(The following article is from Aera Energy’s Website) Ready to gather around the table with family and friends for roast turkey and pumpkin pie? Thanksgiving is one of America’s most beloved holidays, but very few of the traditions we’ve come to know and love would be possible without the energy industry. As you celebrate on
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Shell plans to resume oil and gas exploration in Alaskan Arctic offshore waters for the first time since 2015, according to exploration plans filed with the state Sept. 17. The company seeks state approval to form an exploration unit covering 86,400 acres and 18 Alaska Beaufort Sea state offshore leases held by Shell. The company
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The Dakota Access oil pipeline will continue operating at least until the end of the year when a federal court will be ready to rule on a lawsuit demanding that the pipeline be shut down. December 2020 is the earliest time the court will be able to make a decision after reviewing all relevant documentation,
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BP said it completed the sale of its Prudhoe Bay oil and gas producing properties to closely-held Hilcorp Energy, ending 60 years as a top Alaskan oil producer. BP and other oil majors have reduced their production roles in the northernmost U.S. state as output slid and lower-cost fields emerged elsewhere. Hilcorp, known for buying
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The US oil and gas labor market is among the world’s most severely hit by the downturn that the COVID-19 pandemic has brought, a Rystad Energy analysis of the latest data from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics (US BLS) reveals. More than 100,000 oil and gas jobs have already been lost in total, with
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The Pipeline Leadership Conference announced that its 2020 event will be presented virtually in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To address safety concerns and travel restrictions, conference organizers will present the sixth annual conference live through an online platform on November 10, 12, 17 and 19, 2020. The theme for the 2020 Pipeline Leadership Conference
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Dominion Energy no longer plans to build a controversial natural gas pipeline along six miles of the American Tobacco Trail. North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Assistant Director of Communications Jamie Kritzer confirmed that the department “learned yesterday that Dominion Energy has rescinded the request to utilize NCDOT right of way along the American Tobacco
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Google says it will no longer build custom artificial intelligence tools for speeding up oil and gas extraction, separating itself from cloud computing rivals Microsoft and Amazon. A statement from the company followed a Greenpeace report that documents how the three tech giants are using AI and computing power to help oil companies find and
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Amid the chaos and confusion of the COVID-19 pandemic, work continues on Kinder Morgan’s Permian Highway pipeline that will carry natural gas from the Waha hub in the Permian Basin’s Pecos County to the Katy area along the Gulf Coast. Kinder Morgan, which is building the $2 million project in partnership with Midland’s EagleClaw Midstream
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Pipeline operators with full storage tanks are asking some Texas oil companies to stop production as the ongoing price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia has exacerbated a global supply while the pandemic has dramatically cut global demand. In a Saturday morning tweet, Texas Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton, one of three officials elected to oversee
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