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Reuters - Pipeline projects move ahead to tackle rising Texas shale output
Friday, 01/26/2018

December 29, 2017 – Reuters

Pipeline projects move ahead to tackle rising Texas shale output

By: Bryan Sims

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Several oil pipeline companies this month agreed to move ahead on multi-billion-dollar projects that would link Texas shale fields to Gulf Coast export hubs, offering new outlets for burgeoning output expected in 2018.

Crude production from two large Texas shale fields next year is expected to rise about 800,000 barrels per day, researcher East Daley Capital Advisors estimates. Most pipelines will not be finished...

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WSJ - Growing Gas Glut Threatens West Texas Oil Boom
Monday, 11/20/2017

November 20, 2017 – Wall Street Journal

Growing Gas Glut Threatens West Texas Oil Boom

Energy producers are running out of places to send all of their gas, possibly forcing them to cap wells, curtail drilling or set the gas aflame

By: Ryan Dezember and Alison Sider

Natural gas is gushing out of West Texas, a byproduct of frenzied drilling for oil. That is a problem for energy producers, who are running out of places to send it all.

Pipelines running from the region’s Permian Basin to the Gulf Coast’s chemical plants,...

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Bloomberg - Some U.S. Oil Is a Bit Too Dirty and Costly for an Asian Buyer
Tuesday, 11/14/2017

November 10, 2017 – Bloomberg Markets

Some U.S. Oil Is a Bit Too Dirty and Costly for an Asian Buyer

By: Ann Koh

Some condensate from U.S. shale fields is too dirty to justify the ultra-light oil’s price in Asia compared with the supply from the Middle East, according to a South Korean joint venture of French major Total SA…

…The supplies are getting tainted when pumped through pipelines on their way to storage, said Rusty Braziel, president of consultancy RBN Energy. These pipes are also used to transport heavy crude, meaning that...

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NGI - Flow Data Show Cheniere’s Sabine Drawing From Rover Volumes
Tuesday, 11/14/2017

October 27, 2017 - NGI's Daily Gas Price Index

Flow Data Show Cheniere’s Sabine Drawing From Rover Volumes

By: Jeremiah Shelor

In its first few months of service, the Rover Pipeline has opened up a route connecting Marcellus and Utica shale natural gas to liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports at Cheniere Energy Inc.'s Sabine Pass terminal, and it's shifted how gas flows between Appalachia and the Gulf Coast in the process, according to RBN Energy LLC.

Rover, sponsored by Energy Transfer Partners LP, began initial service on Sept. 1 on...

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NGI - REX Looks to Reload With DJ Output in Competitive NatGas Landscape
Tuesday, 11/14/2017

October 16, 2017 - NGI's Daily Gas Price Index

REX Looks to Reload With DJ Output in Competitive NatGas Landscape

By: Jeremiah Shelor

After seeing production declines in recent years, the Rockies region often goes overlooked in the North American natural gas supply landscape, overshadowed by the impressive growth in the Marcellus and Utica shales, and the promise of new associated gas output from oil-directed drilling on the Gulf Coast and Midcontinent.

It was a decade ago that Rockies supply, enticed by premium pricing in the Northeast,...

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