Golden Pass LNG Likely Delayed After Engineering Firm Lays Off 4,400

An analyst estimated Golden Pass LNG’s in-service date could be set back six months and that the export terminal’s owners, Exxon Mobil and Qatar Energy, might try to retain workers formerly employed by Zachry Engineering.

TC Energy Shareholders OK Spinning Off Liquid Pipelines Business

TC Energy will spin off South Bow Corp., with its primary asset the Keystone oil pipeline, while shifting a hefty amount of TC Energy’s debt to the new company.

Chord Closes $4B Enerplus Acquisition for Williston Basin Scale

The Enerplus transaction gives Chord Energy another decade of drilling runway in the Bakken Shale play—the nation’s second-largest oil field.

Top Exxon Directors Cruise to Re-election Despite Activist Opposition

The campaign amounted to a test of whether top fund firms would rally to defend the small shareholders whose resolutions have put topics like the environment and workforce diversity at the center of many corporate annual meetings.

Earthstone’s Anderson Relaunches, Seeks Conventional

The new E&P PetroPeak Energy will also take a look at unconventional property in the Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk.

Top US Natural Gas Producer Chesapeake Energy Cuts Jobs

This week's layoffs follow its divestment of its Eagle Ford assets, not the company's pending merger with Southwestern Energy, Chesapeake said.

 

CGG to Change Name to Viridien

The company’s new ticker symbol will be “VIRI” and listed on Euronext Paris, effective May 21.

Exxon Appoints Maria Jelescu Dreyfus to Board

Dreyfus is CEO and founder of Ardinall Investment Management, a sustainable investment firm, and currently serves on the board of Cadiz Inc. and Canada-based pension fund CDPQ.

E&P BW Energy Undergoes ‘Technical’ Ownership Restructuring

The restructuring will not involve any change to the ultimate control of BW Energy as the shares currently held by BW Group will be sold to BW Energy Holdings.

Supply Disruptions Ahead as Canadian Rail Workers Vote for Strike

The union, representing more than 9,000 employees at Canadian National Railway and Canadian Pacific Kansas City, announced that 95% of its members approved of a strike, which could happen as early as May 22.