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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has ordered FERC to recalculate a $20.16 million fine levied against BP plc for allegedly manipulating the Texas natural gas market in 2008. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission wrongly attempted to expand its Natural Gas Act jurisdiction to cover intrastate gas trading, the circuit court said. …

To expand and accelerate its bioenergy business, BP plc on Monday agreed to acquire Archaea Energy Inc., a leading U.S. renewable natural gas (RNG) producer. The acquisition, subject to Archaea shareholder approval, would be for $3.3 billion in cash and close to $800 million in debt.  Bioenergy is one of the five strategic transition growth…

Korea Gas Corp., aka Kogas, said Friday that it has signed a long-term contract to buy U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) from an affiliate of BP plc.  The company agreed to purchase 1.58 million tons (Mt) annually from BP Singapore Pte. Ltd. for an 18-year term at prices linked to Henry Hub. Kogas is one…

BP plc has clinched an agreement to purchase a unique blend of renewable natural gas (RNG) initially for customers in California. Maryland-based CleanBay Renewables said it would provide BP with RNG produced from poultry litter, a mixture of manure, feathers and bedding. The biogas is processed into RNG and can be used to fuel vehicles.…

Hydrogen has the power to “reinvent” natural gas, and BP plc is looking to take the lead in the transition, a top executive said earlier this month. BP’s energy economics team and the International Energy Agency (IEA) are forecasting a big role for hydrogen in the transition from fossil fuels to alternative energies. BP Executive…

Energy stakeholders endorsed President Biden’s strengthening of U.S. climate change commitments on Thursday, but they also stressed the importance of natural gas in achieving deep decarbonization of the economy. Biden said Thursday the United States will target a 50-52% reduction in economy-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) pollution by 2030 versus 2005 levels. The announcement, made during…

BP plc, which is aiming to eliminate natural gas flaring in the Lower 48 by 2025 on its transition to becoming a zero-emissions producer, said it has taken a big step toward that goal with a state-of-the-art facility in the Permian Basin. The electrified Grand Slam facility near Orla, TX, is a central oil, gas…

BP plc said it has struck oil at the Puma West prospect offshore Louisiana near its Mad Dog platform in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico (GOM).  The well in Green Canyon Block 821 was drilled by BP, operator and owner of the block, on behalf of co-owners Chevron U.S.A. Inc. and Talos Energy Inc., each…

BP plc has started to link downstream customers in China with liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, creating a fully integrated supply chain in a country that continues to lead the world in energy consumption growth.  The first LNG cargo delivered under BP’s new terminal usage agreement arrived over the weekend at the Guangdong Dapeng LNG…