Thursday, September 17, 2026
Texas regulator notifies producers of governor's mandate to keep gas in state- oil and gas 360

Texas regulator notifies producers of governor’s mandate to keep gas in state

Reuters The Texas oil and gas regulator on Thursday notified producers of the governor’s directive that the state’s natural gas providers not ship outside Texas during a deadly cold snap. Days of freezing temperatures have killed at least 21 people and at one point knocked out power to more than 4 million people in Texas. It shut in about one-fifth

TC Energy profit rises 13% on higher earnings from U.S. gas pipelines- oil and gas 360

TC Energy profit rises 13% on higher earnings from U.S. gas pipelines

Reuters TC Energy Corp reported a 13.4% rise in fourth-quarter comparable profit on Thursday, partly helped by lower operating costs for its U.S. natural gas pipelines. The company behind the Keystone XL oil pipeline, work on which was halted after U.S. President Joe Biden revoked the permit, had said it expects to record a large non-cash charge in its first-quarter

U.S. senators prod Biden administration on Nord Stream 2 pipeline sanctions- oil and gas 360

U.S. senators prod Biden administration on Nord Stream 2 pipeline sanctions

Reuters WASHINGTON – Two U.S. senators urged President Joe Biden to ensure the implementation of sanctions passed in January aimed at stopping the Nord Stream 2 Russia-to-Germany gas pipeline project, which a State Department spokesman reiterated on Friday was a “bad deal” for Europe. Senators Jim Risch, a Republican, and Jeanne Shaheen, a Democrat, urged the State Department not to

Army Corps attorneys withdraw from Dakota Access Pipeline case- oil and gas 360

Army Corps attorneys withdraw from Dakota Access Pipeline case

Reuters The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said two attorneys representing it in an ongoing legal battle involving the Dakota Access Pipeline are withdrawing from the case, according to court filings. Jeffrey Bossert Clark Sr and Eric Allen Grant, who represented the Army Corps, are withdrawing from the case between the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and the Corps, the filing

Factbox: U.S. oil and natgas pipelines delayed by legal and regulatory battles-oil and gas 360

Factbox: U.S. oil and natgas pipelines delayed by legal and regulatory battles

Reuters There are numerous large U.S. and Canadian oil and natural gas pipelines in progress, but many have been delayed in recent years due to legal and regulatory battles, while others have been scuttled as costs rose. Here are the primary projects still in play, and a couple of recently canceled projects: MOUNTAIN VALLEY The $5.8 billion-$6.0 billion Mountain Valley

TC Energy to cut 1,000 construction jobs, halt Keystone XL work- oil and gas 360

TC Energy to cut 1,000 construction jobs, halt Keystone XL work

Reuters WINNIPEG, Manitoba/WASHINGTON – TC Energy Corp will eliminate more than 1,000 construction jobs in coming weeks and halt work on the Keystone XL oil pipeline after U.S. President Joe Biden revoked the project’s presidential permit, the company said in an email to employees. Calgary-based TC Energy confirmed the authenticity of the email, sent by KXL President Richard Prior on

Biden to revoke KXL pipeline permit in blow to Canada's oil sector- oil and gas 360

Biden to revoke KXL pipeline permit in blow to Canada’s oil sector

Reuters CALGARY, Alberta – U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Wednesday will revoke the permit needed to build the Keystone XL oil pipeline after being sworn into office, aides said, dashing Ottawa’s hopes of salvaging a project that the struggling Canadian crude sector has long supported. Biden will sign 15 executive orders and memorandums to address the “crises” of the pandemic,

Martin Midstream MMLP Divests Mega Assets to Stone Oil

Martin Midstream Partners L.P. MMLP announced the divestment of some of the assets related to its Mega Lubricants (or Mega) onshore terminals business to John W. Stone Oil Distributor, LLC, (“Stone Oil”) in a $22.4-million deal. As an integrated manufacturing and delivery business, Mega Lubricants is actively engaged in blending, producing and offering a variety of marine application lubricants, sub-sea specialty fluids,

Russian Nord Stream 2 pipe-laying vessel leaves German site, indicating project progress- oil and gas 360

Russian Nord Stream 2 pipe-laying vessel leaves German site, indicating project progress

Reuters MOSCOW – The Russian pipe-laying vessel Fortuna has left the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline construction site in the Baltic Sea, Refinitiv Eikon data showed on Monday, indicating that the 2.6-km stretch of the project in German waters may have been completed. Fortuna was now heading for the north German port of Wismar, the data showed. The Fortuna earlier