Houston-based Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America received permission Jan. 22 from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to begin building its Lockridge extension pipeline project (capacity 500,000 MMcfd) in Pecos, Reeves and Ward counties. The extension project will connect the company’s system to the Waha hub in Pecos County. The 16.8-mile pipeline (30 inches) […]

Exxon Mobil was the top driller in Texas after filing for 659 drilling permits in 2019, Houston Chronicle reported this week, and “early in the new year, the permit filings show Exxon Mobil plans to keep that title.” The company’s shale unit, XTO Energy, filed for 15 drilling permits to develop 15 horizontal wells in […]

Houston-based pipeline giant Kinder Morgan said it obtained rights to the final pieces of land needed to route Permian Highway pipeline through the Texas hill country, according to a report this week in Houston Chronicle. The 430-mile project is intended to transport 2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day from Permian Basin to […]

The Texas Petro Index by petroleum economist Karr Ingham declined for the ninth straight month in November to 195.1 after reaching a high this year of 213.2 in February. The peak of the index, based on a comprehensive set of economic indicators, was 313.9 in November 2014 (base 100 in January 1955). The index declined […]

U.S. and Texas erased most of their losses from the previous week in Baker Hughes’ count of active oil and gas drilling rigs for Jan. 17. Texas added 5 rigs for a new total of 401 (396 previous week, 521 previous year), and U.S. added 15 rigs for a new total of 796 (781 previous […]

An annual report, “State of American Energy,” issued recently by American Petroleum Institute says concern about climate change “is at the heart of criticism of the energy industry.” Mike Sommers, president, said API members “will be at the forefront of the debate on the nation’s energy future… We have no choice. It’s required that we […]

Railroad Commission of Texas said this week it is opening an oil and gas field office in Lubbock to serve a 21-county area (District 8A) in northern Permian Basin previously served by its Abilene office. RRC executive director Wei Wang said Wednesday the new office will “address both operational and recruiting challenges we have experienced […]

Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners said this week it placed into service its Mentone cryogenic natural gas processing plant in Loving County in Delaware Basin. The plant has the capacity to process 300 MMcfd of natural gas and extract more than 40,000 b/d of NGL. Enterprise said it is supported by a longterm dedicated acreage agreement. […]

Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge withdrew its permit application at U.S. Department of Transportation maritime administration for a crude oil export terminal near Freeport in the Gulf of Mexico capable of handling supertankers, according to Reuters and Houston Chronicle. Enbridge reportedly could reconsider filing its application for Texas Crude Offshore Loading Terminal (or Texas COLT) off […]

Houston-based pipeline operator Enterprise Products Partners and British liquefied gas shipping company Navigator Holdings exported the first cargo of ethylene from their new terminal at Morgan’s Point on the Houston ship channel. A Liberian tanker named Navigator Europa left Jan. 2 with a 25-million-pound shipment of ethylene for the Marubeni Corp. in Japan. Enterprise and […]