Recent News
First Solar Developing $1.1 Solar Manufacturing Facility in Louisiana 8/11/2023
First Solar has decided to develop its next fully vertically integrated solar manufacturing facility at the Acadiana Regional Airport in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. The $1.1 billion facility will have a nameplate manufacturing capacity of 3.6 GW and should be online in the first half of 2026. The company’s current projects include the development of 12 GW in new nameplate manufacturing capacity in the US & India that will phase online from the second half of 2023 to 2025.
Notably, First Solar expects the investment to create more than 700 direct manufacturing jobs within Louisiana. First Solar’s workforce is expected to rise from its current 2,500 to more than 4,000 by 2026 as they expand operations in Louisiana, Alabama and Ohio.
YPFB Makes Significant Oil, Natural Gas Discovery in Bolivia 8/8/2023
Bolivia's state-run oil company, Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos (YPFB), has discovered a natural gas reservoir at the Remanso-X1 well. The well's positive results are estimated to yield approximately 0.7 Tcf of resources and 52 MMbbl of liquids, according to President Luis Alberto Arce Catacora.
This breakthrough aligns with YPFB's strategic Upstream Reactivation Plan, aiming to reactivate mature or closed fields to boost oil and gas production and reduce imports of fuels.
- 4/11/2023 - Tellurian Chairman Comments on Recent Land Deal, Discussing $7B in Financing with Banks Next Week
- 4/3/2023 - Battalion Oil Reports 4Q22 Production of 15.7 Mboe/d; Down from 4Q21 Volumes of 17.3 Mboe/d
- 3/8/2023 - Keystone Pipeline to Reduce System Pressure amid Corrective Action Order from PHMSA
- 3/7/2023 - U.S. Solar Panel Imports from China Reportedly Increasing As Officials Clarify Rules
- 3/7/2023 - Guyana Now Eyeing Development of Natural Gas Reserves as Crude Oil Production Accelerates
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Upstream
1/18/2023 - Chesapeake Reportedly Going to Sell Brazos Valley Operations to Wildfire Energy for $1.4 Billion
12/9/2022 - Crescent Point Energy Purchases 65,000 Kaybob Duvrnay Acres From Paramount Resources For $375 Million
11/18/2022 - Nabors Launches RZR Module; Moves Forward with Fully Automated Land Drilling
11/9/2022 - Repsol Certifies 100% Production from Marcellus Shale
11/9/2022 - Surge Energy Purchases +3.8 Mboe/d in Crude Oil Producing Assets from Enerplus for $245MM
11/4/2022 - Marathon Oil Acquires Core Eagle Ford Assets from Ensign Natural Resources for $3.0 Billion
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Midstream
12/12/2022 - Trunkline Given Approval to Begin Construction on Aspects of Pipeline Modifications Project
11/29/2022 - District Court Judge Rejects Total Shutdown of Line 5 Pipeline
11/18/2022 - Zydeco Crude Oil Pipeline to Operate at Reduced Capacity Through Late December
11/17/2022 - TC Energy Resumes Full Operations on Keystone After Severe Storms Cut Patoka Power
11/10/2022 - TC Energy Sanctions VNBR Project; 0.5 Bcf/d NGTL Expansion.
11/2/2022 - ONEOK Recently Completed +1.1 Bcf in New Texas Storage Capacity; Adding +4 Bcf in Oklahoma by 2Q23
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LNG
12/28/2022 - Sempra Infrastructure Signs 15-Year LNG SPA with RWE for 2.25 Mtpa in Capacity from Port Arthur LNG Phase 1
12/9/2022 - Lubmin FSRU Delayed by a Few Weeks; Expected to Come Online at End of the Month
11/14/2022 - Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC Plans to Issue $430 Million of Debt Due in 2037
11/8/2022 - Gazprom Completes Checks at 174,000 cubic meter Marshal Vasilevskiy FRSU
11/2/2022 - NFE's Louisiana FLNG Project Expected to be Delayed to 2H23 - MarineLink
11/1/2022 - JBIC to Extend $674 to JERA to Help Them Source LNG
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- Southeast Pipeline Flow Analysis - 12/5/2023
- LNG Export Report - 12/5/2023
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- Early Look Natural Gas Updates - 12/5/2023
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- Natural Gas Highlights - 12/4/2023
- Natural Gas Storage Update - 12/1/2023
- Monthly U.S. LNG Export Project Updates - 11/30/2023
- Criterion Research Industry Alerts - 11/21/2023
- Long Term Natural Gas Supply & Demand Report - 11/17/2023
- European Gas Storage Report - 9/18/2023
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U.S. Power Stack Update - 9/7/2023
Criterion's News Feed
- Brookfield Abandons Origin Energy Takeover Bid Following Shareholder Rejection - 12/4/2023
- EQT Joins Oil and Gas Decarbonization Charter, Pledging Ambitious Emissions Reductions - 12/4/2023
- Venezuela Approves Referendum to Claim Essequibo Region in Guyana - 12/4/2023
- Chevron and Greek Cyprus Reach Accord on Aphrodite Gas Field Development - 12/4/2023
- Equitrans Midstream Reportedly Considering Potential Sale - Bloomberg - 12/4/2023
- EPA Finalizes Rules to Reduce Methane Emissions from Oil & Gas Industry - 12/4/2023
- PennEnergy Resources Receives 'Grade A' Certification for Methane Emissions Standards Excellence - 12/1/2023
- SilverBow Resources Closes on Purchase of Chesapeake’s Eagle Ford Assets - 12/1/2023
- Kazakhstan's Caspian Pipeline Consortium Restores Oil Loadings After Storm-Induced Disruption - 12/1/2023
- Williams Closes on DJ Basin Midstream Acquisitions Valued at $1.27B - 12/1/2023
- Sentinel Midstream Collaborates with ExxonMobil Pipeline to Expand Louisiana Energy Infrastructure - 12/1/2023
- BP Acquiring Remaining 50.03% Stake in Lightsource bp - 11/30/2023
- Occidental Petroleum Reportedly Considering a Bid for CrownRock - WSJ - 11/30/2023
- Capital Power Not Planning to Build Any New Canadian Gas Plants Amid Recent Clean Energy Proposals - 11/30/2023
- Tensions Rising Along Venezuela/Guyana Border Amid Territorial Dispute - 11/30/2023