Is FERC having a change of heart for LNG plants modifications and expansions and possibly reducing paperwork?

Happy Tuesday!  Hope you were able to keep warm, today. 

Did anyone happen to read the Oil & Gas Journal’s OGJ Daily Update Newsletter on November 26, 2025, their article titled, “FERC grants extension to Sempra’s Cameron LNG, explores certain blanket authorizations for LNG plants”?  In the article, it speaks on how in November the U.S. Federal Energy Regulation Commission (FERC) placed a Notice of Inquiry (NOI) in the Federal Register to get feedback on if they should create a blanket certificate program for specific activities at LNG plants like they have for interstate pipelines.  The activities which would most likely be under this certificate program would possibly include some modifications and expansions which would reduce time wasted on waiting for federal approval.  FERC is considering the change due to advances in innovation and expertise in the LNG industry.  The comment period is 60 days on the NOI. 

On another note, Sempra Infrastructure’s Cameron LNG project in Louisiana received a five-year postponement for their start date for operation which now will be March 16, 2033.  Sempra needed guarantees for their lenders of their federal approvals, so they may be able to make a final investment decision.    We will let you know, if we hear any other updates on FERC’s decision to proceed with LNG blanket authorizations!  If you would like to read more of the Oil & Gas Journal’s article, please click the link:   FERC grants extension to Sempra's Cameron LNG, explores certain blanket authorizations for LNG plants | Oil & Gas Journal.

If you would like to see FERC’s proposed rules for blanket certificates, please click the link: Federal Register :: Authorizations for Certain Activities at Liquefied Natural GasPlants.

Don’t forget to check out our ESC website or contact us via the email in the Blog, if you have a hydrocarbon liquids project you would like to see get off the ground or you would like to see what’s under your feet to help with your emissions!  

We hope you have a wonderful evening!  Keep warm!

U.S. EIA Monthly Reports for MER, Petroleum Supply, Biofuels, and Others are now available!

Happy Monday!

Welcome back to another week of ESC News Blog.  We hope you had a nice time away from the office enjoying the company of your family and friends, and maybe some good food.  Let’s get started.

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released their monthly reports for Petroleum Supply, Biofuels, and Others for November 2025, they are now available on the EIA website.

See what happened in the Monthly Energy Review (MER) by clicking the link: Total Energy Monthly Data- U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

See what happened in the Petroleum Supply Monthly by clicking the link: Petroleum Supply Monthly - Energy Information Administration.

See how crude moved in the Monthly U.S. Movement of Crude Oil by Rail by clicking the link: U.S. Movements of Crude Oil by Rail.

See what happened in the Company Level Imports by clicking the link: Company Level Imports - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

See what happened in the Monthly Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production by clicking the link: EIA-914 monthly production report.

See what happened in the Natural Gas Monthly by clicking the link: Natural Gas Monthly Report.

See what happened in the Monthly Biofuels Capacity and Feedstocks Update by clicking the link: Monthly Biofuels Capacity and Feedstocks Update - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

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Happy Thanksgiving!

 Wishing you a bountiful Thanksgiving and a holiday weekend with fun and family.  Cherish your moments!  Happy Thanksgiving from us at Energy Specialists Consulting!

DOI adding 34 oil and gas lease sales in their new five -year plan.

Happy Wednesday!  Hope you have been able to get more prepare and cooking done for Thanksgiving tomorrow!  Let’s get started!

We have been keeping tabs on the current administration’s Department of the Interior and how they are opening up oil and gas to help with America attain energy dominance.  Well, we have more federal waters opening up to the offshore oil and gas industry.   

Did anyone see The Houston Chronicle’s Business Section on November 21, 2025, they reprinted an article from the Associated Press titled, “New offshore oil drilling planned for Calif., Florida coasts”?  In the article, it speaks on how the U.S. Department of Interior Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) will be opening up some of California and Florida offshore as well as offshore Alaska in a new five-year plan with a possible 34 oil and gas lease sales.  The BOEM announced last week they have a new five-year plan for oil and gas lease sales which includes six offshore lease sales for designated areas of California between 2027 and 2030, and around 100 miles offshore Florida in designated areas will have around seven lease sales.  In addition, the BOEM has planned for offshore Alaska up to 20 lease sales in designated areas including a new area in the High-Arctic by 2030.  The stakeholders and individuals still have time to add their comments to the Federal Register 60-day commenting period for the 5-year lease plan.  We will let you know, if we hear anything else on this offshore plan.  If you would like to read more of the article on PressReader.com, please click the link: PressReader.com - Digital Newspaper & Magazine Subscriptions

If you would like help in looking into how to update your hydrocarbon transportation systems, contact us via email in the Blog and check out ESC's website for contact information!

We hope you have a wonderful evening and a great week! 

Enjoy your time with your family and friends!  Happy Thanksgiving!

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Eiger Express Pipeline is increasing its pipe size to accommodate clientele’s demand.

Happy Tuesday!  Hope you are preparing for Thanksgiving, and giving extra time for all the traffic which is out, today! 

We always enjoy letting you know an update on one of our previous stories! Well, a blog from last month was in the news today.  A joint venture which announced a final investment decision in August has increased their pipeline’s capacity; WhiteWater and their partners have decided to go one further with their Eiger Express Pipeline.

Did anyone happen to read the Oil & Gas Journal’s OGJ Daily Update Newsletter on November 25, 2025, their article titled, “Whitewater to expand Eiger Express Permian gas pipeline to 3.7 bcfd”?  In the article, it speaks on WhiteWater and its joint venture Eiger Express Pipeline has made an announcement on increasing the size of their proposed 450-mile natural gas pipeline from 42-inch diameter pipe and 2.5 bcfd of LNG to 48-inch pipe and 3.7 bcfd of LNG which will be able to pass all the way to a hub in Katy, Texas from West Texas.   Eiger Express will connect Katy, Texas to the Permian Basin and it will follow the path of their Matterhorn pipeline.  This joint venture expects the pipeline to be in operation by the Summer 2028.  We wish them luck getting their permits and keeping the project on schedule and within budget.  We will let you know, if we hear any other updates on our previous blogs!  If you would like to read more of the Oil & Gas Journal’s article, please click the link:   WhiteWater to expand Eiger Express Permian gas pipeline to 3.7 bcfd | Oil & Gas Journal.

Don’t forget to check out our ESC website or contact us via the email in the Blog, if you have a hydrocarbon liquids project you would like to see get off the ground or you would like to see what’s under your feet to help with your emissions!  

We hope you have a wonderful evening! 

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DOE’s Office of the SPR accepted two companies’ proposals for refilling one million barrels of sour crude at Bryan Mound.

Happy Monday!  Welcome back to another week of ESC News Blog!  We hope you were able to keep dry today.  Let’s get started.

At this point, you know how we enjoy writing follow-ups or updates for our Blog!  We wrote about the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) several times last year for having either purchased or returned to them crude oil to fill this American asset.  Well, the U.S. DOE Petroleum Reserve’s Office was fairly quiet at this year nonetheless they have awarded a contract for the last request for barrels! 

Did anyone happen to read the DOE’s CESER Updates Newsletter for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve on November 12, 2025, their update included, “The U.S. Department of Energy announced contracts have been awarded for the acquisition of one million barrels of oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)”?  In the DOE’s updates, the Office of Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) has announced they have agreed to buy approximately one million barrels of sour crude oil for the SPR in Bryan Mound.  The SPR posted a solicitation back in October for one million barrels for delivery between the end of the year through January 2026.  The award was announced on November 12, 2025.  The SPR received eighteen proposals from six companies, and two companies’ proposals qualified for the contracts, and they are Trafigura Trading LLC (600 MB) and Energy Transfer Crude Marketing LLC (300MB) with an approximate cost of $56 million.   The SPR currently holds approximately 411.4 million barrels with 151.8 million sweet crude and 259.6 million sour crude and the capability to hold 700 million barrels.  The current award will add to its sour crude supply.  We will keep you posted on anything else we hear from the SPR.  If you would like to read more of the announcement from the DOE’s Office of Strategic Petroleum Reserves, please click the link: Energy Department Awards Contracts to Begin Refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve| Department of Energy.

If you would like help in looking into how to transport your liquid petroleum product efficiently, safely, and with less of a carbon footprint or just find out what is underneath your feet to help with your emission reduction goals, contact us via email in the Blog and check out our ESC website!

We hope you have a wonderful evening!

**Disclaimer: Please see the update from CESER for specifics. **

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released 3 Annual Coal Reports, and they are now available on their website!

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released their annual reports for Annual Coal Distribution Report, Annual Coal Report, and U.S. Coal Reserves, they are now available from the EIA website. 

Check out what happened in the Annual Coal Distribution Report by clicking the link: Annual Coal Distribution Report - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Check out what happened in the Annual Coal Report by clicking the link: https://www.eia.gov/coal/annual/.

Check out what happened in the Annual U.S. Coal Reserves Report by clicking the link: https://www.eia.gov/coal/reserves/.

Don’t forget to check out our ESC website!  We are always here to help you out with your next project to transport your hydrocarbon liquids!

Hope you have a wonderful evening!

U.S. EIA released its Country Analysis Brief for Nigeria, and it is now available!

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released their Country Analysis Brief for Nigeria, so check it out on the EIA website. 

See what happened in Nigeria’s Analysis Brief by clicking the link: https://www.eia.gov/international/overview/country/NGA.

Don’t forget to check out our ESC website!  We are always here to help you out with your next hydrocarbon project!  We may be able to help you with pre-fabrication drawings for those of you producing modular LNG skids and other equipment. 

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Have a nice and relaxing weekend! 

See you next week for another week of ESC News Blog!

U.S. EIA Weekly Updates for Petroleum & Other Liquids, Natural Gas, Propane, and Coal are all now available!

Happy Friday! 

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) Weekly Reports for Petroleum and Other Liquids, Gasoline and Diesel Fuel, Natural Gas, Propane, and Coal for the week ending November 21, 2025, are all now available from the EIA website. 

See what happened in the Weekly Petroleum Status Report by clicking the link: Weekly Petroleum Status Report - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

See what happened last week in Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update by clicking the link: Gasoline and Diesel Fuel Update - U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).

See what else happened last week in Natural Gas Weekly Update by clicking the link: Natural Gas Weekly Update (eia.gov).

See what happened last week in Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report by clicking the link: Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report - EIA.

See what happened this week on the Weekly Natural Gas Dashboard by clicking the link: Natural Gas Storage Dashboard (eia.gov).

See what happened last week in the Heating Oil and Propane Update by clicking the link: Heating Oil and Propane Update - Energy Information Administration (eia.gov).

See what happened last week in Coal Markets Report by clicking the link: https://www.eia.gov/coal/markets/.

Note: Please be aware there is a Federal Holiday on Thursday, November 27, 2025, and some of the EIA updates will be delayed to another day or released early.  

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Tonight, in the UIL Playoffs: Lamar Texans are playing the Strake Jesuit Crusaders.  Go Texans!

We hope you have a fun and relaxing weekend!    

We hope to see you next week for another week of ESC News Blog!

Learnings from the HFP’s Monthly Luncheon from Tuesday, November 18, 2025.

Happy Thursday!  

We went to the “Leaders in Industry” Speakers’ Series Luncheon on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, which is a joint gathering of the Houston Producers Forum (HPF), Independent Petroleum Association of America (IPAA), and Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO) which is held at The Petroleum Club of Houston.  The speaker was Mike Howard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Howard Energy Partners (HEP).    Mr. Howard gave an interesting talk on how on HEP and the future of energy.   He spoke on how HEP is diversified with several energy products including but not limited to hydrogen, natural gas, and etc. 

HEP is a private company which allows them more freedom then a publicly held company.  HEP ownership is management companies and private investors, for example Aimco.  There are no proxies to answer, they don’t have to follow trends which allows them to be diversified, and capital drives their business.  They have learned to be where their customers need them to be which has made them grow and be more diversified.  Mr. Howard considers HEP a builder of infrastructure.  His company fills the gap between someone with a resource and someone who needs the resource this is where midstream comes in and where his company strive to fill that gap.  An example of this is how HEP brings energy from the Eagle Ford Shale to Monterrey, Mexico.  They bring energy from the Permian Basin to where their clients need it.  They had even applied for the Texas Energy Fund for financing for a LNG power plant but in the end decided to go another avenue.  HEP is trying to move energy.    

The country needs to be pro-energy.  In embracing this concept, it means being pro-climate and anti-poverty.  An energy rich country is never a poor country nor is there such a thing as a high-income country with low energy.  Energy helps fuel an economy by bringing in investment and good paying jobs. 

In a previous encounter with Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, Mr. Howard learned a company needs a purpose.  After some thought, he believed more energy to more people should be the direction of HEP.  This is why HEP is in the midstream business to connect the dots.   

Energy needs to be abundant, reliable, and affordable.   The current administration is trying to help with these goals by streamlining permitting and removing redundancy between agencies which will reduce costs and time.  There was a time permitting took days or couple months, now it takes years or decades and this is where the current administration is trying to help and this will reduce cost.  Mr. Howard spoke of pipeline project to Monterrey which cost $1 billion nonetheless a project in the states for a shorter pipeline could cost upward of $9 billion this is what needs to change.  Mr. Howard infrastructure takes long-term thinking and there is no energy transition.  We need to embrace all energy sources including renewables and LNG. China has realized this and builds all energy sources and we need to do that, too. China has added more energy to their grid then we have.  Between 1950 and 2000 it was the largest buildout, nonetheless we have slowed and this is why they are ahead of us. We need to add more transmission lines and pipelines to get energy out to the country and the world.  We need to do these things, if we are going to have energy dominance. 

Thank you, Mike Howard!  You are an interesting and informative speaker, and we wish you and HEP continued success keeping energy flowing.  

 It was a very nice talk, and we hope to see you next time!  If you would like to learn something, check out the next luncheon for HPF which will be in January, please click the link: Oil & Gas Luncheons & Events | Houston Producers Forum.

If you need help with planning your next hydrocarbon project and getting your product to your customers or storing it, contact us via the email in the blog and check out our ESC website!

Have a good evening!

 

BOEM has recommended date for the second Oil and Gas Lease Sale for Gulf of America’s Outer Continental Shelf.

Happy Wednesday!

We have an update to the latest announcement from Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM) and Gulf of America (Mexico) and their regularly scheduled Oil and Gas Lease Sales. We blogged on the BOEM having announced a final date in December for BBG1 lease sale and now they have a tentative second date.  

Did anyone happen to receive the News Release from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) on November 19, 2025, their News Release titled, “BOEM Proposes Second Gulf of America Lease Sale Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act”?  In the release, it speaks on how Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) under the direction of One Big Beautiful Bill Act (BBBA) (H.R.1) has announced a recommended date for the second of thirty Gulf of America (Mexico) lease sales.   The Oil and Gas Lease Sale (BBG2) has a tentative date of March 11, 2026.  Again, like the BBG1 lease sale the BOEM has lowered the royalty rate to 12.5% for this proposed sale, ever since the price of crude oil is still low.  The proposed BBG2 lease sale submitted around 80 million acres of the Outer Continental Shelf which have been divided into 15,000 unleased areas of various depths and distances from shore.  The Federal Register will have the Proposed Notice of Sale for BBG2 issued tomorrow, November 20, 2025, which will open the 60-day comment period for local and state governments.   We let you know, if we hear anything else from the BOEM on a final notice on BBG2 or anything else.  If you would like to read more of the BOEM’s News Release, please click the link: BOEM Proposes Second Gulf of America Lease Sale Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act| Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

If you would like help in looking into how to transport your liquid product efficiently and with less of a carbon footprint, contact us via the email in the Blog and check out our ESC website!

We hope you have a wonderful evening and a great week!

**Disclaimer: Please see the News Release from the BOEM for exact information. **

 

HPF lunch is today!

 Happy Tuesday! 

We hope to see you the Houston Producers Forum (HPF) Monthly Luncheon, November 18, 2025, 11:30 AM to 1 PM.  The luncheon will be held at The Petroleum Club, 1201 Louisiana St., Floor 35, Houston, Texas 77002.

The guest speaker is Mike Howard, Chairman and CEO of Howard Energy Partners.  It should be an interesting talk on his thoughts on the oil and gas industry and midstream in particular.  We hope to see you there!

If you need help with planning your next hydrocarbon liquids project, contact us via the email in the Blog and check out our ESC website!

We hope you have a great and productive week! 

Greater Houston Port Bureau’s Women in Maritime Fall Happy Hour is this evening!

Happy Monday!  Welcome back to another week of ESC News Blog!  Hope you had an enjoyable weekend. 

We hope you reserved your place for this evening’s event for the Greater Houston Port Bureau’s Women in Maritime Happy Hour at the Houston International Seafarers Center from 4:30 P.M. to 6:30 P.M.

We are looking forward to Guest Speaker, Dana Blume, Executive Director of the Houston International Seafarers Center.  Ms. Blume should be speaking about the seafarers home away from home, and how the Center is always there for Maritimers to help them when they need it. If you would like more details, please click the link: Women in Maritime Happy Hour - - Greater Houston Port Bureau.

We hope to see you there!

If you need help with planning your next hydrocarbon liquids project in this low carbon world, contact us via the email in the Blog and check out our ESC website!

We hope you have a great and productive week!  Keep cool!

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released the Electricity: Emissions Report by plant and by region, and it is now available on their website!

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released their annual report for Electricity: Emissions by Plant and by Region - Final Annual Data for 2024; it is now available from the EIA website. 

Check out what happened in the Electricity: Emissions by plant and by region, Final Data for 2024 by clicking the link: Emissions by plant and by region.

Don’t forget to check out our ESC website!  We are always here to help you out with your next project to transport your liquids!

Have a safe and relaxing weekend! 

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released their Monthly STEO Report; it is now available on their website!

Happy Friday!

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released their Monthly STEO Report for week ending November 14, 2025, it is now available from the EIA website. 

Check out what happened in the Monthly Short Term Energy Outlook by clicking the link: Short-Term Energy Outlook - U.S.Energy Information Administration (EIA).

We are always here to help you out with your next hydrocarbon project to move your product or help you reduce your emissions!  You may reach us by the email in the Blog! Don’t forget to check out our ESC website! 

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Have a good weekend!