The Natural Gas Supply Association and American Petroleum Institute filed an amicus brief in the Electric Power Supply Association’s and three other plaintiff’s appeal to the US Seventh Circuit Appeals Court to overturn a lower court’s ruling supporting Illinois’s Zero Emissions Credit (ZEC) program. Source: News

C. Andrew Smith is joining Patterson-UTI Energy Inc. as chief financial officer on Sept. 8. Source: News

Magellan Midstream Partners LP plans to expand its refined petroleum products pipeline system in Texas to handle incremental demand for transportation of gasoline, diesel fuel, and jet fuel to the central and northern portions of the state. Source: News

The Western Australian government has joined the growing number of Australian states and territories to place a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing. Source: News

US Sec. of the Interior Ryan Zinke appointed 18 primary and 20 alternate members to the royalty policy committee he announced he would form in March. Source: News

Qiping Men has been appointed interim chief executive officer of Sunshine Oilsands Ltd., Calgary, succeeding Hong Luo, who remains an executive director. Source: News

Light, sweet crude oil prices jumped more than $1/bbl on the New York market Sept. 5 while the US gasoline benchmark fell nearly 5¢. Traders attributed the price moves to growing demand for crude oil from restarted refineries along the Texas coast. Source: News