Marathon lets contract for integration of Texas refineries

Marathon Petroleum Corp. has let a contract to Fluor Corp. to provide engineering and procurement on the operator’s South Texas Asset Repositioning (STAR) program for its now 571,000-b/d Galveston Bay refinery in Texas City, Tex.  Source: News

Canyon Creek to drill 18 wells targeting stacked pay in Arkoma basin

Canyon Creek Energy-Arkoma LLC (CCEA), Tulsa, plans to drill 18 wells in 2018 targeting the Woodford shale and Mayes shale in various locations throughout the Arkoma basin of southeastern Oklahoma as part of a joint development agreement with Pivotal Petroleum Partners II LP. Source: News

FERC begins inquiry into gas pipeline certification process

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission began the first examination of its process for reviewing and authorizing interstate natural gas pipelines under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act since it was adopted in September 1999. Source: News

BLM to prepare EIS for ANWR oil, gas leasing

The US Bureau of Land Management reported it will begin a 60-day public scoping period to assist in preparing an environmental impact statement for oil and gas leasing on the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge’s coastal plain. Source: News

EPA finds 1.9% lower emissions in latest US GHG inventory

US greenhouse gas emissions reached 6,511.3 million tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (CDE) in 2016, about 2.4% higher than in 1990 but 126.8 million tonnes CDE, or 1.9%, less than in 2015, the US Environmental Protection Agency said on Apr. 18 in its latest annual US greenhouse gas inventory.  Source: News