TransCanada launches open season for Keystone pipeline system
HOUSTON, July 27 07/27/2017 By OGJ editors TransCanada Corp. has launched an open season to solicit additional binding commitments for transportation of crude oil on... Read More
Shell’s second-quarter earnings spike 245%
HOUSTON, July 27 07/27/2017 By OGJ editors Royal Dutch Shell PLC reported second-quarter earnings on a current cost of supplies basis, excluding identified items, of... Read More
Anadarko restarts 30 Colorado wells, evaluates test results of others
WASHINGTON, DC, July 26 07/26/2017 By Nick Snow OGJ Washington Editor Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has restarted production at 30 of the more than 3,000 vertical... Read More
MARKET WATCH: NYMEX, Brent crude oil prices rise modestly
HOUSTON, July 25 07/25/2017 By Paula Dittrick OGJ Upstream Technology Editor The US and Brent crude oil price benchmarks both rose modestly on July 24... Read More
ExxonMobil to buy Bass family’s Permian assets for up to $6.6 billion
HOUSTON, Jan. 17 01/17/2017 By Matt Zborowski OGJ Assistant Editor ExxonMobil Corp. has agreed to acquire companies primarily focused on New Mexico’s Delaware basin from the... Read More
Chevron’s Salt Lake City refinery plans alkylation unit revamp
HOUSTON, Oct. 4 10/04/2016 By Robert Brelsford OGJ Downstream Technology Editor Chevron Corp. is planning to convert the existing 4,500-b/d hydrofluoric acid (HF) alkylation unit at its 53,000-b/d... Read More
State law pre-empts local fracing bans, Colorado Supreme Court rules
WASHINGTON, DC, May 2 05/02/2016 By Nick Snow OGJ Washington Editor The Colorado Supreme Court overturned statutes that ban hydraulic fracturing in two communities along the state’s... Read More
MARKET WATCH: Oil prices fall, hovering above $30/bbl
MARKET WATCH: Oil prices fall, hovering above $30/bbl HOUSTON, Jan. 26 01/26/2016 By Paula Dittrick OGJ Upstream Technology Editor Light, sweet crude prices tumbled on the New York... Read More
US House approves bill to repeal crude-oil export ban
The US House approved, by a 261-159 vote, a bill to repeal a 40-year ban on exporting domestically produced crude oil. Balloting ran largely along... Read More
Environmentalists want California to stop offshore hydraulic fracturing
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Environmentalists Tuesday called on Gov. Jerry Brown to halt plans for months of hydraulic fracturing in the waters off Southern California, warning that... Read More