Progress Energy CEO Johnson Urges Flexibility and Customer Protection in Implementing EPA Rules

The U.S. electric utility industry faces an “unprecedented convergence of new federal environmental rules – unprecedented in scope of change and compression of deadlines,” Progress Energy Chairman, President and CEO Bill Johnson told utility regulators Monday in Washington. And the “current fragmented approach, coupled with rapid-compliance... 

BPZ Energy Announces $50 Million 2011 Capital Expenditures Plan

BPZ Resources, Inc. announces the 2011 capital expenditures plan, approximating $50 million, for continued development of the Company’s assets in northwest Peru. The majority of the capital budget is expected to be spent on offshore Block Z-1, primarily for the design and construction of an additional production platform for the Corvina oil field;... 

Exxon profit up, tops Street on taxes and output

Exxon Mobil Corp reported a better-than-expected 53 percent increase in quarterly profit, helped by a lower tax rate and a surge in natural gas production in the United States and Qatar. Oil demand rose last year and the U.S. government expects another 1.5 percent gain this year as businesses’ and consumers’ appetite for fuels like diesel... 

Global Expenditure on Oil & Gas Field Machinery to Reach $121 Billion in 2011

The report analyzes and forecasts the growth of the market over the next ten years, highlighting the countries and subsectors with strong growth prospects within the market. The research determines global expenditure on oil & gas field machinery to be $120.6 billion in 2011. The report forecasts and assesses the global spending in the oil &... 

MarkWest Energy Partners Announces Public Offering of Common Units

MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. announced today that it is commencing a public offering of 3,000,000 common units. The Partnership has granted the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase a maximum of 450,000 additional common units to cover over-allotments, if any. The Partnership intends to use the net proceeds from the offering, as well as any exercise... 

Lucas Energy Board Approves $6 Million 2011 Capital Budget

Lucas Energy, Inc. , an independent oil and gas company, reported today that its directors have approved a record level $6 million capital expenditure budget for 2011. “We are excited about the approval and content of our 2011 capital program, which was funded through a recent equity offering,” commented William A. Sawyer, president and... 

Denbury Completes Sale of its Interests in Encore Energy Partners LP; CO2 Injections Commence at Hastings Field

Denbury Resources Inc. today announced that on December 31, 2010 it closed the previously announced sale of its ownership interests in Encore Energy Partners LP (NYSE:ENP – News) (“ENP”) to Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC (NYSE:VNR – News) (“Vanguard”). Denbury sold to Vanguard 100% of its interest in ENP’s general partner and... 

Harvest Operations Announces $1.4 Billion Capital Budget

Harvest Operations Corp. announced today that its Board of Directors has approved a budget for 2011 that includes an $1.4 billion capital expenditure program intended to boost upstream production and improve downstream operational efficiencies. John Zahary, Harvest’s President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “In 2011, our plan is to continue... 

Gulf Coast Fractionators Announces Expansion of Its Natural Gas Liquids Fractionation Facility

Gulf Coast Fractionators, a partnership among ConocoPhillips, Devon Energy Corporation and Targa Resources Partners LP announced plans to expand the capacity of its natural gas liquids fractionation facility located in Mont Belvieu, Texas. The maximum gross fractionation capacity of the facility will be expanded by approximately 42 percent (43,000 barrels... 

Unique Safety Milestone Celebrated by Colonial Pipeline

Colonial Pipeline today celebrated 10 million hours of employees working without a lost work-time injury. The safety milestone represents more than seven years of employees working safely. In congratulating employees, Colonial CEO Tim Felt reminded that working safely is a job that starts fresh every day. “We are rightfully proud of this accomplishment,...