North America
Dominion Energy wants to keep Surry NPP running to 2053
Dominion Energy on Tuesday filed an application with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to renew the operating licenses for its Surry Power Station, Kallanish Energy reports. The Virginia-based company wants ...
Cost of U.S. nuclear generation at 8-year low
The average total generating costs for U.S. nuclear reactors in 2017 were 19% lower than in 2012, the highest-cost year in the last eight, a study released ...
Gas production to rise nearly 1 Bcf/d in 7 major basins/plays: DPR
Natural gas production from the U.S.’s seven most prolific unconventional regions is projected to increase nearly 1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) from September to October, a new survey ...
Shale gas means billions in chemical industry investment
The availability of, and inexpensive price for, U.S. shale gas since 2010, has resulted in 333 chemical industry projects cumulatively valued at $202.4 billion being announced, with ...
NN Group won’t invest in oil sands projects, pipelines
An international financial services company has announced its withdrawal from financing tar sands oil and pipeline projects in Canada and the U.S., Kallanish Energy reports. The announcement ...
Hess to focus on Bakken, Guyana in 2019
Hess Corp. has announced it plans to spend $2.9 billion in its 2019 capital and exploratory budget, with 75% of that money earmarked for high-return growth assets in the Bakken ...
North American O&G industry faces $240B of maturities through 2023
The quality of debt issued by the North American oil and gas industry has changed substantially – and not in a good way — over the past ...
More than $90 billion spent on Permian Basin deals
The Permian Basin is the No. 1 drilling hot spot in North America. More than $90 billion in deals have been made in the Permian Basin in ...
Chevron in talks to buy Petrobras’ Texas refinery: sources
U.S. oil supermajor Chevron has held talks to acquire Pasadena Refining System Inc., (PRSI), a Texas oil refinery owned by Brazilian state-run oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), three people familiar ...
FES to close all coal-fired & nuclear power plants
FirstEnergy Solutions says it intends to close its last coal-fired power plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio in 2021-2022, although those decisions could be reversed if the Ohio-based company were to ...