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Canada services giant SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is merging with Kentz Corp. Ltd. to create a global tier one engineering and construction (E&C) firm with a bigger presence in key growth regions, including North America’s onshore, management said Monday.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday took away a small piece of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permit program to control greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary sources such as power plants.

As it continues to narrow its focus on the Appalachian Basin, Magnum Hunter Resources Corp. announced its third joint venture (JV), agreeing to further develop acreage in the southernmost tip of Ohio’s Utica Shale with privately held EdgeMarc (EM) Energy Ohio LLC.

Diamondback Energy Inc.’s unique Permian Basin subsidiary Viper Energy Partners LP on Monday completed its better-than-anticipated initial public offering (IPO), which was continuing to draw enthusiastic investors to begin the week.

U.S. natural gas storage remains dominated by the lingering effects of an extremely cold winter, but it’s on track for record summer storage, Credit Suisse analysts said Monday.

Williams’ Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Corp. (Transco) has filed at FERC for its Rock Springs Expansion Project, which would carry fuel to a new gas-fired power plant in Cecil County, MD.

Cooler-than-normal temperatures are expected to persist across much of the country for the remainder of the summer months, with above-normal heat expected to linger in a handful of Southeast and western states, according to forecasters at Weather Services International (WSI).

STW Resources Holding Corp. announced Monday that it has launched a subsidiary to focus on water management solutions for the oil and gas industry and other customers, primarily servicing Texas and eastern New Mexico.

An initial shipment of crude oil from the Powder River Basin (PRB) in Wyoming went out last Friday from the new Black Thunder oil rail terminal developed jointly by Denver-based Meritage Midstream Services II LLC and Arch Coal. The rail terminal is located at the Black Thunder mining complex in Campbell County, WY.