Suncor Energy Inc., Calgary, and Fort McKay First Nation signed a participation agreement for Suncor’s East Tank Farm Development in the Wood Buffalo area of Alberta. Source: News

Rangeland Energy, Sugar Land, Tex., has started commercial shipments on its RIO Pipeline in the Delaware basin and envisions expansion of the system as demand grows (OGJ Online, Apr. 14, 2016). Source: News

The US House of Representatives has approved a bill that would give the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management authority to conduct federal offshore oil and gas lease sales online. The measure, which Reps. Garrett Graves (R-La.) and Alan Lowenthal (D-Calif.) introduced on June 24, passed the House by voice vote on Sept. 6. Source: […]

Niger Delta Petroleum Resources Ltd. (NDPR), a subsidiary of Niger Delta Exploration & Production PLC (NDEP), has let a contract to Chemex Modular LLC, New Waverly, Tex., to provide equipment and technological services for the planned expansion of its 1,000-b/d topping refinery in Ogbele field in Rivers State, Nigeria, 45 km northwest of Port Harcourt. […]

Light, sweet crude oil prices gained modestly Sept. 6 on the New York market while US natural gas future prices fell as trading resumed after markets were closed for the US Labor Day holiday Sept. 5. Brent crude oil prices fell modestly on the London market Sept. 6. Source: News

The Queensland Australia Pacific LNG (APLNG) consortium has signed a 20-year natural gas transportation agreement with Melbourne-based APA Group that will result in a domestic gas pipeline from APLNG’s network directly to the Wallumbilla gas-supply hub east of Roma in southeast Queensland. Source: News