Sempra Energy’s management team is pinning growth on California and Texas utilities, as well as a revival in liquefied natural gas (LNG) growth.
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Kinder Morgan CEO Says Gulf LNG on Backburner, But Growth Opportunities Abound
Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) has placed the Gulf LNG (liquefied natural gas) export project on the backburner in favor of other growth opportunities, CEO Steve Kean indicated Wednesday during the firms analyst day.
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Kinder Morgan CEO Says Gulf LNG on Backburner, But Growth Opportunities Abound
Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) has placed the Gulf LNG (liquefied natural gas) export project on the backburner in favor of other growth opportunities, CEO Steve Kean indicated Wednesday during the firm’s analyst day.
Martin Midstream Divests Texas NGL Pipeline in Latest Asset Sale
Martin Midstream Partners LP on Wednesday said it sold its East Texas Pipeline, a natural gas liquids (NGL) system, to an undisclosed buyer for $17.5 million, marking the second infrastructure divestiture in less than three months for the Kilgore, TX-based company.
Brief — Pioneer Natural
Pioneer Natural Resources Co. has agreed to sell an acreage package in the Permian Basin of West Texas to an undisclosed buyer for $266 million. The sale in northeastern Martin County includes current production of 1,500 boe/d net. The Dallas independent said in February it wasevaluating offers to sell about 20,500 acres in Martin County. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of April.
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As part of a broader set of management succession plan changes,Sempra Energyannounced selection of new CEOs to run its two California utility andU.S. Gas & Powerunits. Under the changes, current CEO of the gas/power subsidiary,Jeffrey Martin, 51, will become CEO ofSan Diego Gas and Electric Co.; current COODennis Arriola, 52, becomes CEO atSouthern California Gas Co.; andPatricia Wagner, 51, Sempra’s current vice president for parent company audit services, becomes CEO of U.S. Gas & Power.
API’s Durbin Taking Reins of ANGA
America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) last Wednesday announced that Martin J. Durbin, a top lobbyist at the American Petroleum Institute (API), has been named president and CEO, effective May 1. Durbin comes to ANGA after serving as executive vice president at API, where he led advocacy efforts on behalf of the oil and gas industry (see related story).
API Official Taking Helm of ANGA on May 1
America’s Natural Gas Alliance (ANGA) Wednesday announced that Martin J. Durbin, a top lobbyist at the American Petroleum Institute (API), has been named president and CEO, effective May 1. Durbin comes to ANGA after serving as executive vice president at API, where he led advocacy efforts on behalf of the oil and gas industry.
Lockheed Technology Takes on LNG
Promising economic multipliers from Louisiana’s tight bond with natural gas, defense and space giant Lockheed Martin said last Tuesday it plans to transfer its nearly four decades of experience building space shuttle tanks to the expanding use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) for storage and transportation.
Baker Hughes ‘Cautiously Optimistic’ on North America
Baker Hughes Inc. is seeing some deterioration in U.S. natural gas liquids (NGL) drilling activity, but activity in the Gulf of Mexico (GOM) has returned to pre-moratorium levels, CEO Martin Craighead told analysts on Friday.