Governments can’t require the replacement of cheap energy by expensive energy without increasing the cost of energy. But they can waste a lot of money pretending otherwise. Source: News

Williams Cos. Inc. has started its second extraction plant fed by off-gases from a Canadian bitumen upgrader. Source: News

Saudi Aramco has commissioned offshore Hasbah natural gas field, part of the two-field Al Wasit gas project. Source: News

California’s two US senators asked US President Barack Obama to form an investigation task force led by the US Department of Energy to investigate the cause and effects of the leak from Southern California Gas Co.’s Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility, whether the facility can safely be operated, and necessary steps to protect other […]

BP Trinidad & Tobago (BPTT) reported that it will make an investment decision in this year’s fourth quarter on whether to develop its Angelin gas field 40 km offshore Trinidad and Tobago’s east coast. Source: News

Rangeland Energy has started development of the South Texas Energy Products System (STEPS). STEPS will receive and store refined products, LPG, and other hydrocarbons at a new terminal in Corpus Christi, Tex., and transport them to terminals primarily in Mexico. Source: News

The overall US drilling rig count dropped 12 units to 464 units working during a week ended Mar. 24 shortened by the Good Friday holiday, according to Baker Hughes Inc. data. Source: News