Tag: Louisiana
US LNG production will more than triple by 2019 as exports boom – EIA
Texas and Louisiana lead increase in US natural gas liquefaction capacity American LNG capacity increased in 2017 as exports surged, but the industry is set for an even bigger expansion over the next two years as five new plants come on stream, boosting capacity to 9.6 Bcf/d, according to the US Energy Information Administration. In August 2017, […]
Tropical Storm Nate shuts down some US Gulf of Mexico production
Tropical Storm Nate expected to hit US Gulf Coast early Sunday Tropical Storm Nate is the second storm in two months to force production shutdowns at some US Gulf of Mexico platforms and staff evacuations at others. The storm carrying intense rainfall has killed at least 10 people in Costa Rica and Nicaragua and is […]
Pipeline protests move from Dakota prairie to Louisiana bayous
Pipeline protests by commercial fishermen, property owners, environmentalists By Liz Hampton HENDERSON, Louisiana, Feb 22 (Reuters) – When Hope Rosinski’s father gave her a six-acre plot in Louisiana more than a decade ago, she was surprised to find oil and gas pipelines crisscrossing the property. Pipeline companies later secured her permission for two more lines, one […]
Louisiana oil spill at Shell undersea pipeline, Coast Guard responds
Louisiana oil spill about 90 miles off Timbalier island May 12 (Reuters) – The United States Guard said it is responding to a Louisiana oil spill from a subsea well-head flow line owned by Shell located about 90 miles off Timbalier Island, Louisiana on Thursday. About 88,200 gallons was reportedly released from the pipeline, the Coast Guard said, adding […]
Cleco Corp. sale okayed by Louisiana utility regulators
No rate increase promised in Cleco Corp. sale BATON ROUGE, La. _ On Monday, Louisiana utility regulators approved the sale of energy company Cleco Corp. In February, the Louisiana Public Service Commission rejected the$4.9 billion deal, however, the sale was completed this week after the purchasers agreed to conditions. Media reports on Monday’s meeting said PSC […]
US transportation fuels: Gulf Coast produces, East Coast consumes
Gulf Coast refineries are vulnerable to disruption from hurricanes, tropical storms Movement of transportation fuels (motor gasoline, distillates, and jet fuel) between the US Gulf Coast and East Coast regions represents the largest movement of such products in the United States, according to the US Energy Information Administration. This relationship is underpinned by supply and demand […]
Orbit Gulf Coast Exploration acquires Louisiana assets
Gulf Coast Western agreed to operate Louisiana-based Warhorse Oil and Gas development wells Dallas-based Gulf Coast Western, LLC says its subsidiary, Orbit Gulf Coast Exploration, LLC, has acquired substantially all of the assets of Lafayette, Louisiana-based Orbit Energy Partners, LLC. The acquisition includes proprietary rights and access to hundreds of square miles of 3D seismic data […]
Enterprise Products completes Aegis pipeline from Texas to Louisiana
Customers have executed contracts totaling 360,000 b/d that will ramp up over next 4 years HOUSTON, Texas – Enterprise Products Partners L.P. says it has completed construction, commissioned, and initiated operation of the remaining 162-mile portion of the Aegis ethane pipeline from Lake Charles, Louisiana to the Napoleonville, Louisiana area. The 270-mile, 20-inch diameter Aegis system originates at […]
3 workers killed, explosion at south Louisiana gas facility
Maintenance work involved “slug catcher” at Louisiana natural gas facility An explosion at a Louisiana natural gas facility Thursday left three workers dead and two seriously injured, police said. The explosion happened about 11 a.m. at a facility owned by the Transcontinental Gas Pipeline Co., a subsidiary of major natural gas supplier Williams Partners, authorities said. The facility […]
Bayou Bridge Pipeline connects Texas oil to Louisiana refineries
Bayou Bridge will supplant marine and rail delivery of crude oil to Louisiana Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC has launched a binding expansion open season to assess additional interest in transportation service from Nederland, Texas, to refining markets in Louisiana. Bayou Bridge is jointly owned by subsidiaries of Phillips 66 (40%), Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. (30%) and Sunoco […]
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