Christopher Lenton

Oil prices rose on Tuesday after a fire on a Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) processing platform in the Gulf of Mexico slashed 421,000 b/d from Mexico’s oil supply. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) for October settled at $67.54 on Tuesday, up $1.90 day/day. “Bottom pickers jumped into the void on the open on Sunday night, and then…

Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) has closed on its $310 million acquisition of Kinetrex Energy, part of the company’s new interest in low carbon investments. The acquisition includes liquefied natural gas (LNG) production and fueling facilities, a 50% interest in a landfill-based renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in Indiana, and commercial agreements for three additional RNG…

Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) CEO Octavio Romero Oropeza said five people died and two people remained missing as of Monday afternoon following a fire on the E-Ku-A2 platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon in the Ku, Maloob and Zaap (KMZ) megafield. Oropeza said an investigation was underway to determine its cause.…

Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) CEO Octavio Romero Oropeza said five people died and two people remained missing as of Monday afternoon following a fire on the E-Ku-A2 platform in the Gulf of Mexico. The incident occurred Sunday afternoon in the Ku, Maloob and Zaap (KMZ) megafield. Oropeza said an investigation was underway to determine its cause.…

Hurricane Grace, a Category 1 storm, made landfall in Mexico early Thursday in the eastern Yucatán Peninsula, bringing with it heavy rains and winds, and interrupting power service to some 300,000 homes, according to Mexican utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE). The storm was expected to restrengthen as it moved across the southwestern Gulf of…

The shutdown of California’s 644 MW Edward Hyatt hydroelectric power plant because of insufficient water levels at the Oroville Dam reservoir is squeezing an already tight power market in the western United States, according to Moody’s Investors Services. On Aug. 5, the California Department of Water Resources took the plant offline. This has contributed to…

Houston’s SilverBow Resources Inc. has continued its Lower 48 acreage expansion amid high commodity prices with a new natural gas-rich acquisition.  The latest deal is an estimated $33 million all-stock transaction with an undisclosed seller. SilverBow is gaining 45,000 net acres in the Eagle Ford Shale of South Texas, bolstering its gas-weighted position in McMullen…

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said a natural gas pipeline connecting the Atlantic and Pacific coasts is set to go ahead. The 320 MMcf/d Jaltipán-Salina Cruz pipeline would cross the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the narrowest strip of land in Mexico, between the two coasts. “A gas pipeline in the isthmus is planned to transport…

Soaring natural gas prices, along with the rising prices of other imported fuels, were causing inflation worries and are a hot-button topic in Mexico, according to experts. “The price of energy in Mexico is becoming an important issue,” Gadex consultant Eduardo Prud’homme told NGI’s Mexico GPI. In July, the Mexican government placed price caps on liquified…