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FERC Proposes Five-Year Index Level for Interstate Oil Pipeline Rates

FERC Proposes Five-Year Index Level for Interstate Oil Pipeline Rates

FERC has issued a notice of inquiry (NOI) on its proposed index level used to calculate annual changes to interstate oil pipeline rate ceilings for the next five years, beginning July 1, 2021.

June 18, 2020
Mirage Says Financing Secured for Expanded Mexico Natural Gas Pipeline, Storage Project

Mirage Says Financing Secured for Expanded Mexico Natural Gas Pipeline, Storage Project

Mirage Energy Corp. has signed a $4 billion debt facility with the family office of Bluebell International to develop a natural gas project that would add cross-border capacity into Mexico, as well as the nation’s first underground gas storage facility.

June 18, 2020
PG&E Pleads Involuntary Manslaughter for 84 Deaths in Camp Fire, Agrees to $4M in Penalties

PG&E Pleads Involuntary Manslaughter for 84 Deaths in Camp Fire, Agrees to $4M in Penalties

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) on Tuesday pleaded guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count of starting a fire for its role in the 2018 Camp Fire that destroyed the town of Paradise, CA.

June 17, 2020
Weather Worries and Weak Cash Weigh Down Natural Gas Futures

Weather Worries and Weak Cash Weigh Down Natural Gas Futures

Cooler temperatures and soft demand in the natural gas cash market, along with ongoing liquefied natural gas (LNG) woes, weighed down futures again Tuesday, with prices hitting a new daily low in June for a third consecutive trading day.

June 17, 2020
IEA Forecasts Flat Mexico Oil Output Through 2021; Global Production Set to Fall 7.2 Million b/d in 2020

IEA Forecasts Flat Mexico Oil Output Through 2021; Global Production Set to Fall 7.2 Million b/d in 2020

Mexico oil production is likely to stay near April levels through 2021, with the natural decline of legacy fields operated by national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) offsetting any production gains at the firm’s so-called priority fields, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday.

June 17, 2020
Complaint by U.S. Energy Industry’s API Adds to Growing List of Private Sector Concerns in Mexican Energy

Complaint by U.S. Energy Industry’s API Adds to Growing List of Private Sector Concerns in Mexican Energy

American Petroleum Institute (API) President Mike Sommers has sent a letter to U.S. officials expressing the group’s worry that recent actions by the Mexican government are hurting investors in the Mexican energy sector.

June 16, 2020
Colombia Said Ready to Award Fracturing Pilots in October

Colombia Said Ready to Award Fracturing Pilots in October

Colombia’s National Hydrocarbons Agency (ANH) will award contracts for hydraulic fracturing pilot projects to interested companies by October, according to media reports.

June 16, 2020
IEA Sees Global Oil Demand Far Outpacing Supply, but Not Until 2021

IEA Sees Global Oil Demand Far Outpacing Supply, but Not Until 2021

Although global oil demand is expected to fall by a record 8.1 million b/d in 2020 because of Covid-19, 2021 should be a much different story, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said Tuesday.

June 16, 2020
Natural Gas Futures Continue Downward Spiral on Weak Cash Demand, Uncertain Outlook for Weather, LNG

Natural Gas Futures Continue Downward Spiral on Weak Cash Demand, Uncertain Outlook for Weather, LNG

Cooler temperatures and soft demand in the natural gas cash market, along with ongoing liquefied natural gas (LNG) woes, weighed down futures again Tuesday, with prices hitting a new daily low in June for a third consecutive trading day.

June 16, 2020
Range Resources Resolves Environmental Charges in Pennsylvania Investigation; Cabot Charged

Range Resources Resolves Environmental Charges in Pennsylvania Investigation; Cabot Charged

Range Resources Corp. on Friday pleaded no contest to charges brought by the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s (AG) Office and a statewide grand jury as part of a two-year criminal investigation into unconventional oil and natural gas development.

June 16, 2020