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Enbridge targets higher volumes on Canadian Mainline in 2023

Calgary-based Enbridge is expecting higher throughput volumes on its Canadian Mainline system in 2023 compared with the previous year.

Precision anticipates increases in WCSB drilling

Drilling among producers in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin (WCSB) is expected to rise in the coming years as prices remain high and so does demand, senior industry officials have said.

ExxonMobil selects technology providers for planned blue hydrogen plant

ExxonMobil has selected two providers of decarbonisation technologies – Honeywell and Topsoe – to support its planned blue hydrogen facility at its Baytown refining and petrochemical complex on the Texas Gulf Coast.

What’s next for PHRT’s Limetree Bay Refinery?

As the US EPA prepares to permit the removal of hazardous chemicals from the Limetree Bay Refinery, USVI Governor Albert Bryan Jr. accuses the agency of being politically motivated.

Plains predicts 2023 Permian output to grow by 500,000 bpd

Plains All American Pipeline (PAA) said it expects total crude oil production in the Permian Basin to rise by up to 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) in 2023, according to officials on an earnings call for the fourth quarter of 2022.

US oil M&As down in 2022 but 2023 could see a surge

In 2022, US upstream M&As totalled $58bn in 160 deals, with $13bn transacted in 26 deals during the fourth quarter, according to Enverus Intelligence Research. The full-year figure was down 13% compared with 2021.

Biden administration to sell 26mn barrels from SPR

The administration of US President Joe Biden is to sell 26 mn barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), one of the releases mandated by the US Congress in 2015 to bolster the budget.

TC reveals cause of Keystone spill in Kansas

TC Energy has pointed to several factors that it says caused the Keystone pipeline to rupture in December in rural Kansas.

Thailand’s largest coal producer to pursue US shale gas

Banpu, the largest coal producer in Thailand, has reaffirmed its plans to boost investments in US shale gas as it moves into lower-carbon resources.

Talos Energy completes acquisition of EnVen Energy

Houston-based oil and gas company Talos Energy has completed its acquisition of EnVen Energy. The deal doubles the deepwater facility footprint of Talos.

Freeport receives first LNG vessel since shutdown