Volume 112, Issue 8b

Russia hit by court claims over Yukos it likely will defy

Aug. 18, 2014

Battered lately in the worldwide court of public opinion over its strong-arming of Ukraine, Russia last month sustained two blows in international courts over a power move 10 ...

Refining

IEA: Oil demand growth forecast lowered

Aug. 18, 2014

The global oil demand growth forecast for 2014 has been curtailed since last month's report to a more modest 1 million b/d, according to the International Energy Agency's most...

Pipelines & Transportation

Aramco's August price differentials drop for non-US destinations

Aug. 18, 2014

Saudi Aramco has reduced its August price differentials for destinations outside the US, especially Europe.

New Plants

Petronas details RAPID project contract awards

Aug. 18, 2014

Malaysia's state-owned Petronas has confirmed the award of 11 major contracts related to critical milestones in the development of its refinery and petrochemical integrated development...

Pipelines & Transportation

US crude exports seen helping consumers

Aug. 18, 2014

Ending the US ban on exports of crude oil would hurt refiners now profiting from low feedstock costs but help producers and consumers, says an analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank...

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Government

Watching Government: Regulatory mischief potential

Aug. 18, 2014

The two American Petroleum Institute officials had discussed concerns they had about possible new restrictions emerging at the US Environmental Protection Agency while Congress...

Companies

KMI executes $71-billion consolidation purchase

Aug. 18, 2014

Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) reported it will acquire all of the outstanding equity securities of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMEP), Kinder Morgan Management LLC (KMR), and ...

Government

House approves bill to reform the Endangered Species Act

Aug. 18, 2014

The US House of Representatives passed a bill that would reform the Endangered Species Act for the first time in 26 years.

Government

API urges EPA to expedite 2014 RFS requirements

Aug. 18, 2014

The American Petroleum Institute once again has called on the US Environmental Protection Agency to transcend its pattern of missing self-pronounced deadlines and to finalize ...

Production Operations

API leads industry call for more OCS access in next 5-year program

Aug. 18, 2014

The Obama administration should consider all parts of the US Outer Continental Shelf for leasing in the 2017-22 OCS program it has begun to prepare so future national energy policy...

New Plants

MarkWest units announce capacities plans, update projects

Aug. 18, 2014

MarkWest Energy Partners LP, Denver, will add 720 MMcfd of natural gas processing capacity and 110,000 b/d of NGL fractionation capacity in seven projects spread among West Virginia...

New Plants

Firms outline plans to build two Marcellus gas pipelines

Aug. 18, 2014

Two companies recently relayed plans for the construction of two different pipelines that would transport natural gas production from the Marcellus and Utica shale area to markets...

Reserves

Study highlights Pennsylvania's shale gas development boom

Aug. 18, 2014

The rapid shale gas development in Pennsylvania's Marcellus shale formation has presented both challenges and opportunities to local governments and communities.

Government

Financing activism

Aug. 18, 2014

Although oil and gas producers have been fracturing wells for decades, the completion routine now is the target of uncompromising environmental opposition claiming it threatens...

New Plants

Industry keeps hotels in business

Aug. 18, 2014

The booming Ranger oil field inspired Conrad Hilton to open his first Hotel in 1920, according to the American Oil & Gas Historical Society.

Petrochemicals

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