Crude oil from the Bakken Shale will be Delaware-bound under an agreement between leading Bakken producer Continental Resources Inc. and PBF Energy Inc. Crude is to be delivered by rail to PBF’s double-loop track at its refinery in Delaware City.
2013
Articles from 2013
Aurora: Downspacing Sweetening Sugarkane Field
Australia-based and Eagle Ford-focused Aurora Oil & Gas Ltd. said a downspacing pilot on its non-operated acreage in the Eagle Ford’s Sugarkane Field is yielding strong results and the company is planning 40-acre spacing on its recently acquired operated acreage in the play.
PGC, AGA: Abundant U.S. Gas Resources Looking for Big Markets
The United States has 2,384 Tcf of technically recoverable natural gas, the Potential Gas Committee (PGC) and the American Gas Association (AGA) said Tuesday. That’s more reserves than the PGC has calculated in its 48-year history and beats the previous high seen in 2010 by 486 Tcf.
Weatherbug Expects Summer 2013 to Mimic 2012
Temperatures this summer will be similar to last year, with above-normal temperatures likely from West Texas across the Great Plains into the central and southern Rockies, and across the Mid-South, according to the WeatherBug meteorologists at Earth Networks.
Weatherbug Expects Summer 2013 to Mimic 2012
Temperatures this summer will be similar to last year, with above-normal temperatures likely from West Texas across the Great Plains into the central and southern Rockies, and across the Mid-South, according to the WeatherBug meteorologists at Earth Networks.
CPUC Approves SoCalGas Pipeline Access, CNG Rules
California regulators on Thursday without discussion approved changes for Sempra Energy’s Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) regarding natural gas producers in the state accessing its pipeline system and, separately, a deal in which SoCalGas provides compressed natural gas (CNG) services to a major bus fleet operator.
Arkansas Investigating ExxonMobil Oil Spill
Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel said Tuesday that his office has opened an investigation of a crude oil spill near Mayflower, AR, which ExxonMobil was working to clean up. The cause of the spill is still under investigation, but Exxon said the spill did not involve tar sands oil.
Researchers Lift Eagle Ford Jobs, Dollars Estimates
Development of oil and natural gas in the Eagle Ford Shale added more than $61 billion in total economic impact during 2012, according to a study by the Center for Community and Business Research in The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Institute for Economic Development.
Western Canada’s Unconventionals Seen Doubling Oil Output by 2025
Western Canada’s oil production should hit 5.7 million b/d by 2025, which is double the current output, boosted by unconventional growth from the oilsands and shale formations, according to ITG Investment Research (IR). Unconventional natural gas production also is seen lifting gas supplies by 3 Bcf/d from current numbers.
Midstream MLP Not Starting Small With 10,700 Miles of Pipelines
CenterPoint Energy Inc., OGE Energy Corp. and ArcLight Capital Partners are forming a new midstream master limited partnership (MLP) that will start off with 8,400 miles of interstate and 2,300 miles of intrastate pipelines in Oklahoma, Arkansas, Texas and Louisiana, plus some other assets.