Encana

Encana Corp. and the British Columbia (BC) Oil and Gas Commission have been sued by a coalition of conservation groups for allegedly violating the provisions of short-term water permits to ensure enough supplies are available for unconventional natural gas drilling.

The Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS) in Mississippi and Louisiana has the potential to “become the next best thing in U.S. oil production” due to its proximity to pipelines and refineries on the Gulf Coast, but exploration and production (E&P) companies will need to overcome the play’s challenges to be successful, according to a consultant.

Encana Corp., in the midst of a strategic review of its North American onshore business, on Tuesday announced an organizational restructuring following the retirement of formerly key executives.

Although the storms are gone, the troubles from historic flooding along the Front Range in Colorado continued to pop up Thursday in the Niobrara Formation portion of the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin. Anadarko Petroleum Corp. wrestled with oil spills from two of its tank batteries damaged by the still-raging flood waters.

Natural gas and oil operators on Thursday made headway in digging out from nearly a week of torrential rains and flash flooding that has claimed lives and property throughout the Front Range of Colorado. Two oil spills related to Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s operations were getting the major attention of industry and state officials as they continued to make post-storm assessments of the impact of historic flooding.

Encana Corp., one of North America’s natural gas stalwarts, may be ready to slim down and sell some of its estimable dry gas portfolio to ready for the future, CEO Doug Suttles signaled on Thursday.

Encana Corp. has opened a compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station in Parachute, CO, its eighth North American fueling station since it began several years ago to actively integrate what it produces into its transportation and drilling rig units.

Goodrich Petroleum Corp. announced the completion of an Encana Corp.-operated well in the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale (TMS) in which it holds a minority interest. Initial production was lower than other recent wells in the play but still apparently economic and boding good things to come from the TMS, one analyst said Tuesday.

Calgary midstreamer Pembina Pipeline Corp. is launching plans to build and operate another shallow cut natural gas plant and associated pipeline infrastructure near its Cutbank Complex in west central Alberta.