RasGas Co. Ltd. has completed a decade-long program to cut emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx) from a series of gas processing installations and related facilities at its LNG operations in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar, north of Doha. Source: News

Oil and gas companies in Texas, southern New Mexico, and northern Louisiana reported improved business activity for the second quarter and thus a more positive outlook for the rest of the year onward, according to executives responding to a quarterly Dallas Federal Reserve energy survey. Source: News

Magnolia Petroleum Co., a Dallas-based partnership of Burnett Petroleum Co. (BPC) and private equity firm CIC Partners, has acquired all of the assets of Famcor Oil Inc. Houston. Source: News

Malcolm Brinded, retired executive director of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, has been named president-elect of the Energy Institute, London, which also appointed four vice-presidents. Source: News

Finder Exploration Pty. Ltd., Perth, has been awarded a permit in the Vulcan subbasin in the western Timor Sea. Source: News

US commercial crude oil inventories, excluding those in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, dropped 4.1 million bbl during the week ended June 24 compared with the previous week’s average, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s latest Petroleum Status Report. Source: News

New requirements for project-level disclosure of financial payments to governments put US oil and gas companies working abroad at a competitive disadvantage, an industry representative warned. Source: News

Energy Transfer Equity LP (ETE), Dallas, declared the death of its merger agreement with Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, after Williams shareholders approved the deal. Source: News