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    Oct. 7, 2019 | A Permian basin operator hired Epic Management Resources LLC to perform pipeline inspection for installation of 12 miles of 8-in. OD line in Loving County, Tex. Oil & Gas Journal’s annual Pipeline Economics special report (p. 42) details pipeline construction cost data and the financial health of FERC-regulated pipeline companies. Photo from Epic Management Resources.

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    Despite a wave of financial adversity that has tormented US onshore E&P companies lately, Rystad Energy does not view this as a harbinger of doom for the shale industry’s future...
    Oct. 7, 2019
    The US Environmental Protection Agency has approved Texas’s state implementation plan (SIP) to limit emissions of substances leading to the formation of ground-level ozone.
    Oct. 7, 2019
    Photo from Var Energi.
    Var Energi AS has let a contract to Baker Hughes and Ocean Installer AS for the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of subsea systems and associated services for the Balder X project on the Norwegian Continental Shelf.
    Var Energi AS has let a contract to Baker Hughes and Ocean Installer AS for the engineering, procurement, construction, and installation of subsea systems and associated services...
    Oct. 7, 2019
    Photo from Husky Energy.
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    Husky Energy Inc. has received required permit approvals to begin reconstruction of its 47,500-b/cd refinery in Superior, Wis., after a fire that broke out at the site on Apr....
    Oct. 7, 2019
    Photo from Limetree Bay Ventures LLC.
    Limetree Bay Ventures LLC, a joint venture of ArcLight Capital Partners LLC and Freepoint Commodities LLC, is bringing its new single-point mooring (SPM) buoy into service in October and will proceed by yearend with the long-planned restart of the idled and former Hovensa LLC 500,000-b/d refinery at Limetree Bay on St. Croix, USVI.
    Limetree Bay Ventures LLC is bringing its new single-point mooring (SPM) buoy into service in October and will proceed by yearend with the long-planned restart of the idled and...
    Oct. 7, 2019
    Photo from Eagle LNG.
    The US FERC has issued the order granting authorization for siting and constructing Eagle LNG’s proposed on-water Jacksonville LNG export facility.
    The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued the order granting authorization for siting and constructing Eagle LNG Partners LLC’s proposed on-water Jacksonville LNG...
    Oct. 7, 2019
    LyondellBasell Industries NV and Enterprise Products Partners LP have executed long-term contracts that will support construction of a second propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant...
    Oct. 7, 2019
    NOPSEMA told Equinor Australia BV that it needs more time to make a decision about the Norwegian company’s environmental plan for the proposed exploration drilling program in ...
    Oct. 7, 2019
    The US Bureau of Land Management should increase bond amounts for federal onshore oil and gas leases that have not been adjusted to account for inflation since the 1950s and 1960s...
    Oct. 7, 2019
    The US Senate Energy and Natural Resource Committee passed Sen. Bill Cassidy’s (R-La.) bill to facilitate federal approvals for LNG export and other energy projects by increasing...
    Oct. 7, 2019
    Photo from Stena Drilling.
    Tullow Oil and partners used the Stena Forth drillship to drill the Jethro-1 offshore Guyana which encountered a Lower Tertiary oil discovery in the Orinduik block where the Joe-1 well later encountered an Upper Tertiary oil play.
    ExxonMobil Corp. and at least 12 other companies are exploring eight blocks offshore Guyana where ExxonMobil and partners have announced a series of oil discoveries on Stabroek...
    Oct. 7, 2019
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    Some Permian basin operators are working to improve tight oil production at reduced costs through cube development strategies that drill wells simultaneously for full sections...
    Oct. 7, 2019
    Photo from Valero.
    Valero Energy Corp. is investing $400 million to expand alkylation capacity at subsidiary Valero Refining New Orleans LLC’s 340,000-b/d St. Charles refinery in Norco, La. The project will increase the existing unit’s capacity to convert isobutane and low modular-weight alkenes into alkylate for high-octane gasoline. Already underway and scheduled for startup in 2020, the project will expand alkylation capacity at St. Charles by 17,000 b/d.
    During the 2018 American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers Operations & Process Technology Summit, refiners addressed questions about gasoline processes selected and answered...
    Oct. 7, 2019
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    This article discusses the basic critical knowledge every unit operator should have about automated control systems to prevent similar catastrophic events in the refinery and ...
    Oct. 7, 2019
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    Natural gas pipeline operators’ revenues and net incomes both surged in 2018. Revenues were up for a second straight year, while profits jumped nearly 68% to reach an all-time...
    Oct. 7, 2019
    Too frequently ignored in discussions about abandoning hydrocarbon energy is the economic goodness of resource development.
    Oct. 7, 2019
    The Texas Railroad Commission reported that it assessed and cleaned up more than 400 abandoned oil field sites during fiscal 2019, more than double the 188 sites the Texas legislature...
    Oct. 7, 2019