All claims to the contrary, the oil and gas industry is not dying a slow death, with the outlook for U.S. exports looking strong long term, according to one of the energy world’s leading thought leaders. Master storyteller Daniel Yergin, more often the inquirer, had much to share with NGI in a recent conversation about…
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4Q2019 Earnings: MPLX Remains Focused on Permian, Trims Capex Another $500M
MPLX LP is targeting high-return projects in the Permian Basin-to-Gulf Coast corridor as it continues to streamline 2020 growth capital expenditures (capex) to $1.5 billion, down by another $500 million from the most recent estimate.
4Q2019 Earnings: MPLX Remains Focused on Permian, Trims Capex Another $500M
MPLX LP is targeting high-return projects in the Permian Basin-to-Gulf Coast corridor as it continues to streamline 2020 growth capital expenditures (capex) to $1.5 billion, down by another $500 million from the most recent estimate.
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4Q2019 Earnings: Natural Gas Supply, LNG Demand Solid for Long Term, Says Baker Hughes
Recent spot price weakness and fewer sanctions expected this year for export projects have not changed the overall long-term supply and demand picture for liquefied natural gas (LNG), Baker Hughes Co. CEO Lorenzo Simonelli said Wednesday.
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4Q2019 Earnings: Natural Gas Supply, LNG Demand Solid for Long Term, Says Baker Hughes
Recent spot price weakness and fewer sanctions expected this year for export projects have not changed the overall long-term supply and demand picture for liquefied natural gas (LNG), Baker Hughes Co. CEO Lorenzo Simonelli said Wednesday.

Led by U.S., Non-OPEC Oil Output Seen Comfortably Supplying Softer Global Demand
Plentiful oil production growth from countries that are not members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) should adequately supply “any likely level” of demand through 2020, helping to contain prices for consumers in a “vulnerable” global economy, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Devon Boosts ’19 Oil Output Forecast on Strong Permian Delaware Results
Devon Energy Corp. has increased its projections for Lower 48 oil production growth to 17% from 2018, up 200 basis points from previous guidance, on improving well productivity and capital efficiencies, particularly in the Permian Basin.
Permian Helping Fuel Oversupply as NatGas Prices Headed for ‘Down Year,’ Says Raymond James
Facing an oversupply that has been compounded by associated gas growth in the Permian Basin, natural gas prices could be headed for a “down year” in 2019 as demand is unable to keep up, according to analysts with Raymond James & Associates Inc.

Led by U.S., 2018 Another ‘Golden Year’ for Natural Gas, Says IEA
Natural gas demand emerged as the global fuel of choice last year, particularly in the United States and China, as energy consumption worldwide increased by 2.3%, the fastest pace this decade, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Monday.
MDU Eyeing Bakken Pipeline Growth, M&A Activity
MDU Resources Group Inc. senior executives earlier this month promised to expand the midstream pipeline and construction business units following a “solid” performance in 2018 by all of the businesses.