Texas
The Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) finds itself at the center of the global policy for balancing the oil production with the current consumption as the only legal authority in US having the power to regulate Texas production. Without an agreement among the US producers in Texas, the global price war with Saudi Arabia and Russia will continue until one of the player is giving up the game. But can the RRC really do it?
Nebraska Court sets green light to Keystone XL project On January 9th 2015, the Nebraska High Court gave the green light to TransCanada for the acquisition of lands to build and operate its giant Keystone XL Pipeline project to connect the Alberta tar sands to the US Gulf Coast downstream industry. In removing the last […]
KBR won EPC contract for Agrium Lone Star Project The Texas-based engineering company KBR has been awarded the Lone Star Project by the Canadian fertilizer specialist Agrium to debottleneck its ammonia production unit located in Borger, Texas USA. Through Cominco Fertilizers Ltd (Cominco), Agrium started operations in 1933 and opened the Borger facility in 1966 to […]
Eni may run its own fast track on Mozambique LNG The Italian national oil company Eni and its partners China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC or PetroChina), Kogas from South Korea, Galp Energia from Portugal and Mozambique Emprecia Nacional de Hidrocarbonetos (ENH) are evaluating alternative solutions to develop its Mozambique liquefied natural gas (LNG) project on […]
Enterprise and Oiltanking signed 50 years Agreement The US-based midstream companies Enterprise Products Partners LP (Enterprise) and Oiltanking Partners partners LP (Oiltanking) entered in a 50 years agreement to support the additional expansion of the existing liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal sited along the Houston Ship Channel in Texas, USA. By this agreement, Oiltanking will […]
Shale gas and shale oil change US import-export map In 2012, the development of the shale gas propelled USA as the world largest gas producer, ahead of Russia. In 2013, the US administration started to open the door for the export of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to countries not having free trade agreement (FTA) with USA, […]
Wood County on line to host Ascent Complex project The Brazilian companies Odebrecht and Braskem are currently investigating the opportunity to develop the Appalachian Shale Cracker Enterprise (Ascent) Petrochemical complex project at Parkersburg in the Wood County of West Virginia, USA. Joining Shell with its Appalachia Ethane Cracker project, Odebrecht and Braskem are exploring a new business model in […]
EmberClear to monetize Marcellus shale gas into GTL The Canadian company EmberClear is currently evaluating sites along the Mississippi River to build the first gas-to-liquid (GTL) plant in this part of the USA. Based in Calgary and listed in Toronto, EmberClear is looking for the most advanced technologies to convert cheap coal and gas into high […]
