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TransCanada acquired several natural gas assets in the United States, including the Hickory Bend Gathering System and Cryogenic Processing Plant, in Ohio, as part of the Columbia Pipeline Group acquisition in 2016.

ICE Plans the Brent of Natural Gas

From Bloomberg

Intercontinental Exchange Inc. says its Dutch natural gas market has the potential to become a world beater in energy trading.

When the owner of the New York Stock Exchange bought an energy bourse in Amsterdam seven years ago, …

March 11, 2019 - 1:04 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Natural Gas News
Saudi Arabia to Extend Deep Oil Output Cuts Into April

Saudi Arabia to Extend Deep Oil Output Cuts Into April

From Bloomberg

Saudi Arabia will supply its clients with significantly less oil than they requested in April, extending deeper-than-agreed production cuts into a second month, a Saudi official familiar with the policy said.

The move is the latest sign Riyadh …

March 11, 2019 - 12:56 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, Energy News
OPEC to Be Squeezed by U.S. Shale Until Mid-2020s, IEA Says

OPEC to Be Squeezed by U.S. Shale Until Mid-2020s, IEA Says

From Bloomberg

OPEC’s loss of market power to what was once its biggest customer will continue until the middle of the next decade as U.S. shale oil thrives.

By 2024, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ capacity to pump crude …

March 11, 2019 - 12:55 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, Energy News, OPEC
Venezuela Must Pay Conoco More Than $8 Billion: World Bank

Venezuela Must Pay Conoco More Than $8 Billion: World Bank

From Reuters

Venezuela must pay ConocoPhillips more than $8 billion to compensate for the 2007 expropriation of oil assets by the late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, the World Bank ruled on Friday, making the U.S. energy company the largest victor …

March 8, 2019 - 5:30 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, Energy News
Activist Takes Aim at Shale-Company CEO’s Pay

Activist Takes Aim at Shale-Company CEO’s Pay

From The Wall Street Journal

A shareholder activist will challenge PDC Energy Inc. in an effort to change the way the oil producer pays its executives, part of a broader push by investors to force U.S. energy producers to focus …

Oil Drillers in New Alberta Play Shrug Off Glut, Curbs

Oil Drillers in New Alberta Play Shrug Off Glut, Curbs

From Bloomberg

Drillers are moving ahead in a corner of Canada’s oil sands that saw a flurry of land grabs in recent years, unfazed by a glut of crude that depressed prices last year and the mandatory production cuts that …

March 7, 2019 - 4:44 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News
World’s Biggest Election to Offer a Boost to the Oil Market

World’s Biggest Election to Offer a Boost to the Oil Market

From Bloomberg

The largest democratic exercise on Earth is set to give the oil market a shot in the arm.

About 875 million Indians will go to polls over the next three months to elect their leader, dwarfing the 158 …

March 7, 2019 - 4:42 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, Energy News
Source: BBI

Oil Driller Weighs Selling Itself After Canadian Crude Collapse

From Bloomberg

Pengrowth Energy Corp. is considering selling itself as the driller moves to lighten its debt load following a collapse in Canadian oil prices that pummeled the nation’s energy industry.

The Calgary-based explorer is weighing a sale, merger or …

Exxon Boosts Spending to $32 Billion, Raises 2025 Profit Target

Exxon Boosts Spending to $32 Billion, Raises 2025 Profit Target

From Bloomberg

Exxon Mobil Corp. tumbled more than any other blue-chip stock after boosting spending to heights not seen since the historic oil-market collapse began in 2014, bucking the cost-cutting trend among rival energy explorers.

Exxon’s annual capital outlays will …

Sinopec May Ink 20-Year LNG Deal with Cheniere When Trade Spat Ends

Sinopec May Ink 20-Year LNG Deal with Cheniere When Trade Spat Ends

From Reuters

China Petroleum and Chemical Corp plans to sign a 20-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply agreement with Cheniere Energy once China and the United States end their trade dispute, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on …

March 6, 2019 - 2:56 pm China, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, LNG, Natural Gas News
Ecopetrol to Spend $500 Million on Unconventionals Over Three Years: CEO

Ecopetrol to Spend $500 Million on Unconventionals Over Three Years: CEO

From Reuters

Colombia’s state-run oil company Ecopetrol SA is looking to spend $500 million in exploring unconventional deposits over the next three years, its chief executive said on Tuesday, starting with pilot programs in the Magdalena Medio region.

“We’ve applied …

March 6, 2019 - 2:54 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, Energy News
Why China’s Putting All Its Oil Pipes in One Company

Why China’s Putting All Its Oil Pipes in One Company

From Bloomberg

Chinese President Xi Jinping has a plan to help meet the country’s growing energy needs and clear its dirty air: Spin off the tens of thousands of miles of pipelines held by three state-owned oil and gas giants …

March 6, 2019 - 2:43 pm China, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Midstream
Colorado Energy Bill Passes First Committee Hearing, Next Up: Finance Committee

Colorado Energy Bill Passes First Committee Hearing, Next Up: Finance Committee

Fast-tracked energy bill that would overhaul oil and gas regulation/development in Colorado passes first senate committee hearing only two days after being introduced

Lawmakers hold 12-hour hearing on bill updating regulation of oil, gas industry and okay it 4-3

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Source: Novatek

Total Buys 10 Percent Stake in Arctic LNG 2 Project from Novatek

From Reuters

Total has agreed to buy a 10 percent stake in the Arctic LNG 2 project from Russia’s Novatek, as the French energy group looks to build up its presence in the area to service a fast-growing Asian market.…

March 5, 2019 - 4:01 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, LNG, Natural Gas News
Source: Reuters

Russia Comes to Maduro’s Rescue After U.S. Sanctions Hit

From Bloomberg

Just as Venezuelan state-run oil company PDVSA was running out of an obscure product needed to thin out its crude and keep exports flowing in the wake of U.S. sanctions, Russia is coming to the rescue.

Rosneft Oil

March 5, 2019 - 3:59 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, Energy News
Cheniere Deal With China Signals Country’s Key Role in LNG Exports

Cheniere Deal With China Signals Country’s Key Role in LNG Exports

From The Wall Street Journal

Cheniere Energy Inc.’s expected $18 billion deal to supply natural gas to China signals the company’s growing bet on the country, and China’s emergence as a top market for U.S. gas exporters.

In a move …

March 5, 2019 - 3:58 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, LNG, Natural Gas News
Libya’s Biggest Oil Field Restarts, Adding Hurdle to OPEC Cuts

Libya’s Biggest Oil Field Restarts, Adding Hurdle to OPEC Cuts

From Bloomberg

Libya’s biggest oil field resumed production, adding another complication to OPEC’s effort to trim a global supply glut.

Sharara resumed production and is expected to reach 80,000 barrels in one day, according to people with knowledge of the …

March 5, 2019 - 3:56 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, Energy News
Calcasieu Pass LNG Gets Key Export Approval

Calcasieu Pass LNG Gets Key Export Approval

From Houston Chronicle

Federal regulators have authorized Venture Global’s $4.5 billion Calcasieu Pass LNG project in Louisiana to export to China, South Korea, Japan and a number of other nations where liquefied natural gas prices are higher.

The U.S. Department …

March 5, 2019 - 3:54 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, LNG, Natural Gas News
Source: WPX

Investors Telling Gas Producers to Cut Back, Producers Listening

From Pittsburgh Business Times

A new wave of belt tightening ushered in 2019 among natural gas producers in the Appalachian basin.

Publicly traded companies who are among the region’s biggest producers — EQT Corp., Range Resources, CNX Resources Corp. and …

March 5, 2019 - 2:51 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Natural Gas News
Shale Companies, Adding Ever More Wells, Threaten Future of U.S. Oil Boom

Shale Companies, Adding Ever More Wells, Threaten Future of U.S. Oil Boom

From The Wall Street Journal

Shale companies’ strategy to supercharge oil and gas production by drilling thousands of new wells more closely together is turning out to be a bust. What’s more, the approach is hurting the performance of older …

Courtesy of Enbridge

Canada Oil Industry Takes Fresh Hit With Key Pipeline Delay

From Bloomberg

Canada’s already beaten-down oil industry is facing a fresh setback as regulatory issues bog down another key pipeline project.

The roughly one-year delay to Enbridge Inc.’s expansion of its Line 3 conduit, announced late Friday, threatens …

March 4, 2019 - 12:46 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, MLP News
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Wars, Coups and Protests Don’t Stop Gas Flowing to Europe

From Bloomberg

Arab Spring-style protests have rocked Europe’s third-biggest natural gas supplier. Thousands of young Algerians have taken to the streets, fed up with an octogenarian president who’s been in power for 20 years and a weak economy that doesn’t …

March 4, 2019 - 12:45 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Natural Gas News
Israel Woos Energy Majors With Modified Gas Exploration Tender

Israel Woos Energy Majors With Modified Gas Exploration Tender

From Bloomberg

Israel is sweetening the terms of its new gas exploration tender in order to entice major energy firms to put aside concerns about geopolitical and regulatory issues, and finally drill off the nation’s Mediterranean coast.

Up for grabs …

Why Billions of Barrels of Oil Go Untapped in Brazil

Why Billions of Barrels of Oil Go Untapped in Brazil

From Bloomberg

There’s enough as-yet-unassigned oil under the Atlantic Ocean off Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro to keep the entire world running for almost six months. So why is the crude just sitting there? A contract dispute between oil giant Petrobras …

World’s Second Largest LNG Exporter Considers LNG Imports

World’s Second Largest LNG Exporter Considers LNG Imports

From Reuters

Australia is on the verge of becoming the biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas, with dozens of tankers a week carrying fuel to North Asia. It could also soon be importing LNG as supply sources in its southern …

Canada’s Oil Capital Takes a Page From the OPEC Playbook

Canada’s Oil Capital Takes a Page From the OPEC Playbook

From Bloomberg

When prices for Canada’s heavy crude collapsed late last year, Alberta did something quite out of character. The traditionally conservative, free-market-loving province took a page out of OPEC’s handbook and ordered its largest oil producers to throttle back …

March 1, 2019 - 4:36 pm Canada, Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, Energy News
In This Oil Boom Town, Even a Barber Can Make $180,000

In This Oil Boom Town, Even a Barber Can Make $180,000

From The Wall Street Journal

West Texas has seen its share of oil booms, but the people there say this one is unlike any they’ve seen.

Driven by shale drilling, a gusher of crude production has transformed the Permian …

March 1, 2019 - 4:31 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News
Johan Sverdrup

Source: Total

Norway’s Aker BP Switching Gears From M&A to Exploration

From Reuters

Norwegian oil and gas company Aker BP is switching emphasis from M&A toward exploration, taking a potentially riskier path to increase its resources after years when it has relied on acquisitions to add the bulk of its new …

NOPEC Could Cause Oil Spikes: U.S. Energy Secretary

NOPEC Could Cause Oil Spikes: U.S. Energy Secretary

From Reuters

The U.S. energy secretary said on Thursday the United States needs to be cautious about legislation allowing the Trump administration to sue OPEC and other oil producers over supply cuts because it could have the unintended consequence of …

March 1, 2019 - 10:42 am Closing Bell Story‎, Crude Oil News, Energy News, OPEC
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Premier Oil Teams Up with Apollo To Bid for Chevron’s North Sea Assets

From Reuters

Britain’s Premier Oil has teamed up with U.S. private equity fund Apollo Global Management to bid for oil and gas fields owned by Chevron in the British North Sea, according to industry sources.

Premier has previously said it …