Archive for August, 2015

Trans-Alaska oil pipeline

Meritage Midstream Expanding Infrastructure in Western Canada’s Montney Shale

Meritage Midstream to provide 75 MMcf/d of gas gathering and processing in Canada

Meritage Midstream Services announced that its Canadian affiliate, Meritage Midstream Services III, has entered into a definitive agreement with Canadian International Oil Corporation (CIOC) to build natural …

August 11, 2015 - 4:37 pm Canada, Midstream, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
ExxonMobil Increases Position in the Permian with 48,000 Acre Acquisition

ExxonMobil Increases Position in the Permian with 48,000 Acre Acquisition

ExxonMobil executes two deals for Permian acreage

ExxonMobil (ticker: XOM) announced that it has acquired 48,000 acres in the core of the Midland Basin through the execution of two agreements. The agreements include an acquisition and farm-in adjoining XOM subsidiary …

OPEC Lifts Demand Expectations as Reference Basket Prices Fall 10%

OPEC Lifts Demand Expectations as Reference Basket Prices Fall 10%

Selloff pushes OPEC crude basket lower

Even OPEC has been feeling the pressure of low oil prices brought on by the decision to maintain production in November of last year. The organization released its monthly Oil Market Report (OMR) for …

August 11, 2015 - 12:07 pm International, Oil and Gas 360 Articles, OPEC

Fortis Energy Services, an oil and gas service company, appoints Rocky Mountain Sales Manager

Chris Zanon joins Fortis Energy Services

A Denver native, Chris Zanon comes to Fortis with over 20 years of sales experience in the Oil and Gas business. Chris Zanon holds a Bachelor’s of Science from Colorado State University andmost recently …

August 11, 2015 - 10:26 am Energy News
China Grants Crude Imports to Independent Refiners

China Grants Crude Imports to Independent Refiners

Allowing independent refiners to import could boost demand

China’s Ministry of Commerce announced today that it will grant licenses to two independent refineries to directly import crude oil as the country works to allow more room for independent players in …

August 10, 2015 - 7:02 pm Downstream, International, Oil and Gas 360 Articles
Oil Prices: Raymond James Slashes 2016 WTI Estimates by $10

Oil Prices: Raymond James Slashes 2016 WTI Estimates by $10

“The industry is set for a second straight year of painful austerity”

Overall, WTI has declined roughly 25% just from the end of June, when prices were hovering around $60. The uneasiness plaguing the oil and gas sector have been …

Creditors Seek to Push Miller Energy Unit Into Bankruptcy

Story by The Wall Street Journal

A group of companies that say they are owed millions from Miller Energy Resources Inc.’s Alaska subsidiary is trying to push the unit into bankruptcy after a securities regulator charged the company with accounting …

August 10, 2015 - 6:33 pm Energy News

Kinder Morgan Continues to Expand Its Growing Product Tanker Fleet for the Jones Act Trade

Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) today announced it is expanding its growing fleet of Jones Act product tankers and has signed a definitive agreement valued at an all-in price of $568 million with Philly Tankers LLC to take assignment …

August 10, 2015 - 6:22 pm Energy News

Google Is Restructuring Under a New Company Called Alphabet

Story by The New York Times

Google was born as a company that did Internet search. Over time, it has broadened its interests into everything from drones to pharmaceuticals to venture capital.

Now Google is changing its corporate structure to …

August 10, 2015 - 6:16 pm Energy News

L.A. pushes to be U.S. candidate for 2024 Summer Olympics, projects $4-billion cost

Story by the Los Angeles Times

Los Angeles is close to reaching an agreement with the U.S. Olympic Committee to be America’s candidate for the 2024 Summer Games, pledging to host the event at a projected cost of approximately $4 …

August 10, 2015 - 6:00 pm Energy News
Producers Getting More with Less Nationwide – EIA

Producers Getting More with Less Nationwide – EIA

Even as overall production declines, new-well production is up

With just two exceptions, every major play tracked in the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Drilling Productivity Report (DPR) for August is showing lower month-over-month production, but the EIA anticipates greater production …

Resolute Energy Corporation Announces Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2015

Resolute Energy Corporation Announces Results for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2015

August 10, 2015 - 4:06 pm 360 Company Releases

Lonestar Resources, Ltd. To Present at ENERCOM Denver

Lonestar Resources, Ltd. To Present at ENERCOM Denver

August 10, 2015 - 11:36 am 360 Company Releases

Atlas Energy Group Enters Into Five Year Term Loan Agreement

Atlas Energy Group, LLC (ATLS) (“Atlas Energy” or “ATLS”) announces today that it has entered into an agreement for a new term loan facility maturing in August 2020.  The new facility will refinance Atlas Energy’s existing term loan …

August 10, 2015 - 11:35 am Energy News

Ultrapar keen to acquire some Petrobras gas assets, paper says

Story by Reuters

Ultrapar Participações SA , which owns Brazil’s largest natural gas distribution company, is interested in acquiring some assets from state-controlled Petróleo Brasileiro SA that could be listed as early as this year, O Estado de S. Paulo …

August 10, 2015 - 11:33 am Energy News

PDC Energy Reports 2015 Second Quarter Operating and Financial Results and Updates 2015 Guidance; Increases 2015 Production Range to 14.7 to 15.0 Million Barrels of Oil Equivalent

PDC Energy Reports 2015 Second Quarter Operating and Financial Results and Updates 2015 Guidance; Increases 2015 Production Range to 14.7 to 15.0 Million Barrels of Oil Equivalent

August 10, 2015 - 8:00 am 360 Company Releases

Sanchez Energy Announces Second Quarter 2015 Operating and Financial Results; Record Production and Operating Efficiencies Result in Lower Capital Spending

Sanchez Energy Announces Second Quarter 2015 Operating and Financial Results; Record Production and Operating Efficiencies Result in Lower Capital Spending

August 10, 2015 - 4:17 am 360 Company Releases
Source: Rosneft

U.S. Expands Oil and Gas Sanctions Against Russia

U.S. uses expanded version of sanctions on Yuzhno-Kirinskoye Field

The U.S. expanded its sanctions against Russia today, announcing that it would be adding the Yuzhno-Kirinskoye Field in the Sea of Okhotsk, to the Entity List maintatined in the Export Administration …

August 7, 2015 - 7:06 pm International, Offshore, Oil and Gas 360 Articles

Miller Energy Resources, Former CFO, Current COO Charged With Accounting Fraud

SEC NEWS RELEASE

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced charges alleging that Miller Energy Resources Inc., its former chief financial officer, and its current chief operating officer inflated values of oil and gas properties, resulting in fraudulent financial reports …

August 7, 2015 - 6:54 pm Energy News
Oil Prices:  Argument for a V-Shaped Recovery – Part Two

Oil Prices:  Argument for a V-Shaped Recovery – Part Two

Two Wild Cards, Two Steps to Rebalance

(NOTE: Part One of this two-part analysis was published yesterday and can be accessed here.)


Wild Card No. 1: Iran

Iran is the loudest blender of the oil market margarita.

The EU …

Natural gas pipeline from B.C. to Chicago shut down due to H2S

Story by the Canadian Press

A natural gas pipeline that extends from northeastern British Columbia to the Chicago area has been shut while its operator disposes of dangerous hydrogen sulphide gas that got into the system.

Alliance Pipeline said it …

August 7, 2015 - 6:14 pm Energy News
Mexico Makes Changes to Auction Terms for ‘Round Two’ of Investments

Mexico Makes Changes to Auction Terms for ‘Round Two’ of Investments

The Mexican government announced changes to the requirements for offshore

The Mexican government announced that the second round of offshore bids to be held in 77 years in the Gulf of Mexico will be different of those in the first …

Hatch, Barrasso and Enzi Introduce Senate Bill to Stop Frac Regulation Duplicity

Senator Chuck Schumer Comes Out Against Iran Deal

Iran deal divisive among Congressional democrats

Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY), the most influential Jewish voice in Congress, announced Thursday that he would oppose the Iran nuclear deal. Schumer is the ranking member on the Committee on Rules and Administration, …

US Consumer Borrowing Rises $20.7 Billion in June, Hits Another Record

Story by the Associated Press

U.S. consumer borrowing hit another record in June, good news for the American economy.

Americans piled on another $20.7 billion in debt in June, bringing total consumer borrowing to a record $3.42 trillion, the Federal

August 7, 2015 - 5:54 pm Energy News
TransCanada’s Grand Rapids Contributes Portion of Diluent Pipeline to Keyera Joint Venture

TransCanada’s Grand Rapids Contributes Portion of Diluent Pipeline to Keyera Joint Venture

Grand Rapids Contributes Portion of Diluent Pipeline to Keyera Joint Venture

TransCanada Corporation (TSX:TRP) (NYSE:TRP) (TransCanada or the Company) today announced that the Grand Rapids Pipeline Limited Partnership (Grand Rapids) has entered into an agreement to contribute the southernmost portion …

August 7, 2015 - 5:52 pm Canada

United States extends sanctions against Russia to marine oil and gas field

TASS News Release

United States extended its sanctions against the Russian economy to Yuzhno-Kirinskoe oil and gas field in the Sea of Okhotsk. According to the notice published on Friday in the Federal Register by the US Industry and Security …

August 7, 2015 - 5:51 pm Energy News
Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services Reports Q2

Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services Reports Q2

Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services Reports Second Quarter 2015 Financial Results

Xtreme Drilling and Coil Services Corp. (“Xtreme”, the “Company”) (TSX:XDC)announce second quarter 2015 financial and operating results. It is anticipated that filing will take place on SEDAR of …

August 7, 2015 - 5:49 pm Canada
Crew Energy Announces Q2 Results

Crew Energy Announces Q2 Results

Crew Energy Inc. Announces Second Quarter 2015 Financial and Operating Results

Crew Energy Inc. (TSX:CR) of Calgary, Alberta (“Crew” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce our operating and financial results for the three and six month period ended June …

August 7, 2015 - 5:45 pm Canada

Magnum Hunter Resources Appoints Executive VP and COO

Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation (NYSE: MHR) (NYSE MKT: MHR.PRC) (NYSE MKT: MHR.PRD) (NYSE MKT: MHR.PRE) (the “Company” or “Magnum Hunter”) announced today that the Board of Directors has appointed Keith Yankowsky as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer effective …

August 7, 2015 - 5:38 pm Energy News
Southcross Energy Partners Reports Q2 Results

Southcross Energy Partners Reports Q2 Results

Southcross Energy Partners, L.P. Reports Increased Adjusted EBITDA in 2015 Second Quarter Results

Southcross Energy Partners, L.P. (SXE) (“Southcross” or the “Partnership”) today announced second quarter 2015 financial and operating results.

Highlights

  • Reported Adjusted EBITDA of $18.7 million,
August 7, 2015 - 5:20 pm MLPs