A coalition of 19 Chambers of Commerce across Virginia sent the commonwealth’s two US senators, Democrats Timothy M. Kaine and Mark R. Warner, a letter expressing their strong support for the proposed Atlantic Coast Pipeline. Source: News

Eni SPA reported that the Laarich East-1 well in Tunisia’s Makhrouga-Laarich-Debbech (MLD) license encountered hydrocarbons in sandstone layers of Silurian and Ordovician age after reaching a final depth of 4,111 m. Source: News

State-owned Emirates National Oil Co. (ENOC) of Dubai has let a contract to a division of Technip SA for the design and construction of new processing and ancillary units as part of the main package of subsidiary ENOC Processing Co. LLC’s Jebel Ali condensate refinery expansion project. Source: News

According to data from the American Petroleum Institute, total US petroleum deliveries, a measure of petroleum demand, moved up 1.6% in August from the same period last year to average 20.1 million b/d. These were the highest August deliveries since 2007. Source: News

The light, sweet crude oil contract for October delivery dropped on the New York market Sept. 16 to end the week with a settlement just above $43/bbl, marking its lowest settlement in about 5 weeks. Brent crude oil for November delivery, meanwhile, also fell on the London market to settle below $46/bbl. Source: News

LyondellBasell Industries NV has decided to build its recently approved project for a US Gulf Coast high-density polyethylene (HDPE) plant at the company’s La Porte, Tex., manufacturing complex along on the south shore of the Houston Ship Channel (OGJ Online, July 29, 2016). Source: News

Terminology can seem to trivialize something that is actually quite important. Consider US marginal crude oil and natural gas wells. Individually, they produce 10 b/d of crude or 60 Mcfd of gas or less. Collectively, they matter a lot, a recent Interstate Oil & Gas Compact Commission report showed. Source: News