North America
Mariner East 2 Pipeline construction halted again
Construction on the Mariner East 2 liquids pipelines in Pennsylvania has been halted again, Kallanish Energy reports. The Mariner East 1 liquids pipeline that has been in operation was also ...
Shell, Chevron get waivers from steel tariffs
Shell and Chevron are the first oil and gas industry players granted waivers from President Trump’s 25% tariff on steel imports, after the administration agreed the specialty steel they were ...
New York moves to end coal-fired power plants by 2020
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has unveiled plans to phase out coal entirely at New York state power plants by 2020, Kallanish Energy reports. Last week, ...
U.S. LNG exports quadrupled in 2017
U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports quadrupled in 2017, with shipments to 25 different countries, says the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The volume of shipments increased from ...
Advantage, U.S. chemical industry, due to shale gas: ACC
Strong global growth prospects, rising exports, increased manufacturing, balanced inventories, healthy demand, and sufficient, inexpensive shale gas combined suggest positive growth this year for the U.S. chemical ...
Appalachian Basin remains active for shale producers
The Appalachian Basin remains a very busy place. Nearly 2,300 drilling permits were issued in 2017 in the three-state basin, with 1,036 of those wells being spud, said energy consultant ...
Northeast U.S. slated for record gas line buildout in 2018
Roughly 38% of additional natural gas pipeline capacity is slated to come online in the U.S. Northeast just in 2018, according to the Energy Information Administration. By ...
N.Y. nixes natural gas pipeline expansion permit
New York State regulators have denied a permit for a pipeline expansion designed to increase natural gas deliveries to New York City, The Associated Press reports. The ...
Initial work may begin this fall on Keystone XL
TransCanada may begin preliminary work on its $8 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline project in Montana this coming autumn, with full construction in 2019, Kallanish Energy reports. That ...
First floating U.S. wind farm may be built off California
EDP Renewables and four other companies have partnered with a Northern California power provider to develop the first U.S. offshore wind farm to feature advanced floating turbines, the group said, ...