Archive for the ‘Other Unconventional’ Category
Producing states receive guidance on managing induced earthquakes
September 29th, 2015 by Latest News
Officials from oil and natural gas producing states worked with scientists and industry advisors to compile a primer intended as a policy-guiding document to help states develop strategies to manage induced seismicity.
Continental Resources Inc., Oklahoma City, has entered a deal with Badlands NGLs LLC, Denver, for the long-term supply of ethane to Badlands’ proposed polyethylene (PE) production plant to be built in North Dakota.
North Dakota regulators give Bakken producers extension to meet flaring requirements
September 25th, 2015 by Latest News
The North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) gave the oil and gas industry 10 extra months to reduce the amount of associated natural gas flared at oil wells, citing industry’s comments that pipeline construction delays have made it all but impossible to meet existing targets.
North Dakota regulators give Bakken producers extension to meet flaring requirements
September 25th, 2015 by Latest News
The North Dakota Industrial Commission (NDIC) gave the oil and gas industry 10 extra months to reduce the amount of associated natural gas flared at oil wells, citing industry’s comments that pipeline construction delays have made it all but impossible to meet existing targets.
Pay more attention to public perceptions of fracing, speaker urges
September 23rd, 2015 by Latest News
Public impressions of unconventional oil and gas production in general and hydraulic fracturing in particular suggest more work needs to be done to give people actual information that will help them make intelligent decisions, a speaker at a Sept. 22 R…
AER allows Nexen to resume operations of more lines at Long Lake
September 17th, 2015 by Latest News
Alberta Energy Regulator has allowed Nexen Energy ULC to resume operations on 10 more lines at its Long Lake oil sands project, but 45 lines remain shut in after a leak in July of 5,000 cu m of emulsion.
Two revolutions
September 14th, 2015 by Latest News
Muted as the subject has been early in a presidential political cycle, energy offers savvy candidates the raw material for attention-grabbing drama. The US approaches a politically forced choice between two energy revolutions.
Alberta Energy Regulator has approved resumption of operations on 40 pipelines related to utilities at the Long Lake oil sands project operated by Nexen Energy ULC. Some 55 lines remain shut in.
PTT Global Chemical (PTTGC), Thailand’s integrated petrochemical and refining company, has let a contract to a team led by Fluor Corp. for front-end services related to construction of the company’s proposed petrochemical complex in Belmont County, Ohio.
Unconventional production raises unexpected tax questions, forum told
September 1st, 2015 by Latest News
Unconventional oil and gas resource development has raised unexpected taxation questions that potentially could strain federal, state, and local government relationships, a public policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars s…