Colder weather forecasts and greater demand for natural gas than last winter are expected to place upward pressure on gas prices this winter compared with last winter’s unusually low prices, the Natural Gas Supply Association said in its 2016-17 Winter Outlook assessment of the wholesale gas market. Source: News

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

Praxair Inc., Danbury, Conn., has commissioned a previously announced hydrogen plant built to supply industrial gas to Repsol SA unit Refineria La Pampilla SAA’s 102,000-b/d La Pampilla refinery in Peru’s Callao province, near Lima. Source: News

Keppel Offshore & Marine subsidiary Keppel FELS has delivered the fifth-generation high-spec accommodation semisubmersible Floatel Triumph to Floatel International. Source: News

Two exploration wells and 126 sq miles of existing 3D seismic have confirmed a 6 billion-bbl light crude discovery on Caelus Energy Alaska, LLC’s Smith Bay state leases on Alaska’s North Slope, according to the company. Source: News

US commercial crude oil inventories, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, dropped 3 million bbl during the week ended Sept. 30 from the previous week’s total, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s Petroleum Status Report. Source: News

MEO Australia Ltd. has announced plans to relaunch the company as Melbana Energy Ltd. Source: News

The US light, sweet crude oil price for November dropped slightly Oct. 4 as skepticism built among analysts regarding the Organization of Petroleum Organization’s proposal to cut cartel production to 32.5-33 million b/d. Source: News