.
Dominion to Sell Questar Pipeline to Southwest Gas in Near $2 Billion Deal
Dominion Energy said on Tuesday it has agreed to sell Questar Pipeline to Southwest Gas Holdings Inc. in a deal valued at $1.975 billion.
Stonepeak to Buy Teekay LNG in $6.2 Billion Deal to Tap Surging Gas Demand
Stonepeak is offering $17 per unit, which represents a premium of 8.3% to the closing price of Teekay LNG's common units on Oct. 1. Excluding Teekay's debt, the deal is for $1.5 billion, and the companies expect to close the deal by the end of 2021.
Sentinel Midstream, ExxonMobil Form Enercoast Midstream to Serve Houston Energy Market
Sentinel Midstream Texas announced the formation of a joint venture with ExxonMobil Pipeline Company that owns crude oil pipelines and related transportation infrastructure in the Houston area.
Former PetroChina Executive Under Probe for Suspected Graft
Ling Xiao, who resigned last month from his position as a vice president of PetroChina, had been a PetroChina veteran long responsible for company's natural gas pipeline and marketing business.
SoCalGas Testing Hydrogen Blending in Infrastructure and Appliances in Closed Loop System
Technicians are measuring the performance of common household appliances like stoves, wall heaters and forced-air furnaces when they are fueled with a blend of hydrogen and natural gas.
Bolivia’s YPFB Transporte to Boost Gas Pipelines Capacity
YPFB Transporte S.A.’s objectives for 2021 are to increase natural gas production and meet the growing demands of the domestic market, such as respecting the contracts with Brazil and Argentina.
Baker Hughes and Primus Line Collaborate to Rehabilitate and Repurpose Existing Pipelines
Baker Hughes signed a memorandum of understanding with Primus Line to collaborate on non-metallic pipe applications to rehabilitate and repurpose existing pressure pipelines.
Tallgrass to Track, Measure Emissions on U.S. Interstate NatGas Pipeline
Tallgrass Energy Partners will begin monitoring emissions, including methane and other greenhouse gases, on its Rockies Express Pipeline, making it the first U.S. company to do so an interstate natural gas pipeline.
Trapil Adapting French Pipeline for Low-Carbon Fuel Transport
Trapil, a French refined product pipeline transport company, is strengthening its commitment to the energy transition by adapting one of its pipelines to facilitate transport of low-carbon liquid fuels such as bioethanol.