In another little milestone heralding the acceleration of U.S. energy exports, Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) said that Friday it loaded its first contracted LPG cargo on the Commander, a very large gas carrier (VLGC) that departed the Freeport, Texas, terminal on Dec. 16. The company said that the Freeport LPG Export Terminal is now fully operational and has the ability to
Husky Energy (ticker: HSE) announced today that its capital expenditure program for 2017 will be in the range of $2.6-2.7 billion and is expected to be fully funded within cash flow from operations. Husky said its overall sustaining and maintenance capital requirements have decreased about 25% over the last two years and are forecast to be in the range of $2.2-2.3
Tesoro Corporation purchases Western Refining Tesoro Corporation (ticker: TSO) announced a definitive agreement Thursday under which it will acquire Western Refining Inc. (ticker: WNR) at an implied current price of $37.30 per Western share in a stock transaction, representing a 22% premium to the company’s closing price Wednesday. The equity value of the deal is $4.1 billion and includes the
International Maritime Organization legislation looks to lower emissions from ships to 0.5% from 3.5% by 2020 A push for cleaner fuels in the world’s maritime industry could drastically change the appetite of the world’s refineries, and the producers of heavy crude oil. By 2020, ships around the world will have to cut their sulfur emissions to 0.5% from 3.5% currently,
Combination Creates Fourth Largest Specialty Lubricants Producer in North America HollyFrontier Corporation (ticker: HFC) today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Suncor Energy’s Petro-Canada Lubricants business for CAD $1.125 billion (or approximately $845 million based on the exchange rate at time of signing), including working capital with an estimated value of CAD $342 million (or approximately
Records 3Q production of 3.8 million boe/d, $2.7 billion earnings The world’s largest publicly-traded oil company gave its 3Q 2016 earnings call this morning. Jeff Woodbury, Vice President of Investor Relations, was on the call while CEO Rex Tillerson was not present. The company logged earnings of $2.7 billion, a 38% decline from 3Q 2015, as well as capital and
Total: “positioned to be the most profitable European major oil company” French oil major Total (ticker: TOT) reported its third quarter earnings today. The company has continued to send the same message every quarter, focusing on increasing production and declining operational costs and capital spending. “We expect the environment to remain volatile but based on our 2015 and first half
Haynes and Boone looks at new EPA guidelines The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has published new final Control Techniques Guidelines (CTGs) targeting volatile organic compound emissions from existing oil and natural gas equipment and processes in certain states and nonattainment areas. The agency looked at all the points where it found that emissions can occur throughout the oil and natural
Ethane’s domino effect in Pennsylvania The shale energy revolution is famous for jump-starting natural gas production in Appalachia, with Pennsylvania and Ohio at the center of a drilling boom during the past decade from which thousands of people flourished from good jobs related to natural gas extraction. But putting people to work drilling and producing natural gas and building pipelines to transport it
From Stratfor China is reportedly planning to merge the Sinochem Group and the China National Chemical Corp. (ChemChina) into a giant chemical company worth more than $100 billion. Both state-owned enterprises, however, have officially denied the merger talk. If China does, in fact, combine the two, it would create a downstream giant with a refining capacity of about 1 million
Marathon Sells CO2 and Waterflood Assets in West Texas and New Mexico Marathon Oil Corp (ticker: MRO) announced on Monday that it has signed an agreement to sell certain non-operated CO2 and waterflood Permian assets in West Texas and New Mexico for $235 million, excluding closing adjustments. The effective date for the transaction is September 1, and the deal is
Wells Fargo NGL Snapshot Examines U.S. Supply, Demand, and Fractionation Capacity With the arrival in Norway of the first ethane shipment from Enterprise Products Partners’ terminal in Morgan’s Point, Texas on September 22, Oil & Gas 360® took a look into the current state of the U.S. natural gas liquids market, as outlined in Wells Fargo’s September NGL Snapshot. May
