API: US August petroleum demand decreased slightly from July

According to data from the American Petroleum Institute, total US petroleum deliveries, a measure of petroleum demand, moved up 1.6% in August from the same period last year to average 20.1 million b/d. These were the highest August deliveries since 2007. Source: News


MARKET WATCH: NYMEX crude oil falls to end week just above $43/bbl

The light, sweet crude oil contract for October delivery dropped on the New York market Sept. 16 to end the week with a settlement just above $43/bbl, marking its lowest settlement in about 5 weeks. Brent crude oil for November delivery, meanwhile, also fell on the London market to settle below $46/bbl. Source: News


LyondellBasell's La Porte complex due HDPE plant

LyondellBasell Industries NV has decided to build its recently approved project for a US Gulf Coast high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plant at the company’s La Porte, Tex., manufacturing complex along on the south shore of the Houston Ship Channel (OGJ Online, July 29, 2016). Source: News


Watching Government: Why marginal wells matter

Terminology can seem to trivialize something that is actually quite important. Consider US marginal crude oil and natural gas wells. Individually, they produce 10 b/d of crude or 60 Mcfd of gas or less. Collectively, they matter a lot, a recent Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission report showed. Source: News


Anadarko to buy FMOG's deepwater gulf assets for $2 billion

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., Houston, has agreed to acquire the deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets belonging to Freeport McMoRan Oil & Gas (FMOG), a subsidiary of Phoenix-based mining firm Freeport-McMoRan Inc., for $2 billion. Source: News


EIA counts 5,000 DUC wells in major US producing regions

Estimates by the US Energy Information Administration indicate the August count of drilled but uncompleted (DUC) wells in the seven major US tight oil and shale gas producing regions totaled 5,031, down slightly from the 5,065 counted in July. Source: News


Activists' veto power

Activists have received veto power over pipeline projects in the US. Suddenly, infrastructure investments face new risk. Source: News


Safety at risk

During what has now become a prolonged downturn for the oil and gas industry, authorities worldwide are keeping their sights set on maintaining high safety standards in oil and gas operations, particularly offshore. Source: News