Archive for August, 2017
Judge unhappy with BC government over late, skimpy application for pipeline intervener status
BC caught between appeasing Trans Mountain Expansion opponents, avoiding Kinder Morgan lawsuit The BC government was granted intervener status Tuesday in the judicial review brought against the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline project by the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, but Federal Court of Appeal Justice JA Stratas wrote that the approval was a close call because of Attorney General […]
Shovels in the ground by Sept. for Trans Mountain Expansion despite warnings from BC?
NEB has legal authority to issue permits for Trans Mountain Expansion if BC government refuses A National Energy Board update on the Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline suggests proponent Kinder Morgan still hasn’t satisfied enough conditions to begin construction next month as planned, but the company says it still expects work will start on schedule. “The […]
Hurricane Harvey: Explorer pipeline shuts down due to lack of product
660,000 b/d Explorer pipeline out of product Hurricane Harvey will likely force the shutdown of the Explorer pipeline main lines on Wednesday. The company says it will shut down the lines because of a lack of product to pump. Despite Harvey’s devastation, most of the Explorer pipeline system which moves gasoline, diesel, fuel oil and […]
Floating solar farm produces energy atop flooded coal mine
Floating solar farm in Chinese city of Huainan largest in the world In the coal-rich city of Huainan, China, a renewable energy company has turned a former coal mine that has been flooded with groundwater into the home of the world’s largest floating solar farm. The company running the project, a branch of the Sungrow […]
Hanna, Alberta preparing for coal phaseout, diversification
Province commissioned coal transition report from world-renowned energy expert Terry Boston The Town of Hanna is partnering with residents, local business leaders and economic development experts to attract investment and create new jobs and opportunities for local economic diversification, according to an Alberta Government press release. The project, called Community Action to Create Diversification, is […]
Oil prices hit by Hurricane Harvey
Oil prices down as demand falls on refinery shut downs UPDATE: Reuters is reporting that Motiva Enterprises is shuttering its 603,000 b/d refinery in Port Arthur, the largest in the United States. Heavy rains and flooding due to Hurricane Harvey have forced a number of US Gulf Coast refineries to shutdown operations, resulting in a […]
Some US Gulf refineries under water, some threatened by Hurricane Harvey
US Gulf refineries account for nearly half of domestic refining capacity UPDATE: Reuters is reporting that Motiva Enterprises is shuttering its 603,000 b/d refinery in Port Arthur, the largest in the United States. Hurricane Harvey’s heavy rains and flooding have closed more US Gulf refineries in Texas, and officials are concerned more facilities could be […]
New lower marine fuel sulfur standards causing scramble for refiners, shippers
Shipper, refiners did not make necessary capital investments and are unprepared for surprise 2020 compliance date The International Maritime Organization (IMO) recently confirmed that global refiners and shippers must comply with new regulations to reduce the sulfur content in marine bunker fuels by Jan. 2020, five years earlier than many expected, according to analysis from […]
Oil, gas production in Texas and Oklahoma’s Anadarko region growing
Forecast production in Anadarko to grow to 500,000 b/d by end of 2018 The Anadarko Region, which was recently added to EIA’s Drilling Productivity Report (DPR), accounted for 437,000 b/d of oil production and 4.9 Bcf/d of natural gas production in July 2017, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Production in the region has increased in 2017, and […]
Mexico’s shale-rich Burgos Basin opens to private investment for first time
Mexican government planning to open more acreage in Burgos and other shale basins to private companies In July 2017, Mexico’s national energy ministry (SENER) opened the onshore portion of the Burgos Basin, a shale-rich basin in northeastern Mexico, for natural gas exploration and development by private companies, according to the US Energy Information Administration. This […]
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