The state joins North Dakota, Wyoming and Louisiana in securing approval from the Environmental Protection Agency for Class VI well primacy for carbon capture and storage.
Sentinel Midstream’s Texas GulfLink crude loading platform is the second Gulf Coast project to receive a permit.
The price of Brent crude oil did reach $77 on Feb. 18 before falling back with news that members of the Trump Administration were holding talks with their Russian counterparts.
The former administration of President Joe Biden had halted permitting for all of 2024.
Enbridge’s CEO Greg Ebel says the company doesn’t see a major effect on its business with such a “hard-wired” system.
The Trump administration has laid off about 1,200 to 2,000 workers at the Department of Energy.
Expand Energy COO Josh Viets said society wants the reliability of natural gas, but Liberty Energy CEO Ron Gusek said midstream projects need to catch up to meet demand during a discussion at NAPE.
If confirmed by the Senate, Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance, would oversee management of approximately 245 million acres of surface lands.
A consortium led by Exxon Mobil has requested environmental permits from Guyana for its eighth project, the first that will generate gas not linked to oil production.
Environmental group Greenpeace made the move to sue the midstream company in Europe prior to an upcoming hearing brought by Energy Transfer.