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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Natural Gas
- West & Rockies Pipeline Flow Analysis - 9/29/2023
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- LNG Export Report - 9/29/2023
- Fundamental Natural Gas Report - 9/29/2023
- Early Look Natural Gas Updates - 9/29/2023
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- Criterion Research Industry Alerts - 9/28/2023
- Canadian Fundamental Natural Gas Report - 9/28/2023
- Natural Gas Storage Update - 9/26/2023
- Long Term Natural Gas Supply & Demand Report - 9/19/2023
- European Gas Storage Report - 9/18/2023
- Monthly U.S. LNG Export Project Updates - 8/15/2023
Crude Oil
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Crude Oil Highlights - 9/28/2023
Power
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U.S. Power Stack Update - 9/7/2023
Criterion's News Feed
- Enbridge Gas Holding Open Season for C1 FT on Dawn (Facilities) to Dawn (Vector) Path - 9/28/2023
- Eastman Chemical Company Divesting Texas City Ops to INEOS - 9/28/2023
- Australian Court Halts Woodsides Seismic Survey Efforts on Scarbrough Gas Project - 9/28/2023
- Exxon's Request to Truck Oil from Santa Ynez Unit in California Denied by Judge - 9/28/2023
- Trace Carbon Solutions & Molpus Woodlands Group Developing Evergreen Sequestration Hub in Louisiana - 9/28/2023
- Pipestone Energy Shareholders Approve Merger with Strathcona Resources - 9/28/2023
- Sunnova Secures $3 Billion Loan Guarantee Agreement with U.S. Department of Energy - 9/28/2023
- Ovintiv Receives Regulatory Approvals for Share Buy-Back Program Renewal - 9/27/2023
- U.S Interior Department Delays Gulf of Mexico Drilling Rights Sale - 9/27/2023
- LM Energy Holdings to Sell Assets of Touchdown Crude Oil Gathering System in New Mexico - 9/27/2023
- AES to Sell Minority Stakes in Dominican Republic and Panama Businesses for $190 Million - 9/27/2023
- Equinor Signs Five-Year Gas Sales Agreement with Austria's OMV for 12 TWh/Annum - 9/27/2023
- Equinor & Ithaca Energy Reach FID on Rosebank Phase 1 Development in UK - 9/27/2023
- Vista Energy Raises CapEx Plans for Vaca Muerta Shale by 60% Through 2026 - 9/27/2023
- Nucor & Helion Collaborating to Develop 500 MW Fusion Power Plant - 9/27/2023