Extra supplies from Mainland Europe and elsewhere helped the UK avert natural gas problems in March during an unusual cold snap, but there is no guarantee it would happen again as easily once the country leaves the European Union, an Aug. 1 report from the University of Warwick’s School of Business warned. Source: News

The US Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman John A. Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and three other Senate Republicans introduced legislation on July 31 to change requirements and establish limits for individual states under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act. Source: News

In its recent 5-year Global Crude Oil Outlook, ESAI Energy projects healthy non-OPEC supply growth to 2023. The outlook highlights three trends that underscore the expectation that non-OPEC crude and condensate supply will increase by an average of 1 million b/d/year during 2019-23. Source: News

Thermal bitumen production in Alberta will be jolted when sulfur limits fall for marine fuel in 2020, according to a new study by the Canadian Energy Research Institute. The group developed an optimization model to assess US refining responses to requirements by the International Maritime Organization that bunker fuel contain no more than 0.5 wt […]

Tallgrass Energy LP, Leawood, Kan., plans to build a crude oil pipeline from Cushing, Okla., to the St. James, La., refining complex, as well as a separate new export-capable liquids terminal near the mouth of the Mississippi River. Source: News