BOE Report

Update on the Recommended Combination between Royal Dutch Shell plc and BG Group plc

THE HAGUE, Netherlands, December 21, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- NOT FOR RELEASE, PUBLICATION OR DISTRIBUTION, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IN, INTO OR FROM ANY JURISDICTION WHERE TO DO SO WOULD CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF THE RELEVANT LAWS OF THAT JURISDICTION  Royal Dutch Shell plc ("Shell") (NYSE: RDS.A)(NYSE: RDS.B) and BG Group plc ("BG") announce that, following satisfaction of the final pre-condition to the recommended combination and with the unanimous approval of both boards, BG is today seeking the [Read more]

Par Pacific Completes Refinancing Of Existing Retail Credit Facilities

HOUSTON, Dec. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Par Pacific Holdings, Inc. (NYSE MKT: PARR) ("Par Pacific" or the "Company") today announced that its wholly-owned subsidiaries, HIE Retail, LLC ("HIE Retail") and Mid Pac Petroleum, LLC ("Mid Pac"), have completed the refinancing and repayment of their existing senior secured credit agreements, the closing of which occurred on December 17, 2015. The new, consolidated $115 million credit facility includes a $5 million senior secured revolving credit [Read more]

Columbia Pipeline Group Announces Extension and Expansion of Columbia Gas Transmission System Modernization Program

HOUSTON, Dec. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC ("Columbia Transmission"), a subsidiary of Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc. (NYSE: CPGX) and Columbia Pipeline Partners LP (NYSE: CPPL) (together, "CPG"), has filed a customer agreement with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC") to extend its long-term system modernization program.  Columbia Transmission has requested FERC's approval of the customer agreement by March 31, 2016, which will allow critical planning and [Read more]

DTE Energy’s NEXUS project receives approval to transport natural gas from Ohio to Ontario

DETROIT, Dec. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- DTE Energy (NYSE: DTE) today announced that the Ontario Energy Board has approved applications from Union Gas Limited and Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. for 15-year contracts to move natural gas from the Appalachian Basin into the Union Gas Dawn Hub on the proposed NEXUS Gas Transmission system beginning in November 2017. "These approvals represent a significant milestone and confirm long-term support for our NEXUS pipeline from these local distribution [Read more]

NEXUS Gas Transmission Customers Receive Provincial Approval to Transport Natural Gas from Ohio to Ontario

HOUSTON, Dec. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Spectra Energy Corp (NYSE: SE) today announced that the Ontario Energy Board has approved applications from Union Gas Limited and Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. for 15-year contracts to move natural gas from the Appalachian Basin into the Union Gas Dawn Hub on the proposed NEXUS Gas Transmission system beginning in November 2017. "The NEXUS project represents a tremendous opportunity for customers to access natural gas from both the Utica and Marcellus [Read more]

Hugoton Royalty Trust Declares December Cash Distribution

DALLAS, Dec. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Bank, as Trustee of the Hugoton Royalty Trust (NYSE:HGT) (the "Trust"), today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.007122 per unit, payable on January 15, 2016, to unitholders of record on December 31, 2015. The following table shows underlying gas sales and average prices attributable to the net overriding royalty payments made by XTO Energy Inc. (XTO Energy) to the Trust for both the current month [Read more]

Cross Timbers Royalty Trust Declares December Cash Distribution

DALLAS, Dec. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Southwest Bank, as Trustee of the Cross Timbers Royalty Trust (NYSE:CRT), today declared a cash distribution to the holders of its units of beneficial interest of $0.115784 per unit, payable on January 15, 2016, to unitholders of record on December 31, 2015. The following table shows underlying oil and gas sales and average prices attributable to the current month and prior month distributions. Underlying Sales Volumes Average Price [Read more]

Expanded coal gas pre-drainage service capability announced by WellDog

BRISBANE, Australia, Dec. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- WellDog released today the third generation of its GasMapper coal gas assessment service, extending the successful service to use in the slim boreholes used widely by the coal mining industry. The service enables coal miners to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase mine safety by quickly and accurately identifying where carbon dioxide and methane occur in coal seams targeted for mining and how those gases can be drained safely and quickly [Read more]

Enerplus Announces Cash Dividend for January 2016

CALGARY, Dec. 18, 2015 /CNW/ - Enerplus Corporation ("Enerplus") (TSX: ERF) (NYSE: ERF) announces that a cash dividend in the amount of CDN$0.03 per share will be payable on January 15, 2016 to all shareholders of record at the close of business on December 31, 2015. The ex-dividend date for this payment is December 29, 2015. The CDN$0.03 per share dividend is equivalent to approximately US$0.02 per share if converted using the current Canadian/US dollar exchange rate of 0.7158. The U.S. [Read more]

Platts JKM™ for January-Delivered LNG down 26.5% Year-Over-Year

SINGAPORE, Dec. 17, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Prices of spot liquefied natural gas (LNG) for delivery to northeast Asia averaged $7.397 per million British thermal units (/MMBtu) for January, according to latest Platts Japan/Korea Marker (Platts JKM™) data for month-ahead delivery. The figure reflects the daily JKM assessment published by Platts, a leading global energy, petrochemicals and metals information provider and a premier source of benchmark price references, between October 16 and [Read more]