Regulatory

Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden Jr. and President Trump face off on Nov. 3 in a U.S. election being closely watched by Mexico’s energy sector. Mexico’s energy system, like its economy, is tightly intertwined with its northern neighbor. The country imports around 70% of its natural gas and around 80% of its gasoline from…

FERC last week approved the 1.35 million Dth/d Double E Pipeline LLC project to transport Permian Basin natural gas.  The Double E project would offer firm transportation service from producing areas in the Delaware sub-basin in southeastern New Mexico and West Texas to delivery points near the Waha hub.  Project backer Summit Midstream Partners LP…

The U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector could successfully work with either President Trump or Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden Jr. in the upcoming presidential election, experts told NGI.   Trump has been a “great cheerleader for U.S. LNG” by raising the industry’s profile and addressing some regulatory bottlenecks during his first term, said LNG Allies…

A federal judge has invalidated key land use plans in Montana that were approved under former Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Acting Director William Perry Pendley, a decision that could imperil land use decisions elsewhere and pave the way for a deluge of litigation from environmental groups. The ruling issued last Friday was the second…

A natural gas-fired power plant under construction in southeastern Ohio plans to also use hydrogen to lower its emissions profile and become one of the first electric generators in the country to burn the fuel.  The 485 MW natural gas plant underway at the Long Ridge Energy Terminal that straddles Monroe County, OH, and Wetzel…

FERC Thursday gave the nod to the 1.35 million Dth/d Double E Pipeline LLC project that would transport natural gas produced in the Permian Basin, as part of a series of certificate decisions handed down during its monthly meeting. The Double E project would offer firm transportation service from producing areas in the Delaware sub-basin…

Argentina President Alberto Fernández unveiled the country’s long-awaited natural gas scheme on Thursday from the heart of the Vaca Muerta shale formation in Neuquén province. “We’re convinced that we are investing in Argentina for the country’s development,” Fernández said. The president spoke from the oil and gas fields at Loma Campana, considered one of the…

Democratic presidential nominee Joseph R. Biden Jr. reaffirmed Thursday that he will not ban hydraulic fracturing (fracking) if elected and said his ambitious climate change goals do not mean ending fossil fuel production, while energy and climate issues were not raised in President Trump’s separate town hall. Thursday initially was scheduled to be a combined…

The upcoming U.S. elections are unlikely to junk bullish forecasts for natural gas and oil prices, with a potential “Blue Wave” that would usher in a Democratic-controlled government in fact a positive catalyst, according to energy analysts. Goldman Sachs analysts laid out their view of the benefits of Democrat Joseph R. Biden Jr. toppling President…