U.S. Silica Upgrading Its Mine Fleet
In June 1998, an experiment to access gas trapped over a mile deep in the Barnett Shale north of Fort Worth, Texas, using sand, water and chemicals ignited a natural gas boom that rippled across…
Glut Upends Market For Frac Sand
For the last six years, Kevin Bowen has made a good living selling sand to operators and oil-field service providers who use it to complete horizontal wells. It was a lucrative market tied to the…
Oxygenates, Metals Leaching Into U.S. Oil Supply Chain
The complex web of U.S. pipelines, tanks and export terminals that’s helped make America the world’s top oil producer is causing a headache for some crude buyers, industry analysts say.
As various types of crude…
NPGA Opposing Efficiency Standard
National Propane Gas Association (NPGA) has joined the American Public Gas Association (APGA), American Gas Association (AGA), and others to urge the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to withdraw a 2015 proposed energy efficiency standard…
Loan Approved For LNG Plant
Venture Global LNG, a U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project developer, said it has secured a $220 million bridge loan from with Morgan Stanley Senior Funding Inc. and associated lenders. Proceeds will be used…
CNG Is Safe Fuel, Data Show
There are many misconceptions about how safe compressed natural gas (CNG) is as a vehicle fuel. This is the same fuel used to heat houses, clothes dryers, stoves, etc., but it is compressed usually to…
World Markets Racing For LNG
Liquefied natural gas (LNG) is playing an increasingly important role in the global energy mix, driven by its environmentally friendly characteristics, versatility and relatively cheap price. LNG is perceived as a transition fuel that can…
Gas Glut Creating Mixed World Market
Surging production of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) and slower growth of demand in Asia this year could leave companies that have committed to long-term purchase contracts struggling to find markets, analysts say. Over the…
Consolidation Reshaping LNG Sector
The recent geographical developments in the liquified natural gas (LNG) industry are occurring at a time of consolidation. The $53 billion combination of Royal Dutch Shell and BG Group has created the world’s largest LNG…
Fuel Sector Sees 2 Acquisitions
Quarles Petroleum Inc., a regional provider of residential and commercial fuel based in Fredericksburg, Va., signed a purchase agreement to acquire Revere Gas, a third generation, family-owned retail propane gas distributor based in Hartfield, Virginia…
Natural Gas Usage to Grow, EIA Report Says
U.S. natural gas market trends from 2018 are expected to continue this year into 2020, including relatively stable Henry Hub natural gas prices and increasing natural gas production and exports, according to the U.S. Energy…
Bottini Fuel Plead Guilty
Bottini Fuel of Wappingers Falls, N.Y., pleaded guilty to falsifying business records and agreed to pay more than $3.2 million in restitution and civil damages, the New York Attorney General announced recently. The criminal conviction…
