Executives of Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP)breathed sighs of relief during January and February when newly inaugurated US President Donald J. Trump signed an executive order to advance work on the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Army Corps of Engineers subsequently granted an easement needed to complete construction on the project. Source: News
Patton, Braden added to Howard Midstream’s leadership team
Howard Midstream Energy Partners LLC (HEP) has added Roy Patton as chief commercial officer and executive vice-president and Brett Braden as general counsel and senior vice-president. Both appointments are effective immediately. Source: News
If climate science is established, why do more research?
If the science of climate change really is “established”, as popular media insist, what’s wrong with cutting federal spending on climate research, as President Donald Trump’s budget proposes to do? Source: News
BP slashes stake in New Zealand refinery by nearly half
BP PLC has completed the partial sale of its subsidiaries’ collective 21.19% ownership interest in New Zealand Refining Co. Ltd.’s (Refining NZ) 107,000-b/d refinery at Northland, in Marsden Point, New Zealand, near Whangarei. Source: News
BHI: US rig count climbs by 21 in 9th straight weekly rise
The US drilling rig count jumped 21 units to 789 during the week ended Mar. 17, continuing a recent surge in a drilling rally that dates back to May 27, 2016, according to Baker Hughes Inc. data. Source: News
IEA: Global carbon dioxide emissions flat for third straight year
Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were flat for a third straight year in 2016 even as the world economy grew, according to the latest estimates from the International Energy Agency. Source: News
Statoil lets contract for Njord A platform upgrades
Statoil ASA has let a contract worth $722.6 million to Kvaerner for upgrades to the Njord A platform. Source: News
Phillips 66 declares open season for West Texas Rodeo project
Phillips 66 has announced an open season beginning Mar. 24 to secure binding commitments from prospective shippers for the Reeves-Odessa Origination (Rodeo) project in West Texas. Source: News
MARKET WATCH: NYMEX, Brent crude oil prices edge down
Light, sweet crude oil for April delivery edged down on the New York market Mar. 16 to settle below $49/bbl while Brent crude oil for May delivery also dropped slightly to settle below $52/bbl on the London market. Source: News
SOCAR GPC lets contract for PE plant at proposed gas, petchem complex
State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) subsidiary SOCAR GPC has let a contract to Univation Technologies LLC, Houston, to provide technology licensing and associated design work for a 600,000-tonne/year polyethylene (PE) plant at SOCAR GPC’s proposed grassroots gas processing and petrochemical complex to be built in Garadagh, Azerbaijan, 15 km south of Baku. […]