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  • Volume 117, Issue 10

    • Volume 117, Issue 10

    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.
    General Interest

    OGJ Newsletter

    Oct. 7, 2019
    GENERAL INTEREST Quick Takes Var Energi to buy ExxonMobil’s Norway upstream assets ExxonMobil Corp. signed an agreement to sell its non-operated upstream assets in Norway to Var...
    General Interest

    Journally Speaking: More frac jobs, less crime

    Oct. 7, 2019
    The boom in tight oil and shale gas production in the US, fueled by advances in directional drilling, hydraulic fracturing, and seismic imaging technologies, has forever changed...
    General Interest

    Editorial: Middle Eastern peril

    Oct. 7, 2019
    Saudi Arabia and the oil market seem to have absorbed a 5.7-million-b/d blow to production and supply with barely a wobble.
    General Interest

    US oil and gas M&A activity maintains momentum in third quarter

    Oct. 7, 2019
    US oil and gas mergers and acquisitions activity surpassed $17 billion in this year’s third quarter, maintaining the momentum established in the second quarter, according to a...
    General Interest

    IHS Markit: Conventional oil, gas discoveries at 70-year low

    Oct. 7, 2019
    Conventional oil and gas discoveries during the past 3 years are at the lowest levels in 7 decades and a substantial rebound is not expected, said IHS Markit in a recent report...

    More content from Volume 117, Issue 10

    General Interest

    Rystad Energy: US shale bankruptcies not ‘industry-wide epidemic’

    Oct. 7, 2019
    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...
    General Interest

    EPA approves Texas plan to limit ozone-forming emissions under NAAQS

    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.
    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.
    General Interest

    Var Energi lets contract for Balder X project

    Oct. 7, 2019
    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...
    Photo from Husky Energy.
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    General Interest

    Husky advances Superior refinery rebuild, revamp

    Oct. 7, 2019
    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....
    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.
    General Interest

    Limetree Bay advances restart of St. Croix refinery, mooring assets

    Oct. 7, 2019
    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...
    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.
    General Interest

    FERC authorizes Eagle LNG for Jacksonville export facility

    Oct. 7, 2019
    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...
    General Interest

    Enterprise to add PDH plant at Mont Belvieu

    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...
    General Interest

    NOPSEMA delays Australian Bight decision a third time

    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 ...
    General Interest

    GAO report urges BLM to increase bonds for onshore federal leases

    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...
    General Interest

    Senate panel approves bill to improve FERC project reviews

    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...
    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.
    Exploration & Development

    Offshore Guyana discoveries fulfill operators’ expectations

    Oct. 7, 2019
    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...
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    Drilling & Production

    Permian basin operators improve cube development well planning

    Oct. 7, 2019
    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...
    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.
    Refining & Processing

    AFPM Q&A—2: Refiners discuss gasoline processes

    Oct. 7, 2019
    During the 2018 American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers Operations & Process Technology Summit, refiners addressed questions about gasoline processes selected and answered...
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    Refining & Processing

    Beyond back-to-basics: Process principles and concepts—11 | Averting dangers of automated controls

    Oct. 7, 2019
    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 ...
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    Pipelines & Transportation

    Natural gas pipeline operators’ net incomes jump 68%

    Oct. 7, 2019
    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...
    Editor's Perspective

    Value of oil and gas work shown by house prices in Aberdeen

    Oct. 7, 2019
    Too frequently ignored in discussions about abandoning hydrocarbon energy is the economic goodness of resource development.
    Government

    Watching Government: TRC’s fiscal 2019 milestones

    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...