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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on applying its “blanket authorization” rules to a lot more gas pipeline projects than in the past. In today’s RBN blog, we discuss the proposal and what the planned change would mean for pipeline owners and developers.
With a line of sight to expanding pipeline capacity from the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin, producers plan to grow crude oil production. Today, we go through all the Alberta oil sands growth projects planned over the next several years.
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U.S. Gulf Coast crude exports fell to 4.7 MMb/d for the week ending June 12 (far right of chart below), but still remain above the 2026 year-to-date (YTD) average of 4.5 MMb/d. Europe reclaimed its position as the primary destination for U.S.
Keyera Corp. provided a business update on June 16, a few weeks after having closed the acquisition of Plains’ Canadian NGLs business.
U.S. LNG feedgas jumped by about 1 Bcf/d in the last week as the maintenance season winds to a close. Corpus Christi and Freeport are back to full operations.
U.S. LNG feedgas demand averaged 17.9 Bcf/d for the week ending June 14 (see blue-dotted line below), up 0.95 Bcf/d week-on-week.
Rising demand for natural gas in the U.S. Northeast and regions to its south and west is spurring the development of gas pipeline projects that collectively will enable Marcellus/Utica E&Ps to ratchet up their production into the 2030s. In today’s RBN blog, we continue our review of these projects.
The Midland-to-Houston crude oil differential has undergone a dramatic round trip over the past several months.
NATGAS Permian is a weekly natural gas fundamentals analysis focusing entirely on the key market drivers within the Permian basin. The report contains details and forecasts around natural gas production, demand, pricing, and a summary of pipeline outflows and capacities from the Permian to neighboring regions.
The NGL business is one of the most logistically complex segments of the energy industry. To really make sense of it you need to step back and look at the big picture. That’s exactly what our new U.S. NGL Infrastructure Map provides — a comprehensive view of the entire NGL value chain.
U.S. oil and gas rig count slipped one rig to 562 for the week ending June 12 according to Baker Hughes data, as a two-rig decline in Gulf of Mexico outweighed gains in Anadarko (+1), the Eagle Ford (+1) and Haynesville (+1), while Permian (-1) and All Other (-1) also declined.
In Western Canada this week, the gas-directed rig count rose by four to 58 rigs, while the oil-directed rig count gained five to 119 rigs.
