Gathering
Water Usage Analysis Shows Natural Gas Less Intensive Than Coal
A new report from the Worldwatch Institute concludes that electricity produced from natural gas uses less water than electricity from coal on a life-cycle basis – even when natural gas comes from deep shale formations.
Chinas Largest Oil/Gas Producer Purchases Shale Project Interest
Chesapeake Energy Corporation and CNOOC Limited’s wholly owned subsidiary, CNOOC International Ltd., have finalized a project cooperation agreement allowing the purchase of a 33.3% undivided interest in Chesapeake’s 600,000 net oil and natural gas leasehold acres in the Eagle Ford Shale project in South Texas.
Kinder Morgan Foresees $1.4 Billion in Expansions, Acquisitions
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP said it will spend $1.4 billion in expansions and acquisitions in 2011. The amount is lower than the $1.5 billion it pledged to spend in 2010.
Low Natural Gas Price Turns Interest To Liquids-Rich Plays
As North America experiences a renaissance in oil drilling, exploration & production (E&P) spending is expected to rise in 2011. According to a recently released Barclays Capital research note a decline in dry gas drilling is predicted, offset by an increase in oil and liquids-rich activity. In the wake of this activity the Tight Oil From Shale Plays World Congress 2011 will take place in Denver in January to discuss maximizing oil recovery.
Remarks to the Houston Pipeliners Association, Jan. 3, 2011
It’s great to see you tonight and I hope you all had a hearty holiday season. We have a two-part program tonight. I’m going to talk about some of the dynamic changes under way in the natural gas business and then a few minutes on some key issues the industry is facing this year. I’ll be throwing a bunch of numbers at you – the point being that no matter which way you look, the natural gas business is the one to be in right now.
Rangeland Plans Open-Access Crude Oil Marketing Hub In North Dakota
Rangeland Energy LLC plans to build, own and operate a crude oil loading terminal and pipeline in Williams County, ND.
Shale Gas Issues Yield To Adroit Community Relations Efforts
Interest in shale gas is being driven by concern about peak oil, pressure to develop secure domestic energy supplies and a need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Shale gas is also called tight gas or shallow gas. And, members of the conventional gas industry are experiencing some new challenges in the exploration, production and pipelining of this shale gas energy source.
National Fuel Gas Holds Open Seasons
National Fuel Gas Supply Corp. and Empire Pipeline, Inc., are holding two open seasons aimed at making firm transportation capacity available from the Marcellus Shale.
Chevron Acquiring Atlas Energy For $4.3 Billion
Chevron will acquire Atlas Energy for cash of $3.2 billion and assumed pro forma net debt of $1.1 billion in a deal that will provide Chevron with an attractive natural gas resource position primarily located in southwestern Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale.
Enterprise Products To Provide Midstream Services In South Texas
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. has entered into 10-year agreements with the "Pioneer JV" to provide a full scope of midstream energy services to handle natural gas and crude oil production from the Eagle Ford Shale.
Copano Signs Deal With Eagle Ford Shale Producer
Copano Energy, L.L.C. signed a long-term, fee-based agreement to provide GeoSouthern Energy Corporation, one of the first producers to have success in the NGL-rich region of the northern Eagle Ford Shale.
ETP Pipelines Ahead Of Schedule And Under Budget
Energy Transfer Partners L.P. (ETP) announced last month that two major interstate pipelines, the 175-mile Tiger Pipeline and the 185-mile Fayetteville Express Pipeline, would begin service on Dec. 1, ahead of schedule and well under budget.
ENSTOR Announces Expansions to Two Gas Storage Facilities
ENSTOR has announced expanded storage capacities at two of its U.S. gas storage facilities: Caledonia in Lowndes County, Mississippi, and Grama Ridge in Lea County, New Mexico.
Energy Solutions Report: Natural Gas Prices May Begin To Rise By Mid-2011
On November 15, Energy Solutions, Inc. published its most recent educational analysis, <em>Natural Gas Price Outlook</em>. President Valerie Wood provided a summary of the contents: "Natural gas prices are at eight-year lows, and plentiful supplies have caused some analysts to predict sub-$5 natural gas prices as far out as 2015. If one is looking solely at supply and demand, that forecast may be relevant. But today, the price of natural gas is about so much more than just supply and demand.
BENTEK: Canadian Natural Gas Imports to U.S. Projected to Drop 30% by 2015
According to a new report from BENTEK Energy, LLC, Canadian producers face serious challenges as the continued growth of unconventional natural gas supplies and newly added pipeline infrastructure in the U.S. push Canadian imports out of the U.S. market. "<a href="http://www.bentekenergy.com/FCSRubyBigSqueeze.aspx">The Big Squeeze: Ruby, Canada and Marcellus</a>" examines the broad displacement of Canadian imports and its impact on the North American natural gas market, which will ultimately lead to curtailments in Canadian production.
Marcellus To The Rescue
Growing up in Pennsylvania, there was one thing you were sure of: you had to go elsewhere for a job that paid decently. I grew up in a small town in the once-bustling Lehigh Valley – an industrial powerhouse typified by its biggest employer, the now defunct Bethlehem Steel Corp.
TexStar Midstream Expansion To Handle Eagle Ford Shale Play
TexStar Midstream Services LP is expanding its 125-mile low pressure gathering system in Frio and LaSalle counties in Texas in order to handle future expected Eagle Ford and Buda gas volumes.
Gas Gathering, Treating Services Planned In South Texas
Meritage Midstream Services and Swift Energy Company have agreed to provide natural gas gathering and treating services in the Eagle Ford shale region of South Texas.
Western Energy Security: Will There Be A Gas OPEC?
Russia, the world’s top producer and exporter of natural gas, is spearheading Gas Exporting Countries Forum’s (GECF) efforts to inflate its profile and mission amid a global gas glut. Russia and fellow member countries Iran and Qatar form a troika that controls over half of global reserves. The troika is looking to extend trilateral cooperation and wants to ensure gas prices are vulnerably linked to those of oil.
Enterprise To Provide Anadarko Midstream Services In Eagle Ford Shale
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. has entered into agreements with Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to provide natural gas transportation and processing, and natural gas liquids fractionation and transportation services that will facilitate Anadarko’s growing liquids-rich natural gas production in the prolific Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas.
Commencement of Majorsville Processing Complex Announced
NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage (NGT&S) and MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, L.L.C., and The Energy & Minerals Group, have begun operations of jointly developed natural gas gathering, processing, and transmission projects in Majorsville, WV.
Baker Hughes Opens Marcellus Shale Repair and Maintenance Center
Baker Hughes announced Oct. 21 the opening of its Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania, repair and maintenance center. The facility will support natural gas well drilling, completion and production operations in the Marcellus Shale.
Energy Transfer Partners To Construct Two Eagle Ford Shale Pipelines
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. announced October 18 that it will construct two natural gas pipelines to provide transportation services from the prolific Eagle Ford Shale located in South Texas.
Approvals For TransCanada Tar Sand Pipeline Gets Sticky; Plus PMHSA Low-Stress Tug-Of-War And FERC Posting Edict
Despite criticism of his company's proposed nearly 2,000-mile pipeline through six states, Robert Jones, vice president, Keystone Pipelines, TransCanada Corporation, is very confident the U.S. State Department will approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Enterprise To Provide Services For EOG Resources In Eagle Ford Shale
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. has signed long-term agreements with EOG Resources, Inc. to provide a comprehensive package of midstream energy services that will service EOG's growing crude oil and associated liquids-rich natural gas production in the prolific Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. Enterprise will use its existing assets and build additional infrastructure to provide EOG with a full range of midstream services for its Eagle Ford production, including crude oil transportation, storage and exchange; natural gas transportation, treating and processing; and natural gas liquids (NGL) transportation and fractionation.
McJunkin Acquiring Dresser Oil Tools & Supply Assets
McJunkin Red Man Corp. will acquire operations and assets from Dresser Oil Tools & Supply as part of its strategic focus to increase its presence and commitment to customers in the active shale basins across North America. The operations and assets to be purchased relate to the business of the sale and distribution of pipe, valves and fittings (PVF), oilfield production and drilling supplies and related products.
Project To Improve Marcellus Producers Access To High-Value Markets
NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage and UGI Energy Services Inc. are partnering to develop a natural gas pipeline to provide Marcellus Shale producers in Pennsylvania improved access to high-value markets.
Enbridge Plans Montana, North Dakota And Canadian Expansions
Enbridge Energy Partners L.P. (EEP) and Enbridge Income Fund (ENF) are proceeding to expand crude oil pipeline capacity to accommodate growing production from the Bakken and Three Forks formations in Montana, North Dakota, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Koch Pipeline and Arrowhead Pipeline Add to South Texas Crude Oil Capacity
Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. and Arrowhead Pipeline, L.P. have announced an agreement and joint tariff to increase the amount of Eagle Ford crude transported to Corpus Christi via the Arrowhead pipeline.
Koch Pipeline and Arrowhead Pipeline Add to South Texas Crude Oil Capacity (1)
Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. and Arrowhead Pipeline, L.P. have announced an agreement and joint tariff to increase the amount of Eagle Ford crude transported to Corpus Christi via the Arrowhead pipeline.
- Keystone Oil Pipeline Resumes Operations After Temporary Shutdown
- Freeport LNG Plant Runs Near Zero Consumption for Fifth Day
- Biden Administration Buys Oil for Emergency Reserve Above Target Price
- Mexico Seizes Air Liquide's Hydrogen Plant at Pemex Refinery
- Enbridge to Invest $500 Million in Pipeline Assets, Including Expansion of 850-Mile Gray Oak Pipeline
