Exec sees Texas condensate exports soaring
Texas could be exporting 1 million barrels per day of an ultra-light oil known as condensate if oil companies have their way.
View ArticleNew crude export campaign launches
Free-market economists are launching an initiative to tout the promise of crude exports on Thursday, buttressing separate campaigns by oil companies and their allies on Capitol Hill.
View ArticleBHP Billiton to export condensate overseas
BHP Billiton is preparing to export a processed, ultra-light oil overseas without the government's explicit authorization -- a move likely to be mimicked by other energy companies eager to sell crude...
View ArticleFeds to beef up oil & gas data amid drilling surge
The federal government will soon begin collecting more information about the amount of oil and gas pouring out of wells across the United States, with the data likely to drive policy debates in the...
View ArticleMagellan condensate splitter in Corpus Christi gets clearance
A $250 million condensate splitter proposed for Corpus Christi got clearance from federal regulators on Friday, bringing it one step closer to construction.
View ArticleFeds offer guidance to would-be oil exporters
Oil processed in distillation towers is broadly okay for export, according to the new guidance document from the Commerce Department. But oils that are simply run through heater treaters are still...
View ArticlePressure for oil exports subsiding, Obama aide says
The combination of dropping oil prices and recent government guidance on oil exports is relieving some of the pressure to loosen trade restrictions on crude, John Podesta said.
View ArticleReport: Crude exports would boost production, lower gas prices
This is the first report to examine the issue in light of the recent decline in oil prices, now slashed to less than half their June 2014 high.
View ArticleDelta challenges Obama administration on oil exports
Delta Air Lines' refining subsidiary is accusing the Commerce Department of easing the nation's longstanding ban on crude exports after "secret meetings" with oil companies.
View ArticlePemex loses bid to recover stolen gas proceeds from Shell, BASF
A Houston federal judge threw out the claims last year after finding Mexico’s national oil company waited too long to pursue U.S. buyers of its stolen natural gas liquids.
View ArticleCheniere exec says company is moving ahead on $550 million La Quinta project
A top Cheniere executive provided an update on the project at an energy conference in Houston on Monday, months after the company first revealed that it was hoping to build a marine and storage...
View ArticleExporting the US Shale Boom
After already writing about Indiana Jones this week, and kicking off this post with an homage to The A-Team’s Hannibal (George Peppard, of course), you may think that I am stuck in the eighties, but I...
View ArticleCommentary: Exporting the U.S. Shale Boom
After already writing about Indiana Jones this week, and kicking off this post with an homage to The A-Team’s Hannibal (George Peppard, of course), you may think that I am stuck in the eighties, but I...
View ArticleEagle Ford Shale counties top Texas production for October
Communities in the Eagle Ford Shale topped the state’s list of the biggest crude oil, condensate and natural gas producers in October, according to preliminary data released this week by the Texas...
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