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14 May 2021

Xcel to buy lower-emissions gas for Colorado customers

13 May 2021

Electricity and gas utility Xcel has struck a deal to buy natural gas with strict greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions controls for its customers in Colorado.

Line 5 fight escalates as Michigan’s shutdown deadline passes

13 May 2021

Enbridge has kept its Line 5 pipeline operating beyond the deadline that Michigan had set for a shutdown, in an escalation of their dispute over the project’s fate.

Shell makes Gulf discovery with Leopard

13 May 2021

Royal Dutch Shell announced this week that its Shell Offshore subsidiary had made a “significant” oil discovery at the Leopard prospect, in the deepwater US Gulf of Mexico.

Colonial Pipeline hack sounds alarm for greater OT security

13 May 2021

Companies active in the oil and gas industry – and in all other sectors of critical infrastructure – should start thinking now about how to guard against the next cyberattack.

Sempra likely to push Port Arthur LNG FID back to 2022

13 May 2021

Sempra Energy said last week that it would likely delay the final investment decision (FID) on its proposed Port Arthur LNG export terminal in Texas to 2022.

NorthAmOil: Cyberattack knocks out Colonial Pipeline

11 May 2021

A ransomware cyberattack on Colonial Pipeline has been described as one of the most disruptive digital ransom schemes ever reported.

API blasts AMLO for amending oil and power laws

11 May 2021

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has come under fire from the API for his efforts to ensure that state-owned companies continue to dominate the domestic energy sector.

First-quarter results illustrate recovery

7 May 2021

Results for the first quarter of 2021 for super-majors and independents alike show the industry recovery from the worst early impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

HollyFrontier to buy Shell’s Puget Sound refinery

7 May 2021

HollyFrontier has agreed to buy Royal Dutch Shell’s Puget Sound refinery near Anacortes, Washington State, for $350mn.

Suncor’s first quarter bolstered by stronger prices

7 May 2021

Canada’s Suncor Energy has reported a net profit of CAD821mn ($674mn) for the first quarter of 2021, marking a reversal of a CAD3.5bn ($2.9bn) in the same quarter of 2020.

EQT to buy Alta Resources in $2.9bn Marcellus deal

7 May 2021

US-based EQT has struck a deal to buy Alta Resources Development for $2.93bn in cash and stock.