Oil Price California and parts of the Midwest are at a high risk of electricity shortages in the coming years amid the transformation of their grid from one reliant on fossil fuels to one reliant on other sources of energy such as wind and solar. The warning comes from the latest annual assessment of the grid by the North
Reuters The power grid in the Central United States could be forced to impose rotating blackouts on some of the hottest days of the summer due to rising demand and plant retirements, federal energy officials said in an online energy comment on Friday. Extreme weather is causing increasing challenges for power grids across the United States, and officials are concerned
EIA Recent business shutdowns and changes to normal routines related to mitigation efforts for the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) have caused daily weekday electricity demand in the central region of the United States to decrease by 9%–13% in March and April compared with expected demand, after accounting for seasonal temperature changes. This decrease is similar to declines seen in New
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Tallgrass Energy receives preliminary proposal letter from Blackstone Infrastructure Partners offering to take the company private Tallgrass Energy LP (stock ticker: TGE), a midstream infrastructure company, received a non-binding preliminary proposal letter from Blackstone Infrastructure Partners (stock ticker: BX) on Tuesday, offering to acquire all of the outstanding Class A shares
From Reuters Canadian Natural Resources Ltd, the country’s biggest oil producer, has joined a number of other firms asking Canada’s energy regulator to intervene in Enbridge Inc’s plan to overhaul shipping contracts on its Mainline pipeline network. Canadian Natural’s letter to the National Energy Board (NEB), filed late on Monday, calls on the regulator to delay Enbridge’s proposal to switch
From The Calgary Herald A war of words between oil companies and their main pipeline provider Enbridge Inc. is expected to break out amid sweeping changes to Canada’s biggest oil export pipeline network at a time of tight takeaway capacity. On Aug. 16, MEG Energy Corp. president and CEO Derek Evans wrote a letter to the National Energy Board, Canada’s
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Supply deficit quickly flipped to surplus: International Energy Agency data now shows 500,000 barrel per day global surplus for Q2 2019 Despite the OPEC+ supply cuts agreed upon earlier this month, a slowdown of the global economy is dampening oil demand, leading to a larger-than-expected surplus in crude reserves. According to
From Reuters A disappointing planting season due to massive flooding in the U.S. Midwest this spring is expected to have spillover effects on diesel demand during harvest season, analysts and traders said. Heavy storms that lingered over the Midwest left millions of acres unseeded and put crops that were planted late at a greater risk for damage from severe weather
From Bloomberg Ozark pipeline out of Cushing storage hub was shut last week, futures still down on talk of China rare-earths restrictions Oil pared losses after hitting the lowest level since March as a pipeline that drains crude from the key Cushing, Oklahoma, supply hub was said to be ready to restart Thursday. Futures closed the trading session down 0.6%
