Jeremiah Shelor

FERC on Monday released the results of an independent review of the horizontal directional drilling (HDD) fluids spill that has put HDD work for Energy Transfer Partners LP’s Rover Pipeline on hold since May. Commission staff said ETP/Rover would have to submit a plan to implement the third-party recommendations before HDD activities may resume on the project.

The U.S. onshore bounced back during the week ended July 28, as Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI) reported that seven land rigs returned to action. The week’s gains counter recent indications that North American drilling activity is plateauing overall.

U.S. drillers bounced back with six natural gas-directed rigs returning during the week ended July 28, according to Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI). The United States added eight rigs total for the week, countering recent indications that North American drilling activity is plateauing overall.

FERC issued a favorable final environmental impact statement (EIS) Friday for TransCanada Corp.’s Mountaineer XPress and Gulf XPress expansion projects, a move likely to encourage producers hoping for more natural gas pipeline capacity out of the Appalachian Basin.

The Senate will need to approve the Trump administration’s FERC nominees soon, or else it could put the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) natural gas project schedule at risk, management for NextEra Energy Inc. said Wednesday.

On the heels of its exit from Wyoming’s Pinedale Anticline earlier this week, QEP Resources Inc. on Thursday announced plans to acquire 13,800 net acres in the Permian’s Midland sub-basin for $732 million, further signaling its intentions to grow liquids in its portfolio.

Natural gas power burn recently reached its highest level so far in 2017, surpassing 41 Bcf/d on July 20, but gas has fallen year/year in terms of its overall share of the power stack, according to Energy Information Administration (EIA).

American Midstream Partners LP (AMID) is selling its propane business to focus capital in the offshore Gulf of Mexico and onshore in the Permian Basin and East Texas, the partnership said Monday.

The Nexus Gas Transmission pipeline, originally planned for service in late 2017, won’t start up until sometime in 2018 due to the ongoing wait for a certificate decision from the currently quorumless FERC, executives for backer DTE Energy Co. said Wednesday.