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Oil & Gas Transportation

Williams looks for to put more of United States gas project into service

U.S. energy business Williams sought permission from a federal energy regulator on Friday to put more of the Regional Energy Gain access to natural gas job already under construction into service by July 1. Williams designed Regional Energy Access to help meet rising gas demand and ease supply restraints impacting consumers in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland. The business said the task, among the greatest under building and construction in the U.S. Northeast, will supply sufficient gas to serve 4.4 million homes annually. Natural gas is used to heat homes and services, for cooking and in industrial plants. The company...

Fossil Fuels

Norway gas supply to Britain to ramp up on Friday, costs relieve

Norway's gas exports to Britain through the Langeled pipeline will gradually resume on June 7 following a failure that began on June 2, delivering simply under half the typical capability, Norwegian system operator Gassco stated on Wednesday. The ramp-up plan will see an offered volume of 35 million cubic metres (mcm) of gas per day on Friday from Norway's. Nyhamna processing plant, some 44% of its total 79.8 mcm. capacity, according to a message on Gassco's transparency page. Gassco had actually said on Tuesday that gas would flow from Nyhamna. by means of the Langeled pipeline to Britain's Easington terminal...

Oil & Gas Exploration

United States might increase rate of renewing oil reserve, Energy Secretary Granholm says

The U.S. might speed up the rate of renewing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve as maintenance on the stockpile is finished by the end of the year, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm informed on Tuesday. Granholm stated she believes the global oil market is well-supplied which she does not expect a big increase in oil and gas rates in the next instant. The Energy Department this year has actually been purchasing about 3 million barrels of oil monthly for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve after offering 180 million barrels in 2022 following Russia's intrusion of Ukraine. President Joe Biden, a Democrat, directed the...

Fossil Fuels

CANADA-CRUDE-Heavy oil discount rate widens for 2nd day

The discount on Western Canada Select ( WCS) heavy crude versus the North American benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) deepened on Tuesday: * WCS for July delivery in Hardisty, Alberta, traded at $ 13.35 a barrel listed below WTI, according to brokerage CalRock, having settled at $12.50 a barrel under the criteria on Monday. * Canadian heavy crude rates are easing off after tightening last month with the start-up of the 590,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Trans Mountain pipeline growth (TMX). One broker stated it appeared some market players were dissatisfied by TMX taking longer than expected to ramp up deliveries. *...

Fossil Fuels

TC Energy investors vote to spin off North American oil pipeline company

TC Energy investors voted in favour of spinning off the Canadian company's liquids pipeline company on Tuesday, creating a brand-new energy facilities firm known as South Bow Corp whose assets include the Keystone oil pipeline. The spin-off will help Calgary-based TC lower its high financial obligation load and concentrate on moving natural gas. South Bow's properties consist of almost 4,900 kilometres of liquids pipelines that connect oil supply in Alberta and parts of the United States to refining markets in Illinois, Oklahoma and Texas. Its signature asset is the 622,000 barrel daily Keystone pipeline, a crucial export channel for Canadian...

Natural Gas

United States LNG exports rise in May as Freeport LNG returns to production

U.S. exports of melted gas (LNG) rebounded in May as Freeport LNG, the country's secondlargest exporter of the superchilled gas, returned to complete production and as more materials streamed to Asia, initial data from LSEG showed. The U.S. is the world's biggest exporter of LNG and a key provider to Europe because Russia's intrusion of Ukraine, however general exports decreased for 4 successive months this year, information from the monetary firm revealed on Monday. There have actually been upkeep activities at some plants, as well as at Freeport LNG due to mechanical problems that led to 3 of its processing...

Oil & Gas Transportation

Canada increases loan warranties for Trans Mountain pipeline to C$ 19 bln

The Canadian federal government has guaranteed another C$ 1 billion ($ 731 million) in commercial loans for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, taking the total governmentbacked loan facility to C$ 19 billion, Trans Mountain's quarterly incomes declaration showed on Thursday. The growth project, which has so far cost C$ 34 billion, almost triples capacity to ship oil from Alberta to Canada's. Pacific coast to 890,000 barrels each day. It began commercial. operations on May 1 after years of hold-up. While the oil industry in Canada, the world's. fourth-largest manufacturer, has invited expanded access to. overseas markets, challengers of the task...

LNG

EUROPE GAS-Prices rangebound as supply rebounds

LONDON, May 29 - Dutch and British wholesale gas rates were rangebound on Wednesday early morning as maintenance outages in Norway reduced and supply rebounds. The benchmark front-month agreement at the Dutch TTF center inched up by 0.21 euro to 33.76 euros per megawatt hour (MWh) by 0917 GMT, while the July contract edged up by 0.01 euro to 33.89 euros/MWh, according to LSEG data. In the British market, the June contract was 0.08 pence greater at 80.85 pence per therm. There isn't a clear instructions at the moment. Norwegian supply is healthier however demand isn't that strong, a gas...

Oil & Gas Exploration

Glenfarne seeks 5 more years to build Texas LNG export plant

U.S. energy company Glenfarne Group LLC has actually asked federal energy regulators to offer it until November 2029 to put its proposed Texas LNG export plant into service, according to a filing provided on Tuesday. Texas LNG is one of more than three lots LNG export plants being established in the U.S., Mexico and Canada, a few of which have been under development for many years. The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved building of Texas LNG in November 2019. That order provided the business five years, until November 2024, to construct the facility and location it into service. We...

Energy Markets

Glenfarne looks for five more years till 2029 to construct Texas LNG export plant

U.S. energy business Glenfarne Group LLC has actually asked federal energy regulators for five more years until November 2029 to put its proposed Texas LNG export plant in Texas into service, according to a filing offered on Tuesday. Texas LNG is one of more than three lots LNG export plants being established in the U.S., Mexico and Canada, some of which have actually been under advancement for several years. The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). approved building and construction of Texas LNG in November 2019. That order. offered the business 5 years till November 2024 to build the. center...

Fossil Fuels

Energy Transfer broadens Permian presence with $3.25 bln WTG Midstream purchase

Energy Transfer said on Tuesday it would purchase WTG Midstream Holdings in an offer valued at about $3.25 billion, the latest acquisition in the midstream sector aimed at broadening transportation and processing network in the Permian Basin. Dealmaking in the pipeline sector has actually been getting lately as some companies look to cut expenses, while others seek to scale and access to appealing oil and gas producing areas such as the Permian basin and export facilities on the U.S. Gulf Coast. The WTG offer, anticipated to close in the 3rd quarter of 2024, will make up $2.45 billion in cash...

Oil & Gas Transportation

EUROPE GAS-Prices mainly lower on Norwegian flows, wind output

LONDON, May 28 - Dutch and British wholesale gas rates mostly decreased on Tuesday early morning on higher Norwegian exports and above-normal wind power output. The benchmark front-month contract at the Dutch TTF center was down 1.43 euros at 33.80 euros per megawatt hour (MWh) at 0755 GMT, according to LSEG information. The July agreement was down 1.00 euro at 34.10 euros/MWh, while the British month-ahead agreement inched down by 0.45 pence to 81.60 cent per therm. Circulations from Norway are rebounding following outages and the existing upkeep schedule from the start of June will have a. negligible impact from...

Europe

Natural Gas

What will take place when the Ukraine gas transit deal expires?

Ukraine will not extend a. fiveyear deal with Russia's Gazprom on the transit of. Russian gas to Europe when it ends at the end of the year,. prompting recipient nations to seek options. Because the Ukraine war, Norway has surpassed Russia to end up being. Europe's leading pipeline gas supplier and the EU has actually increased. melted gas (LNG) imports from the U.S. and other. countries. WHAT IS THE UKRAINE GAS TRANSIT ROUTE? The Ukraine gas transit path, concurred upon by Moscow and. Kyiv in 2019, allows Russia to export gas to Europe to Ukraine. However, transit volumes dropped 28.5%...

Fossil Fuels

Europe gas supply dangers alleviate as crucial Norway pipeline due back Friday

An interruption affecting Norway's. gas exports to Britain that sent out costs skyrocketing on Monday will. likely be repaired by Friday, easing supply crunch issues but. still serving as a fresh pointer of Europe's reliance on. Norwegian gas. Europe's benchmark gas price, the Dutch front-month agreement. , alleviated on the news that the repair work would be restricted. in time, shedding 4% to 34.93 euros/MWh by 0925 GMT. Monday's blackout had driven up European gas costs on Monday. to a peak of 38.56 euros - their greatest level considering that December. Gassco associated it to a fracture in a two-inch...

Fossil Fuels

Italy, Germany, Austria sign cooperation deal on southern hydrogen link

Italy, Germany and Austria have signed an arrangement to work together on the advancement of a network to transfer hydrogen from the southern Mediterranean to northern Europe, the energy ministries of the three nations said on Thursday. The main announcement, which confirms what sources told on Tuesday, marks a concrete step in the European Union's technique to protect sustainable hydrogen products by 2030 to assist decarbonise its most polluting industries. The Southern Hydrogen Passage will supply renewable hydrogen imports from North Africa through southern Italy and further connect to the significant hydrogen demand hubs in Italy, Austria and Germany, the...

Western Europe

North Asia

Oil & Gas Equipment

Russian tanker group Sovcomflot anticipates sanctions to cut 2024 incomes

Russia's leading tanker group Sovcomflot said western sanctions and changing market conditions might cut its earnings this year, a. uncommon admission from a significant Russian business of the damage. western constraints versus Moscow are having. The U.S. imposed sanctions on Sovcomflot, which was. formerly among the world's leading tanker operators, in. February, in an effort to minimize Russia's profits from oil. sales that it can utilize to support its military actions in. Ukraine. The primary reasons are that the company is under unrelenting. sanctions pressure, which makes it challenging to work, the. Interfax news firm priced quote Sovcomflot CEO Igor...

Environment

EUROPE GAS-Prices edge lower amidst strong supply and warm temperatures

LONDON, May 30 - Dutch and British gas rates edged lower on Thursday morning as a relieving in maintenance caused increased flows from Norway and warm temperatures suppressed demand. The benchmark front-month contract at the Dutch TTF hub inched down by 0.18 euro to 33.70 euros per megawatt hour (MWh) by 0801 GMT, while the July agreement slipped 0.23 euro to 33.90 euros/MWh, according to LSEG information. In the British market, the day-ahead agreement was down 1.25 pence at 81.00 pence per therm. Temperatures increase over the weekend and remain above ( seasonal) normal up until a minimum of completion...

Natural Gas Utilities

Bulgargaz happy to take legal action against Gazprom over damaged deal, acting energy minister states

Bulgarian state gas business Bulgargaz EAD is willing to take legal action against Russian energy company Gazprom for 400 million euros ($ 435 million) for breaking a. gas supply contract, the acting energy minister stated on. Thursday. In 2015, Gazprom suspended Bulgargaz' long-lasting agreement,. which covered 90% of the amounts of natural gas delivered by. Bulgargaz to customers. Gazprom stopped providing natural gas to. Bulgargaz in April 2022. Performing Energy Minister Vladimir Malinov stated Bulgargaz ´ s new. management will first demand the claim versus the company,. according to clauses in its handle Gazprom Export. If this does not happen,...

Oil & Gas

Some Urals flows to Asia diverted through Africa, India remains leading location

At least three tankers with Russian Urals oil on board picked a longer path to Asia around the Africa's Cape of Great Hope in March and April as military risks in the Red Sea stay high, 2 traders stated and LSEG information revealed. 2 tankers, Fos Picasso and Hydra, bring some 200,000 metric lots of Urals oil packed from Baltic in April went to India around Africa, while the vast bulk of the vessels with Russian oil have actually been selecting the shorter path by means of Suez channel and Red Sea, LSEG information shows. Many ships bring Russian items...

Oil & Gas Equipment

Russian Urals unrefined materials to Turkey struck record in March, LSEG data programs

Turkey's imports of Russia's flagship Urals crude increased to a monthly record of more than 12 million barrels in March, as Ankara stays the world's. second biggest importer of the grade after India, according to. LSEG information. Turkey became the most significant importer of Russian energy in the. Western hemisphere after Russia's military actions in Ukraine. triggered European countries to halt most imports of Russian oil. and gas. Urals exports to Turkey have actually increased much more because last year. following the deal in between Russian personal oil producer Lukoil. and Azerbaijan's Socar - an owner of 200,000-barrel-per-day. Turkish STAR...

Environment

Oil-rich regions in Kazakhstan brace for floods, Siberian rivers burst in Russia

Kazakhstan braced on Friday for levels on the Ural River to rise sharply, something that might threaten 2 of its western areas and key oil facilities, while Russia came to grips with floods in and near Siberia. Both countries have in the last couple of weeks fought the worst floods in decades, which have required 10s of thousands individuals to evacuate. Hundreds of individuals were developing a 7-km (4.3-mile) barrier on Friday along the Ural River in the town of Yanvartsevo, in the West Kazakhstan area, about 20 km from the Russian border, which officials stated would likewise secure the...

Crude Oil

EU Parliament authorizes legal choice to obstruct Russian LNG imports

The European Parliament voted on Thursday to pass rules allowing European governments to restriction Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports, by preventing Russian firms from booking gas facilities capability. The European Union has prevented imposing sanctions on Russian gas, which some members rely greatly on. As a workaround, the brand-new gas policy intends to establish a. legal route for federal governments to block Russian gas shipments to. their nation though up until now no significant importer has indicated they. will utilize it. The new EU gas market guidelines enable governments to briefly. stop Russian and Belarusian gas exporters from bidding...

LNG

Russia's Arctic LNG 2 suspends gas liquefaction amid sanctions, absence of tankers, sources state

Novatek, Russia's largest producer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), has suspended production at its Arctic LNG 2 job due to sanctions and a lack of gas tankers, two sources familiar with the matter informed on Tuesday. The task had been wishing to begin business shipments in the first quarter of this year. But strategies were made complex in 2015 when it was included in Western sanctions over Russia's conflict in Ukraine, prompting foreign investors to freeze involvement and Novatek to issue a force majeure. The decision to suspend converting gas to LNG is a. blow to Russia's goal to capture...

Oil & Gas Transportation

Giant Kazakh oil field operator rejects spill reports

The operator of Kazakhstan's. giant overseas Kashagan oilfield denied reports of an oil spill. near the field and stated on Tuesday its centers were working. generally. Globus, an environmental organisation in the Main Asian. nation, said earlier on Tuesday that satellite images had. caught a large oil spill in the northern Caspian Sea near. Kashagan. Globus director Galina Chernova published on Facebook that a. slick of around 7 square km (2.7 square miles) had formed,. citing images from Sentinel-1A, a European satellite. However NCOC, largely owned by Western oil majors which operate. the field, said those satellite images showed some...

Energy Markets

Approved tanker NS Century reaches China port to release Russian oil

The oil tanker NS Century, which is under sanction by the United States, showed up at the Chinese port of Qingdao late on Thursday to discharge its cargo of Russian crude oil, LSEG shipping information revealed. The Russian-flagged tanker, operated by Russian shipping group Sovcomflot's (SCF) Dubai-based subsidiary SCF MGMT, is carrying about 700,000 barrels of Russian Sokol crude. It is the fourth U.S.-sanctioned tanker to dock at Chinese ports this month to clear a backlog of Russian Sokol crude saved on ships. Nevertheless, the previous ships - Liteyny Possibility, Krymsk and Nellis - had actually docked during temporary waivers...

Energy Markets

US targets Russia with numerous sanctions over Ukraine war, Navalny death

The United States on Friday imposed extensive sanctions versus Russia, targeting more than 500 people and entities to mark the second anniversary of Moscow's invasion of Ukraine and retaliate for the death of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. President Joe Biden stated the procedures aim to ensure Russian President Vladimir Putin pays an even steeper rate for his aggressiveness abroad and repression in the house. The sanctions targeted Russia's Mir payment system, banks and its military industrial base, sanctions evasion, future energy production and other locations. They likewise hit prison officials the U.S. states are linked to Navalny's death. Doesn't...

Oil & Gas Transportation

Decreased refining capability, sanctions require Russia to cut oil output

Russia on Sunday revealed extra voluntary cuts in oil supply primarily in the type of production cuts rather than exports, as it faced curtailed refining capacity as well as stricter sanctions, experts said. Russia has actually declared strategies to cut its oil output and exports by an additional 471,000 barrels each day (bpd) in April-June in coordination with some OPEC+ getting involved nations. While the world's second-largest oil exporter has been lowering 500,000 bpd in exports of petroleum and oil items in the very first quarter, it has decided to reduce export limits in the second quarter and focus on...