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Venezuela dodges oil asset seizures with export transfers at sea

Venezuela dodges oil asset seizures with export transfers at sea

From Reuters

Venezuela’s state-run oil company PDVSA has limited the damage from an unprecedented slump in crude exports by transferring oil between tankers at sea and loading vessels in neighboring Cuba to avoid asset seizures.

But the OPEC member nation …

August 7, 2018 - 5:55 pm Closing Bell Story‎, LNG, Natural Gas News
Heard on the Call: Concho Resources, Noble Energy, Southwestern Energy

Heard on the Call: Concho Resources, Noble Energy, Southwestern Energy

Concho Resources (ticker: CXO) now running 32 rigs

Q: When I’m looking at the various kind of sizes of the projects, anywhere from kind of 5-well pads to 20-well pads. And you all do mention in the slides that, for …

WPX Energy, Delaware basin. Three drilling rigs on multi-well pads. L to R: Orion Drilling, Pegasus on the CBR 22-10H, Aries on the CBR 22-14H.

WPX Oil Ramping Up Fast

Oil output comes in 5 MBOPD above expectations

WPX Energy (ticker: WPX) announced second quarter results last week, showing a net loss of $83 million, or ($0.21) per share.

WPX produced 125 MBOEPD in Q2, continuing the company’s recent pro …

New Wave of Mega LNG Projects Is Approaching

New Wave of Mega LNG Projects Is Approaching

From Reuters

A new race to build multi-billion dollar liquefied natural gas (LNG) plants is gaining momentum after a long hiatus in investments as energy giants sense a widening supply gap within five years.

Spending on new, complex facilities that …

August 6, 2018 - 12:32 pm Closing Bell Story‎, LNG, Natural Gas News
Breathing Easy in Beijing May Get Pricey on U.S. LNG Tariffs

Breathing Easy in Beijing May Get Pricey on U.S. LNG Tariffs

From Bloomberg

Chinese President Xi Jinping’s trade policies are threatening to make his environmental goals more costly to meet.

The world’s biggest gas importer included U.S. liquefied natural gas on a list of goods Friday that could be hit with …

August 6, 2018 - 12:29 pm China, Closing Bell Story‎, LNG, Natural Gas News
Allies in Australia’s Oldest LNG Plant Spar in Race for Gas

Allies in Australia’s Oldest LNG Plant Spar in Race for Gas

From Bloomberg

After partnering for nearly three decades at Australia’s oldest liquefied natural gas export plant, Woodside Petroleum Ltd. and Chevron Corp. are competing to shape the next phase of the country’s gas development.

Both are vying to build a …

August 6, 2018 - 12:27 pm Closing Bell Story‎, LNG, Natural Gas News
EOG Reports Nearly 3,000% Increase in Net Income

EOG Reports Nearly 3,000% Increase in Net Income

“The EOG Machine is Firing on All Cylinders”: Chairman and CEO Bill Thomas

EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE: EOG) reported second quarter 2018 results and beats its oil, natural gas, and NGL production targets.

Highlights

  • Net income of $696.7 million, or
Rig Count Dips

Rig Count Dips

Operations reaching equilibrium near 1,050 rigs

Drilling activity fell in the U.S. this week, as rig counts continue to meander near 1,050 total rigs, according to Baker Hughes Weekly Rig Count.

A net four rigs shut down this week, leaving …

TransCanada’s Keystone XL Peaks Oil Shipper Interest

TransCanada’s Keystone XL Peaks Oil Shipper Interest

From Reuters

Pipeline operator TransCanada Corp is seeing strong interest from oil shippers in locking up the remaining space on Keystone XL and expects it to be fully subscribed, its chief executive said on Thursday.

TransCanada has not yet made …

Weekly Gas Storage: Slow Build

Weekly Gas Storage: Slow Build

The EIA released its weekly Natural Gas Storage Report today, outlining how national natural gas stocks have changed in the last week.

In total, the EIA reports natural gas stocks rose by 35 Bcf last week, increasing to 2,308 Bcf …

Photo by Mike Goldwater"

DCP Ups DJ Processing Capacity with Mewbourn Opening

DCP Midstream, LP (NYSE: DCP) announced that Mewbourn 3, a new 200 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) natural gas processing plant is now in service ahead of all announced timelines. Mewbourn 3 is DCP’s tenth plant in the DJ …

August 1, 2018 - 6:37 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Natural Gas News
Courtesy of EQT

Chesapeake Looks West, Selling Utica While Boosting Powder River Basin

Utica sale values assets at 4.4x EBITDA

Chesapeake Energy (ticker: CHK) announced a major divestiture last week, selling its Utica assets in a $2 billion transaction.

Chesapeake will sell all of its acreage in Ohio to privately-backed Encino Acquisition Partners …

Williams: Out of Four Corners and into the DJ

Williams: Out of Four Corners and into the DJ

Williams (NYSE: WMB) has announced its midstream entry into Colorado’s DJ Basin and the exit of Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ) from the Four Corners Area in New Mexico and Colorado.

Into the DJ

Williams and KKR & Co. (NYSE: …

Rig Count Up Slightly

Rig Count Up Slightly

Permian adds four rigs

Drilling activity increased slightly in the U.S. this week, as activity continues to shift mildly, according to the latest edition of Baker Hughes’ Weekly Rig Count. A net two rigs began drilling in the country, meaning …

BP Buys BHP’s U.S. Shale Position in $10.5 Billion Deal

BP Buys BHP’s U.S. Shale Position in $10.5 Billion Deal

Largest upstream M&A since March 2017

BHP (ticker: BHP) has finally found a buyer for its U.S. shale assets, as the company today announced BP (ticker: BP) will purchase most onshore U.S. properties. BP will pay $10.5 billion for BHP’s …

QEP Holds Out for Better Price in Bakken

QEP Holds Out for Better Price in Bakken

Current bids too low, will keep marketing

QEP Resources (ticker: QEP) reported second quarter results today, showing a net loss of $336 million, or ($1.42) per share. This loss is due to a $404 million impairment QEP recorded on the …

Weekly Gas Storage: Summer Build Hits the Brakes

Weekly Gas Storage: Summer Build Hits the Brakes

The EIA released its weekly Natural Gas Storage Report today, outlining how national natural gas stocks have changed in the last week.

In total, the EIA reports natural gas stocks rose by 24 Bcf last week, increasing to 2,273 Bcf …

Source: Enbridge

Dominion Energy’s $6 Billion Atlantic Coast Natural Gas Pipeline Remains On Track

From Reuters

Dominion Energy Inc said on Wednesday that its $6-$6.5 billion Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to Virginia and North Carolina remained on track to enter service in late 2019 after federal regulators approved the start …

July 25, 2018 - 5:44 pm Closing Bell Story‎, Energy News, Natural Gas News
Natural Gas Cleared for Latin American Export

Natural Gas Cleared for Latin American Export

From Reuters

The U.S. Energy Department on Wednesday cleared the way for faster approval of small scale exports of natural gas including liquefied natural gas to Latin American countries by issuing a rule that does away with a public interest …

U.S. Rig Count Declines

U.S. Rig Count Declines

Overall activity hovers around 1,050

Drilling activity in the U.S. declined this week as activity continues to hover around 1,050 active rigs, according to Baker Hughes Weekly Rig Count.

Six land-based rigs shut down this week, and two offshore rigs …

BAM: It’s Earnings Season (Again) – Here are the Q2 2018 Oil & Gas Company Estimates

BAM: It’s Earnings Season (Again) – Here are the Q2 2018 Oil & Gas Company Estimates

Seems like just yesterday it was Q1 reporting season. But time accelerates quarterly in the public company universe and it’s already that time again. Schlumberger (ticker: SLB) reports tomorrow.

EnerCom, Inc. has compiled second quarter earnings per share, revenue, EBITDA …

EIA Weekly Gas Storage Report: Build Slowing

EIA Weekly Gas Storage Report: Build Slowing

The EIA released its weekly Natural Gas Storage Report today, outlining how national natural gas stocks have changed in the last week.

In total, the EIA reports natural gas stocks rose by 46 Bcf last week, increasing to 2,249 Bcf …

Gas Bottleneck in Permian Widens Price Differential

Gas Bottleneck in Permian Widens Price Differential

According to the EIA’s most recent Drilling Productivity Report, the natural gas spot price spread between the Permian Basin, as priced at the Waha Hub in western Texas, and the U.S. national benchmark Henry Hub in Louisiana has grown dramatically …

Photo by Mike Goldwater"

‘Bridge to Nowhere’ Leaves Pent-Up Permian Gas Problems Unsolved

From Bloomberg

A major Mexican pipeline opened this week after almost two years of delays. That’s the good news for drillers across the border who are seeking an expanded market for natural gas siphoned from the pent-up Permian Basin.

The …

For the Global LNG Industry, Is the FSRU Honeymoon Over?

For the Global LNG Industry, Is the FSRU Honeymoon Over?

From Reuters

A giant vessel docked at the port of Moheshkhali in Bangladesh two months ago, propelling the populous but poor nation into the fast-expanding club of liquefied natural gas (LNG) buyers.

The Excellence is the latest floating storage and …

July 18, 2018 - 1:25 pm Closing Bell Story‎, LNG, Natural Gas News
Methanex to Supply 2.4 Million Tonnes of Natural Gas Annually to New Zealand

Methanex to Supply 2.4 Million Tonnes of Natural Gas Annually to New Zealand

Methanex Corporation (TSX:MX) (NASDAQ:MEOH) announced today that it has signed agreements in New Zealand that are expected to supply gas to underpin over half of Methanex’s 2.4 million tonnes of annual production capacity in New Zealand for a period of …

Ukraine

Gas Talks to Continue with Ukraine and EU: Russian Energy Minister Novak

From Reuters

Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said on Tuesday that three-way talks with Ukraine and the European Union would continue in the autumn, after he met representatives from Kiev and the European Commission in Berlin.

He also reiterated a …

Eagle Ford and Permian Could Soon Produce as Much Oil as the Entire U.S. did in 2008

Eagle Ford and Permian Could Soon Produce as Much Oil as the Entire U.S. did in 2008

If current growth rates hold, the Eagle Ford and Permian will be producing as much oil as the entire U.S. in 2008 within two months

The EIA released new data and it now estimates production growth will slow slightly from …

3,370 Wells Await Completion in the Permian

3,370 Wells Await Completion in the Permian

Total U.S. DUC count stands at 7,945: EIA

Drilling activity significantly outpaced completions this in June. The EIA estimates that the number of drilled uncompleted (DUC) wells in the major shale basins has grown by 193. There are now about …

Oil and Gas is Looking Up: Energy Executives

Oil and Gas is Looking Up: Energy Executives

Activity at record, still accelerating

Energy executives are becoming steadily more optimistic about the industry, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas’ most recent Energy Survey.

The Fed’s business activity index, which examines the overall activity level in oil …