North America
Enbridge gas pipeline explosion causes fireball in Ohio
An explosion Monday of a section of Enbridge’s Texas Eastern natural gas pipeline in Ohio created a fireball of flame and damaged homes, prompting the evacuation of ...
Tree clearing begins at possible Ohio ethane cracker site
Tree clearing is under way at the site of a proposed ethane cracker plant in eastern Ohio, even though a final investment decision is still pending by ...
Eclipse, Blue Ridge close merger, change name
Eclipse Resources and Blue Ridge Mountain Resources said Thursday they’ve completed their merger, announced last August, with the melded company now known as Montage Resources Corp. The company also announced ...
Blm nets nearly $7.2M in Utah lease sale
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management raised $7.19 million on March 26 in a federal lease sale for oil and natural drilling in Utah, Kallanish Energy reports. A total of 111 ...
U.S. natgas consumption set record in 2018
U.S. natural gas usage jumped 10% in 2018, to a record 82.1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d), the Energy Information Administration reported. Domestic consumption of natural ...
Pennsylvania proposes methane rules for existing wells, facilities
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection has rolled out a draft plan to curtail air emissions from thousands of existing oil and natural gas wells — a move that could have ...
Anti-energy activists cost U.S. $91.1B in delayed, cancelled projects
A new analysis by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Global Energy Institute finds the anti-energy “Keep It in the Ground” movement has prevented at least $91.9 billion ...
Venezuela’s Guaido to announce changes to Citgo’s board
U.S.-based, Venezuela-owned refiner Citgo Petroleum is set to undergo a restructuring in its leadership following Juan Guaido’s declaration he is Venezuela’s new interim president. Guiado is expected ...
DOE seeks to develop future coal-fired power plants
The U.S. Department of Energy intends to fund competitive research and development efforts in fiscal year 2019 to develop the coal-fired power plants of the future. The effort is known ...
Another bank says no funds for Arctic refuge drilling
Another international financial institution has publicly said it will not fund drilling for oil in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Kallanish Energy reports. The announcement came last week in a ...