Permits

Permits to develop natural gas and oil in the Lower 48 slumped in August, with the biggest operating area, the Permian Basin, off by double-digits from July and 12% year-to-date.  “Permian permitting continues to slow,” down by 407 or 37% month/month (m/m), with year-to-date permits declining by 820, according to Evercore ISI analysts led by…

A federal circuit panel has ruled that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) did not break any laws when it approved Jonah Energy LLC’s natural gas drilling project in Wyoming on land that includes sage grouse populations as well as migration paths for pronghorns. “We conclude that BLM adequately collected and considered information on the…

Iroquois Gas Transmission LP’s natural gas compression upgrade project, designed to supply New York City with an additional 125 MMcf/d, may be delayed as it awaits required air permits from state agencies, according to Iroquois management.  Iroquois in 2020 filed applications for two Air State Facility permits with the New York Department of Environmental Conservation…

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow. Rapidan Energy Group’s Alex Munton, director of global gas service, joins NGI’s Senior LNG Editor Jamison Cocklin to discuss how U.S. regulators are stepping up efforts to more closely scrutinize liquefied natural gas export authorizations as global trading booms.  They analyze the…

Natural gas and oil permitting dipped sharply in April from a month earlier, with double-digit losses nearly across the board, according to Evercore ISI. The energy analysts at Evercore, led by James West, every month compile permit data from state and federal officials to determine the direction of U.S. drilling. Once an onshore permit is…

The embattled Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) has a shot at completion this year despite a recent setback in federal court, according to management of project sponsor Equitrans Midstream Corp. CEO Thomas Karam vented about MVP’s arduous regulatory journey during a conference call to review Equitrans’ first quarter earnings. The 303-mile pipeline would supply 2 Bcf/d…

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has denied an Energy Transfer LP affiliate’s request to again extend the deadline for starting exports from its proposed Lake Charles LNG facility in Louisiana.  In an order denying the application for an “unprecedented second extension,” DOE said Friday that the project had failed to show good cause for…

Lower 48 oil and gas permitting activity surged in March, driven by plays including the Permian and Powder River basins, and the Eagle Ford Shale. Regulators issued 4,439 onshore drilling permits during March, up 52% month/month and 35% year/year, according to the latest tally by Evercore ISI. The natural gas-rich Utica Shale was the only…

Nearly 3,000 permits were issued in February to explore for U.S. oil and gas, a slight increase from January but down nearly 9% from a year ago, according to state and federal data. Evercore ISI, which tracks oil and gas permitting data, said 2,929 permits gained approval in February, up by 211 or 8% from…