Vitruvian Exploration IV to buy 120,000 net acres in Eagle Ford

Vitruvian Exploration IV, The Woodlands, Tex., has been formed by energy private equity firm Quantum Energy Partners with a $450-million equity commitment to initially focus on oil and gas developments in the Eagle Ford shale of South Texas. Source: News


Watching Government: IMO bunker fuel limits

The Trump administration may be taking second looks at oil and gas regulations imposed by its predecessors. But international accords that also could have major impacts are moving ahead. Source: News


BSEE: 19% of US gulf oil output remains shut due to Harvey

Reports from offshore oil and gas operators complied by the US Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement indicate that 18.94% of US Gulf of Mexico oil production, or 331,370 b/d, remains shut in as of midday Aug. 28 following evacuations necessitated by Tropical Storm and Hurricane Harvey. Source: News


Court won't overturn NY state's Constitution Pipeline permit decision

A federal appeals court in New York rejected Constitution Pipeline Co. LLC’s request to overturn the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) denial of a water quality permit for the interstate natural gas pipeline project (OGJ Online, Apr. 25, 2016). Source: News


AGL sells stake in Moranbah gas project in Queensland

Sydney gas utility AGL Ltd. has struck a deal to sell its 50% interest in the Moranbah Gas Project in north Queensland to privately owned Chinese gas distributer Shandong Order Gas Co. and Australian private investment company Orient Energy Pty. Ltd. Source: News


US House members ask Zinke to expand OCS leasing

The US House Natural Resources Committee Chairman Rob Bishop (R-Utah) and 119 other House members, all but one of whom are Republicans, asked Interior Sec. Ryan Zinke to increase US Outer Continental Shelf areas available for oil and gas leasing in the next 5-year management program. Source: News