Dakota Access sponsor asks federal appeals court to restore permits

Lawyers for the Dakota Access crude-oil pipeline project asked a federal appeals court to reinstate permits for a portion of the system that the Obama administration withdrew in early September following a series of protests and confrontations. Source: News

Federal carbon price announced in Canada

Provincial governments in Canada are resisting the federal government’s plan to impose a carbon price higher than most of them have in place. Source: News

Resolute Energy to buy Delaware basin acreage

Resolute Energy Corp., Denver, has agreed to acquire certain oil and gas properties in Reeves County, Tex., from Firewheel Energy LLC, a portfolio company of Houston private equity firm EnCap Investments LP, for $135 million. The deal is effective Sept. 1 and expected to close Oct. 7. Source: News

Singapore Refining lets contract for Jurong Island complex

Singapore Refining Co. Private Ltd. (SRC), a joint venture of PetroChina Co. Ltd. subsidiary Singapore Petroleum Co. Ltd. and Chevron Corp., has let a contract to Amec Foster Wheeler PLC (AFW) to provide front-end engineering and design for an upgrading project at its 290,000-b/d refinery on Jurong Island, Singapore. Source: News