Polish president seeks more US help in fighting Russian energy moves

The US and Poland will need to keep working together to fight European energy security threats represented by the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline and possible additional Russian-backed projects, Polish President Andrzej Duda said following a Sept. 18 White House meeting with US President Donald J. Trump. Source: News

CERI: Canadian LNG export economics not globally competitive

Additional government incentives and cost reductions will be required to make more Canadian LNG export projects globally competitive and attractive to investors, a Canadian Energy Research Institute study concluded. Otherwise, more announced projects could join the 16 that have been canceled since 2014, CERI warned in a Sept. 19 report recently released in Calgary. Source: […]

Linn, Roan Holdings to combine to form pure-play firm

Linn Energy Inc. and Roan Holdings LLC have agreed to combine their respective 50% equity interests in Roan Resources LLC into a publicly traded company, Roan Resources Inc., as part of a master reorganization agreement. Source: News

Sorrells promoted at Texas Railroad Commission

Danny Sorrells will serve as assistant executive director and oil and gas division director of the Railroad Commission of Texas. He has served as acting oil and gas division director since Aug. 1. Source: News

BLM issues final oil, gas waste prevention rule with reforms

The US Bureau of Land Management issued a final waste prevention, or venting and flaring, rule for oil and gas operations on land that it oversees. “Sadly, the flawed 2016 rule was a radical assertion of legal authority that stood in stark contrast to the longstanding understanding of Interior’s own lawyers,” Deputy Interior Sec. David […]

Elixir Petroleum set to move on Mongolian CBM project

Elixir Petroleum Ltd., Perth, has signed a production-sharing contract for the Nomgon IX coalbed methane project in the Gobi Desert of southern Mongolia. The PSC was signed by Golden Horde Ltd., a private company in South Australia established in 2011 with the sole purpose of building a CBM project in Mongolia. Source: News

ADNOC commissions PDH unit at Ruwais integrated complex

Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. subsidiary ADNOC Refining has reached full production of polymer-grade propylene from its newly commissioned propane dehydrogenation unit at its more than 800,000-b/d integrated Ruwais refining and petrochemical hub in the UAE. The PDH unit processes propane from ADNOC’s gas processing installations as well as the 417,000-b/d West refining plant of […]

EIA: US crude inventories decrease 2.1 million bbl

US crude oil inventories, excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, decreased by 2.1 million bbl for the week ended Sept. 14, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration. At 394.1 million bbl, US crude oil inventories are about 3% below the 5-year average for this time of year, the report indicated. Source: News

MARKET WATCH: NYMEX oil, gas prices rise on US-China trade tensions

The light, sweet crude oil prices for October gained nearly $1 on the New York market Sept. 18 to settle at $69.85/bbl while the Brent crude contract for November delivery also jumped nearly $1 in London to settle just above $79/bbl. Source: News