Clean Energy Fuels Adds Third LNG Train at California Plant

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. said adding a third train to its LNG plant would increase its capacity by 50%, a move an analyst said could reduce the company’s reliance on third-party suppliers and increase annual EBITDA by $2 million.

Woodside’s Sangomar Project Offshore Senegal Achieves First Oil

Woodside Energy achieved first oil offshore Senegal at the Sangomar development, which is the African country’s first offshore oil project.

UpCurve CEO on Keeping Production Pace, Exploring Larger Deals

UpCurve Energy CEO Zach Fenton, discusses the company’s growth plans for 2024 and how UpCurve’s well production has evolved, in this Hart Energy Exclusive interview.

Utica Oil: Encino Energy’s Liquids Wells Top the Charts in Ohio

Encino Energy’s first-quarter wells took the top five spots in Ohio as the company’s liquids output accounted for more than half of the state’s 7.23 MMbbl first-quarter total.

E&P Highlights: June 10, 2024

Here’s a roundup of the latest E&P headlines, including a decline in global drilling activity and new contract awards.

Petrobras to Reactivate ANSA Fertilizer Plant in Southern Brazil

Brazil’s state-owned Petrobras looks to restart operations at its Araucária Nitrogenados fertilizer plant, located in Brazil’s state of Paraná, in the second-half of 2025.

TotalEnergies Reserves Hull for Development Offshore Suriname

TotalEnergies operates Block 58, with partner APA Corp., and expects to make a final investment decision in fourth quarter 2024, while initial production is slated for 2028.

Texas Startup Hopes Fourth Time's a Charm to Build First Big US Oil Refinery Since 1977

Element Fuels Holdings, a Dallas-area startup proposing to build the first all-new U.S. oil refinery in nearly 50 years, on June 6 said it was relaunching efforts to build a large plant in South Texas.

Vital Energy’s 57 Miles of Completed Lateral: A Midland Mega-unit

Vital Energy’s 20-well unit in southwestern Glasscock County, Texas, is producing some 18,000 bbl/d from some 300,000 feet of horizontal hole — the equivalent of more than two marathons.

Found in Mitchell County, Permian Basin: 2.5-mile Wolfcamp Stepouts

Bayswater Exploration & Production has taken its Midland Basin oil play far east into Mitchell County where a high carbonate content “gives us a chance to really compete with the big guys.”