Liquid

With the Marcellus and Utica shale ethane situation under control for the moment, propane is becoming the next natural gas liquid (NGL) to trouble producers in Appalachia.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is consolidating three of its wastewater permits to encourage liquid waste recycling from oil and natural gas drilling, and to reduce water withdrawals.

An estimated 56 million barrels of water are produced as a result of onshore oil and natural gas development everyday, and while the quality is poor, most of the contaminants occur naturally, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report. Only some of the contaminants are added through drilling, hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and pumping oil and gas.

The first shipment of gas-to-liquid (GTL) base oil from the massive Pearl GTL plant in Qatar arrived at the Port of Houston last Wednesday, Shell Lubricants said.

Construction of industrial infrastructure and production of liquid hydrocarbon resources near Point Thomson, AK, by ExxonMobil Corp. and affiliate PTE Pipeline LLC is one step closer with the release of a draft environmental impact study (DEIS) by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Construction of industrial infrastructure and production of liquid hydrocarbon resources near Point Thomson, AK, by ExxonMobil Corp. and affiliate PTE Pipeline LLC is one step closer with the release of a draft environmental impact study (DEIS) by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Shale gas is already impacting the Northwest; the question is whether it can realize its full potential, said a regional gas industry trade group head.

Aux Sable Liquid Products LP unit Sable NGL LLC is buying the Stanley Condensate Recovery Plant and Prairie Rose Pipeline from a unit of EOG Resources Inc., the company said Friday.

Natural gas transmission companies have been keeping FERC busy with project paperwork, as the industry segment tries to adjust to a marketplace being altered by shale gas.