Suzanne Edwards

This upcoming winter may continue a general trend of starting later in the season, with a potential “false start” that begins as the West receives the cold temperatures first and the East following later in the season, which holds implications for natural gas prices, according to WeatherBELL Analytics’ Joe Bastardi, chief meteorologist.

Investors with long positions in natural gas can take comfort in growing industrial sector demand, according to an industry veteran who spoke Monday in Chicago.

Oil and gas industry groups in Colorado were swift in rebuking rules adopted this week by Adams County, describing them as “unreasonable” and “hasty.”

Calgary-based Crescent Point Energy Corp. is continuing its organizational slim-down launched last year by inking a deal to sell Uinta Basin and Saskatchewan assets for C$912 million ($684 million) to undisclosed buyers.

Oil and natural gas producers with assets across the Midcontinent are tailoring capital spending to the Bakken Shale in North Dakota, as well as parts of the Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma that are higher in oil content.

Black Diamond Gathering LLC, a joint venture (JV) of Noble Midstream Partners LP and Greenfield Midstream LLC, has doubled its crude gathering volumes in the Denver Julesburg (DJ) Basin with a new deal, and is considering a stake in another oil pipeline that moves volumes from the Rockies to storage in Cushing, OK.

Houston-based Riviera Resources LLC has inked a deal to sell its remaining assets in the Hugoton Basin to an undisclosed buyer, marking an exit from the Kansas formation and a narrowing focus to areas of the Lower 48.

The North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality (NDEQ) expects to roll out changes to how spill reports are conveyed to the public within a year’s time amid renewed public scrutiny.

Arkansas natural gas production for July is likely to see a drop after flooding from Tropical Storm Barry worked its way across the state and into the Arkansas River Valley.