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OGJ’s top tweets of 2018
Covering oil and gas industry news is anything but dull. This year was no exception. In what has become akin to tradition for this editor, over the last 6 years this space (about this same time each year) has been used to highlight the top 10 OGJ news stories based on the number of impressions […]
Congressional Republicans ask Trump to act on Keystone XL pipeline
Forty-two congressional Republicans asked President Donald J. Trump “to take any appropriate action necessary to move construction forward” on the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline. Source: News
An embattled Zinke resigns as US Interior secretary
US Interior Sec. Ryan K. Zinke resigned on Dec. 15, saying that he could not justify “spending thousands of dollars defending myself and my family against false allegations.” He made his move weeks before Democrats were due to regain majority control of the House and could have launched investigations into some of Zinke’s activities that […]
Reliance plans expansion at Jamnagar refinery
Reliance Industries Inc. (RIL), Mumbai, is evaluating a plan to expand one of the two refineries that form part of its nameplate 1.729 million-b/d integrated refining and petrochemical complex at Jamnagar in Gujarat, India. Source: News
US pressure freezes 11th-phase work at South Pars gas field
From several directions, US pressure froze a crucial gas development off Iran in the last month of 2018. Source: News
Use technology to address climate change, Oxy exec advises
More oil and gas producers should be ready to use technology to address climate change instead of denying the problem exists, Occidental Petroleum Corp. Pres. and Chief Executive Officer Vicki A. Hollub recommended on Dec. 14. “We’ve been doing enhanced oil recovery for decades. When carbon dioxide is used to produce oil, the net emissions […]
Baker Hughes: Canada sees another double-digit drop in rigs
Close on the heels of a 13-rig drop a week ago, Canada lost 12 rigs for the week ended Dec. 14, according to Baker Hughes data. With 174 rigs running, the count is below the 238 units drilling this week a year ago. The number of oil-directed rigs in Canada fell by 7, bringing the […]
Williams receives FERC approval for Gateway expansion
Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, has received a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorizing the Gateway Expansion project—an expansion of the Transco natural gas pipeline to serve the US Northeast. Source: News
Western Gas signs MOU for Equus gas project off Western Australia
Privately held Western Gas Corp. Pty. Ltd., Perth, has signed a memorandum of understanding with international service companies McDermott and Baker Hughes to be exclusive development partners for the Equus gas project offshore northwest Western Australia. Source: News