Monday, June 16, 2025

Elon Musk’s Subsurface Transportation Venture is Seeking In-House Counsel

From The American Lawyer Elon Musk of SpaceX and Tesla fame has yet another company, and that company is looking for an in-house counsel. If the tunnel building venture, which has the tongue-in-cheek name The Boring Co., goes forward with the hire, it’s likely that Musk won’t be looking to bring on just any old attorney. Experts cited a number of

Gas Turbine Power Plants Embrace Batteries, Hybrid Machines

Manufacturers are responding to the market by combing energy storage with conventional generating plants From Utility Dive New offerings from turbine manufacturers are blurring the line in the debate about whether or not an energy storage facility can replace gas-fired peaking plants. Earlier this month, Wartsila signed a memorandum of understanding with Southern Co. to develop two flexible gas-fired power projects. The

Hess Puts 2017 Spend at $2.25 Billion

Gulf of Mexico Will Grow by 344 MBOPD through 2018: EIA

GOM growth second only to Permian Big projects are coming back, according to the U.S. government’s energy data compiler. Gulf of Mexico oil production is projected to have the second-largest growth among U.S. oil plays through 2018, according to a note released by the EIA. While the U.S. shale boom, which shines particularly brightly in the Permian, has attracted the

QEP Sells Pinedale Assets for $777.5 Million

980 Bcfe of reserves sold in two deals QEP Resources (ticker: QEP) announced today two agreements to sell natural gas assets in Wyoming for a total of $777.5 million. Pinedale Energy Partners, an affiliate of Oak Ridge Natural Resources will pay $740 million for all of QEP’s assets in the Pinedale Anticline field in Sublette County. According to QEP’s most

Louisiana Offshore Oil Port Looks to Begin Exporting U.S. Crude

Port would be able to load massive supertankers with Permian, Eagle Ford  oil The country’s largest oil port wants to begin exporting crude, becoming a part of the growing U.S. oil export business. The Louisiana Offshore Oil Port (LOOP) is located about 20 miles off the coast of Louisiana, directly south of New Orleans. Standing in 110 feet of water,

Shale Industry Leaders will Kick Off EnerCom’s The Oil & Gas Conference®

A slate of industry-leading shale producers and service companies are presenting at EnerCom’s 22nd annual The Oil & Gas Conference® on August 13-17, 2017, in Denver, Colo., at the Westin Denver Downtown. Some of the oil and gas industry leaders who are presenting on the first day of EnerCom’s 22nd The Oil & Gas Conference® include but are not limited