Articles by Joe Fisher

Texas Operator Says Oil Price Slump Could Impact Future Drilling Plans

Clayton Williams Energy Inc. (CWEI) is tweaking its Eagle Ford Shale fracking operations and experimenting with downspacing. In the Delaware Basin, three of its recent wells ran into trouble, and the Midland, TX-based independent said it is monitoring the pullback in oil prices as it considers plans for next year. Read More

30-Mile Marcellus-Focused Pipeline Draws Customer Interest

Prospective customers have stepped up for a sufficient amount of firm capacity on a proposed 30-mile extension of the Central New York Oil & Gas Co. LLC (CNYOG) pipeline system during a nonbinding open season, CNYOG parent Crestwood Midstream Partners LP said Monday. Read More

Industry Brief

Researchers Develop Tracers to Track Frack Fluid

The National Science Foundation said Monday that scientists have developed new geochemical tracers that can identify hydraulic fracturing flowback fluids that have been spilled or released into the environment. Read More

Alaska Seeking 20,000 ANWR Acres for Oil/Gas Development

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has improperly mapped the western boundary of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), including nearly 20,000 acres within ANWR that the state of Alaska believes should be under its jurisdiction, according to Gov. Sean Parnell. Read More

Would-Be Florida LNG Importer Sees Promise in Cross-Gulf Trade

Port Dolphin LLC has asked FERC for more time to complete a pipeline for its proposed liquefied natural gas terminal off the Florida coast... Read More

Industry Brief

LNG First-Mover Algeria Seeking to Grow Exports

It was 50 years ago this month that the Methane Princess delivered the world's first commercial liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from Algeria to the United Kingdom. Much has changed since, and notably, Algeria could see its profile as an LNG supplier grow while European consumers increasingly turn to the fuel as an alternative to pipeline gas from Russia. Read More

NGPL Offering Capacity on Expansion to Serve Chicago Area

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC (NGPL) is holding a binding open season through Nov. 17 for the potential expansion of its Gulf Coast mainline system from the Rockies Express Pipeline (REX) interconnection in Moultrie County, IL, to points north on NGPL's system. Read More

Undaunted by Commodity Prices, Kinder Morgan More Bullish on Midstream

When commodity prices are in decline, executives at Kinder Morgan Inc. get even more bullish about opportunities in the midstream sector. Read More