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Sempra Pursues Two Gulf Coast FIDs as European Demand Reshuffles ‘Pecking Order’

Sempra Pursues Two Gulf Coast FIDs as European Demand Reshuffles ‘Pecking Order’

With its backlog of developing LNG terminal projects hitting successive milestones over the past year, Sempra Infrastructure is poised to make two final investment decisions (FID) this year while gauging interest for the next phase of its Texas project. The infrastructure and liquefied natural gas arm of San Diego-based Sempra previously disclosed last year that…

March 1, 2023
Oneok Looking at Mid-2023 FID on Saguaro Connector Pipeline Feeding Mexico

Oneok Looking at Mid-2023 FID on Saguaro Connector Pipeline Feeding Mexico

Executives at midstreamer Oneok Inc. said they are looking at the midpoint of this year to make a final investment decision (FID) on a pipeline that would transport gas from Texas to Mexico’s west coast. Chief commercial officer Kevin Burdick said “we’re still early in the process from the pipeline’s perspective. It would be an…

March 1, 2023
Tellurian Could Lose Gunvor SPA as Focus Shifts to Finding Equity Partners for Driftwood LNG

Tellurian Could Lose Gunvor SPA as Focus Shifts to Finding Equity Partners for Driftwood LNG

Gunvor Group Ltd. has the option to terminate its deal to buy supplies from the proposed Driftwood LNG terminal after a deadline passed Tuesday for Tellurian Inc. to meet certain conditions. The sales and purchase agreement (SPA) was amended to give Gunvor the option of walking away if Tellurian failed to meet conditions, including sanctioning…

March 1, 2023
Range Resources Shrugs Off Report of Potential Pioneer Natural Resources Acquisition 

Range Resources Shrugs Off Report of Potential Pioneer Natural Resources Acquisition 

Range Resources Corp.’s management team on Tuesday brushed aside questions about whether they’ve discussed the possibility of Pioneer Natural Resources Co. acquiring the company after reports surfaced last week.  CEO Jeff Ventura told analysts during a call to discuss year-end financial results Tuesday that a statement Pioneer issued downplaying the reports was “good news” for…

March 1, 2023
Targa Continues to Build Out Natural Gas Infrastructure, Pursue Acquisitions To Meet Enduring Demand

Targa Continues to Build Out Natural Gas Infrastructure, Pursue Acquisitions To Meet Enduring Demand

Targa Resources Corp. is bullishly pushing forward with expansion projects in the prolific Permian Basin, citing expectations for robust global oil and natural gas demand long term The Houston-based company expects momentum to push through 2023, a year in which global oil demand is projected by the International Energy Agency to grow and foundations are…

February 28, 2023
California Resources Dropping Rigs, Production in 2023 as Independent Realigns Operations

California Resources Dropping Rigs, Production in 2023 as Independent Realigns Operations

California Resources Corp. (CRC) in 2023 is expecting to develop its highest-returning oil and natural gas projects with the permits it has in hand and a 1.5 rig program as it zeroes in on maintenance operations and builds its carbon management business.  “As any focused company should do, we continue to evolve. As we look…

February 28, 2023
Calgary’s Pembina Pipeline Eyeing Cedar LNG FID by Third Quarter

Calgary’s Pembina Pipeline Eyeing Cedar LNG FID by Third Quarter

Pembina Pipeline Corp. is aiming to sanction the Cedar LNG export project proposed for Kitimat, British Columbia (BC), by the third quarter of this year, according to management. Calgary-based Pembina, a natural gas and liquids midstream player with assets mainly in Western Canada, is developing the 3 million metric tons/year liquefied natural gas project in…

February 28, 2023
Mexico’s Pemex Posts Disappointing Results, but Natural Gas Output Points Up

Mexico’s Pemex Posts Disappointing Results, but Natural Gas Output Points Up

Amid record profits across the globe for oil and gas giants, Mexico’s national oil company Petróleos Mexicanos, aka Pemex, posted yet another loss in the fourth quarter of 2022. The company reported a fourth-quarter net loss of 172.4 billion pesos ($9.4 billion) after a 52- billion peso loss in the third quarter. In 4Q2021, Pemex…

February 27, 2023
EOG Resources Strikes Upbeat Tune on Natural Gas, Oil Volumes

EOG Resources Strikes Upbeat Tune on Natural Gas, Oil Volumes

EOG Resources Inc., a multi-basin exploration and production firm, said its strong fourth quarter and full-year 2022 results were powered by robust natural gas and oil demand, price spikes and steady production activity. For the year, EOG said, the natural gas prices it fetched jumped 49% from a year earlier, while crude prices increased 42%.…

February 27, 2023
Equitrans CEO Says Company May Bring MVP into Service in 2023, Plans for Pipeline Capex Tripling

Equitrans CEO Says Company May Bring MVP into Service in 2023, Plans for Pipeline Capex Tripling

The permits necessary for Equitrans Midstream Corp.’s long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) to advance may come as early as May, allowing the company to bring the project in-service by 2023, CEO Thomas Karam announced.  EQM is expecting the biological opinion from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by next Tuesday, “and based on the permitting…

February 27, 2023