Natural gas already is reducing US greenhouse gas emissions more effectively than what congressional Democrats proposed in their Green New Deal Resolution, US Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), who chairs the Energy and Natural Resources Committee’s Energy Subcommittee, said on Feb. 14.
The US natural gas and oil industry broke several records in January, according to the latest Monthly Statistical Report from the American Petroleum Institute. US total petroleum demand, as measured by total domestic petroleum deliveries, was 20.7 million b/d in January, which was down 0.2% from December but up 1.1% compared with January 2018. This was the strongest petroleum demand for January since 2005.
The US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, in coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration, issued a final rule requiring railroads to develop and submit comprehensive oil spill response plans covering route segments used by high hazard flammable trains.
Light, sweet crude oil prices gained for a third consecutive trading session on the New York market Feb. 14, settling above $54/bbl. Meanwhile, the gap between Brent and US futures widened with Brent settling at about a $10/bbl premium above light, sweet crude. Analysts said oil prices also climbed this week because of expectations that US President Donald Trump would extend a March deadline for implementing additional US tariffs on Chinese goods. Trade talks are continuing.
Vintage Energy has acquired 100% and operatorship of onshore Bonaparte basin permit EP 126 in the Northern Territory from Beach Energy. The 6,700-sq km permit stretches east from the border of Western Australia and Northern Territory to the Victoria River and contains the Cullen-1 wildcat drilled by Beach in 2014 that encountered strong natural gas shows in a thick fractured carbonate reservoir.
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