The Texas Gulf Coast oil terminals sent abroad more crude than they received in April, the Energy Information Administration said this week. During that month, crude oil exports from the Houston-Galveston port district exceeded imports by 15,000 bpd.
The U.S. port district of Houston-Galveston in Texas recently began exporting more crude oil than it imported for the first time on record. Crude oil exports from the Houston-Galveston port district have increased since the restrictions on U.S. crude oil exports were lifted at the end of 2015.
The Angore pipeline is being built to connect the Angore gas field to the Hides gas conditioning plant. If an expansion is agreed upon, it will be underpinned by the more than 10 tcf of discovered undeveloped gas resource in the Elk-Antelope and P’nyang fields and potentially gas from the foundation project fields.
During the spring and fall, electricity demand is relatively low and decreasing. During the summer and winter when electricity demand is relatively high however, the amount of coal stockpiled at electric power plants has been decreasing.
Between 2008 and 2017, more than 103 gigawatts (GW) of renewable generating capacity entered service in the United States, of which only 14 GW is certified to have qualifying facility small power producer status under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA).
In gas, inventories were down by 700,000 barrels last week, compared with a build of 2.9 million barrels a week earlier but slightly above the seasonal average. Gasoline production averaged 10.2 million bpd, from 9.9 million bpd the week before last.
Drones are making inroads into the oil and gas industry, and these inroads could very well turn into highways for this technology in an industry that features a lot of surveillance and inspection work.
Natural gas production has been in decline, falling from a 2009 peak of 5.8 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) to 3.9 Bcf/d in 2016, based on estimates in BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy.
Further, per the BP Statistical Review of World Energy, the U.S. has been the world’s largest oil producer since 2014 (primarily because BP counts natural gas liquids as oil).
But it is easy to forget the view of the U.S. natural gas markets circa 2005. At that time, U.S. natural gas production had begun to decline. Natural gas spot prices regularly spiked above $10 per million British thermal units (MMBtu), and sometimes as high as $15/MMBtu.
Natural gas pipeline projects scheduled to come online in 2018 will bring additional supply to the Gulf Coast and support growing export markets.
The reason for this moderate gas demand is simple: lack of distribution infrastructure.
Construction costs for solar photovoltaic systems and onshore wind turbines declined, while construction costs for natural gas generators increased . Investment in electric generating capacity increased more than 50% from 2015.
Energy exports are likely to have an impact due to one of the fastest-growing economies in the world in international energy markets.
Natural gas production at the Sankofa fields, is estimated to yield up to 5.1m cu metres per day for 15 years or more.
Total electricity sales have returned to pre-Hurricane levels after the longest blackout in U.S. history. However, residential electricity sales appear to continue to lag historical levels, reflecting some continued outages.
Natural gas production had been in decline since the fracking boom that began in the middle of the previous decade. Production grew in the U.S. by an astounding 51 percent which pushed the U.S. back into the global lead.
The data shows a sustained slow decline in South Jersey, ongoing population spikes in swaths of Chester and Montgomery Counties, and stability in Bucks and Delaware Counties.
Natural gas inventories are at low levels, raising the risk that prices could receive a jolt this winter if a cold snap hits. The natural gas market is cyclical. Demand spikes in the winter as people and businesses turn up the heat, but consumption dips in spring and fall because of mild temperatures.
Natural gas production in the Appalachian region has grown faster than capacity to move the gas into U.S. markets, pushing down local prices. Natural gas is increasing prices