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Massive North Dakota oil spill not yet cleaned up – more than 3 years after occurence
Thirty-nine months after it occurred, a 20,000-barrel (Bbl) oil spill in North Dakota still isn’t fully cleaned up – and the company responsible for the accident has yet to set ...
California pipeline proposal could be in trouble
The proposal to build a 65-mile natural gas pipeline through San Bernardino County, California, to Moreno Valley could be in trouble. Sempra Energy subsidiaries Southern California Gas ...
Nigerian rebels hit Chevron facilities
Nigerian militants have claimed an attack on Chevron-operated oil pipelines — less than two weeks after the government declared a cease-fire, and even as a worker strike further hampered efforts ...
Could Western Pennsylvania get a second cracker plant?
Could western Pennsylvania be getting a second ethane cracker plant? That possibility surfaced at an Aug. 23 public meeting in Beaver County where Royal Dutch Shell has ...
FERC rejects N.Y. tree-cutting request re: Constitution line
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected a rehearing on unauthorized tree cutting associated with the $1 billion Constitution Pipeline in New York and Pennsylvania, Kallanish Energy ...
Iran’s oil production comeback could be over
Iran, which easily beat expectations for how fast it boosted crude oil exports after sanctions were lifted, now needs a massive cash injection and the easing of remaining trade barriers, ...
Arson destroys construction equipment on Dakota Access Pipeline
Federal and state agencies are investigating a $2 million fire suspected of being arson along the Dakota Access Pipeline in central Iowa, Kallanish Energy reports. The fire ...
U.S. exporting shale gas to the Middle East
Since March of this year, the U.S. has been exporting liquefied natural gas, LNG, to a very unlikely region of the world: the Middle East. Two cargoes of LNG from ...
Venezuela’s state-owned PDVSA has issued at least $310M in debt
Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA, has issued at least $310 million in debt to companies including General Electric as it negotiates private issues to pay off its suppliers, industry sources ...
Brexit, May could benefit UK’s shale gas industry: sources
Britain’s exit from the European Union (EU) could push forward hydraulic fracturing (fracking) exploration and the development of a shale gas industry in the UK, Kallanish Energy learns. Since the ...