Oil and Natural Gas
Department of Transportation awards pipeline safety grant to Kansas Corporation Commission
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) recently awarded a grant to the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) to support its underground pipeline damage prevention efforts. The KCC will use the grant to fund one full-time employee de... Read More »Energy intensity of US manufacturing decreases while fuel use increases, EIA survey says
The energy intensity of U.S. manufacturing has continued to decrease, according to a recently-published Manufacturing Energy Consumption Survey (MECS) from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Specifically, from 2010 to 2014, U.S. manufacturing fuel consumption increased by 4.7 perce... Read More »Exports of crude oil, petroleum products reach record high
Crude oil and propane each reached record-high export levels of 0.9 million barrels per day (b/d) in the first half of 2017, and distillate exports increased to a record high of 1.3 million b/d. Canada received the most U.S. crude oil exports at 248,000 b/d in the first half of 2017 but importe... Read More »US crude oil production expected to increase into 2018, EIA report says
U.S. crude oil production will average 9.4 million barrels per day (b/d) in the second half of 2017, up by more than 340,000 b/d compared to the first half of the year, according to a recent Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Production... Read More »PESA Supply Chain Committee discusses digitalization in oil, gas industry
The Petroleum Equipment and Services Association (PESA) Supply Chain Committee recently met at Sigma Fasteners for a roundtable discussion on digitalization in the oil and gas sector. Led by committee member Chris Welsh, CEO of OFS Portal, the roundtable participants discussed what a digital com... Read More »House subcommittee hears draft legislative overhaul of oil and gas permitting on federal lands
The House’s Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources held a discussion this week regarding legislation known as the ONSHORE Act, which would allow states with their own regulatory programs greater power in permitting on federal lands. The bill is meant to give them more capabilities for oil... Read More »Dan Naatz