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.   Source: News

Rosneft PJSC and an investment consortium have each purchased 49.13% stakes in Essar Oil Ltd. The investment consortium is comprised of UCP Investment Group and Trafigura, a physical commodities trading group.   Source: News

Cooper Energy Ltd., Adelaide, has engaged Perth engineering and design consultants Atteris Pty. Ltd. to undertake engineering studies for the decommissioning of Basker-Manta field’s subsea oil wells and related systems in Bass Strait, offshore eastern Victoria.   Source: News

Royal Dutch Shell PLC has completed the mooring for its Prelude floating LNG (FLNG) vessel in the Browse basin offshore northwest Western Australia.   Source: News

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has awarded a grant to privately held Eko Petrochem & Refining Co. Ltd. (EPRC) for a feasibility study to recommend technologies and develop an implementation plan for a 20,000-b/sd modular refinery to be built on Tomaro Island in Lagos, Nigeria.   Source: News

Light, sweet crude oil prices on the New York Mercantile Exchange declined early on Aug. 21 after ending the previous week on a surge driven by a weaker dollar and falling US rig count.   Source: News

In the world of the Paris Climate Accord, there can be neither compromise nor any new oil or gas. Source: News

The final programmatic environmental impact statement the US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management issued for geological and geophysical activities in the Gulf of Mexico on Aug. 4 took at least two US oil and gas groups by surprise. The American Petroleum Institute quickly followed the International Association of Geophysical Contractors in denouncing it. Source: News

Matt Bell has been tapped as chief executive officer of engineering and geological consulting firm Premier Oilfield Laboratories LLC. The move is effective Aug. 21.   Source: News

Bob Abendschein has been named chief operating officer of Venari Resources LLC, Dallas.   Source: News