Another proposed LNG facility along the Louisiana Gulf Coast is moving forward.

Happy Wednesday!

We like to stay on top of the happenings around the Louisiana and Texas Gulf Coasts.  We blogged back in July 2025 of Venture Global bringing to light in a letter to FERC in which an influx of LNG projects in the region may bring difficulties in a shared channel (See our Blog July 7, 2025 for details).  We have news on another LNG facility in the region which received its U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) presidential approval back in late July 2026; see our blog for details.  Well, the project which is proposed at Louisiana’s southernmost port has moved forward.  Let’s see what they are doing. 

Did anyone happen to read the Oil & Gas Journal’s LNG & Transportation Report Newsletter on September 30, 2026, their article titled, “Argent LNG awards FEED LNG plant in Port Fourchon”?   The article goes on to speak on how Argent LNG LLC awarded its front-end engineering and design (FEED) to Tecnimont USA Inc.  In addition, Tecnimont USA will help with their U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) permitting, too. Once Argent LNG has their ducks in a row they will move into the next phase for their final investment decision and construction.  Argent LNG is aiming for four years until their first exports from the facility.  We will let you know, if we hear anything else on Argent LNG’s proposed Gulf Coast facility.  If you would like to read more of the Oil & Gas Journal’s article, please click the link Argent LNG awards FEED contract for proposed LNG plant in Port Fourchon | Oil & Gas Journal.

Our team has experience in developing hydrocarbon storage facilities as well as helping you transport your hydrocarbons, so if you too would like to get a project going, we’re here to help!  Don’t forget to check out our ESC website or contact us via the email in the Blog!

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DOE has opened the sixth RFP round of the Emergency Exchange Program for up to 40M barrels from the SPR.

Happy Tuesday!  Hope you were able to stay out of the rain this afternoon.  Let’s get started.

You know we like to keep up with the happenings at the Department of Energy’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR).  We have blogged on several of their strategic releases this year and their respective parties whose exchange offers were accepted.  The SPR should be 25% ahead once the oil is returned next year. Well, they are requesting offers again.    Let’s dig in. 

Did anyone happen to read the U.S. Department of Energy’s Hydrocarbon and Geothermal Energy Office Release on September 19, 2026, their announcement, “The United States Energy Department Continues Execution of Strategic Reserve Release Commitments”?  In the announcement, it goes on to speak on how the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently published a notice for Request for Proposal (RFP) from the Emergency Exchange Program for approximately 40 million barrels of crude oil from the SPR at either Big Hill or Bryan Mound to be delivered in either November or December.  This is the sixth RFP for exchange of crude the DOE has published in recent months, and as promised the U.S. has made available more than 133 million barrels over the past few months to ease the strain caused by the US-Iran War and the revolving door the Strait of Hormuz has been placed in.  In addition, the previous five RFPs combined have saved Americans $3 billion in refilling costs for the SPR.   The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is accepting Proposals until Tuesday, October 6, 2026; see News Release for specifics date and times.  The parties whose proposal is accepted have a year to return the barrels with additional oil.  We will keep you posted on anything interesting we hear out of the DOE and the SPR.  If you would like to read more of the Announcement from the U.S. DOE’s Hydrocarbons and Geothermal Energy Office, please click the link: The United States Energy Department Continues Execution of Strategic ReserveRelease Commitments | Department of Energy.

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We hope you have a wonderful evening and a productive week. 

**Disclaimer: Please see the Immediate Release from the U.S. DOE for specifics. **

 

Enbridge’s Line 5 in the news again.

Happy Monday!  Welcome back to another week of ESC News Blog.  We hope you had a relaxing weekend!  Let’s get started.

We have been blogging on Enbridge’s Line 5 for all of the obstacles which it has been maneuvering over the years trying to make a tunnel to protect the pipeline from vessel mishaps.   Well, Enbridge’s Line 5 is in the news for something different.    

Did anyone happen to read Storage Terminals Magazine’s Weekly Newsletter on September 28, 2026, their article titled, “Enbridge Responds to Line 5 Natural Gas Liquids Release in Wisconsin”?   In the article, it speaks on how Enbridge’s Line 5 had a mishap back in late August in Saxon, Wisconsin at its project site and their short-term rerouting of the pipeline is up and running.  Line 5 was struck by a vacant truck which bowled into the pipeline discharging natural gas liquids (NGLs). Work continues on the environmental cleanup at the site.  Enbridge’s Line 5 brings hydrocarbons to ten refineries in the Midwest and Great Lakes states. We wish Enbridge luck with Line 5.  If you would like to read more of Storage Terminals Magazine’s Weekly Newsletter’s article, please click the link: Enbridge responds to Line 5 Natural Gas Liquids release in Wisconsin – Storage Terminals Magazine.

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

We hope you have a wonderful evening and a great rest of your week!

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U.S. EIA released their U.S. Biofuels Plant Production Capacity Report; it is now available!

Happy Friday! 

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released their U.S. Biofuels Plant Production Capacity Report, it is now available on the EIA website. 

See what happened in the U.S. Biofuels Plant Production Capacity Report by clicking the link: https://www.eia.gov/biofuels/capacity/.

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Have a fun, safe, and relaxing weekend!  

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U.S. EIA Monthly Reports for Electric Power and others are now available!

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) released their September monthly reports for Electric Power and Electricity Update, they are now available on the EIA website.

See what happened in the Electric Power Monthly by clicking the link: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/.

See what happened in the Electricity Monthly Update by clicking the link: https://www.eia.gov/electricity/monthly/update/.

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

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Have a relaxing weekend!

U.S. EIA Weekly Updates for Petroleum & Other Liquids, Natural Gas, 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, and Coal for the week ending September 25, 2026, 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 happened last week in Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report by clicking the link: Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report - EIA.

See what happened last week in Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report Supplement by clicking the link: https://www.eia.gov/beta/naturalgas/weekly/supplement/.

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

See what happened last week in Weekly Coal Production by clicking the link: https://www.eia.gov/coal/production/weekly/.

We are always here to help you out with your next project to move your hydrocarbons or to update your equipment to help reduce your emissions!  Connect with us through the Blog email or give us a call: 281-901-5554!

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We hope you have a fun and relaxing weekend!  

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Rigid sails may be the next innovation for LNG carriers in the shipping industry and a collaboration to study this topic has a MOU.

Happy Thursday!

You know will like engineering innovations.  Back in 2024 we blogged on WindWings from BAR Technologies, and how their rigid sails helped reduce emissions and fuel savings.  Well, this innovative sail is in the news again. 

Did anyone happen to read the gCaptain Daily Newsletter September 16, 2026, their article titled, “WindWings Eyed for Next-Generation HD Hyundai LNG Carrier”?  In the article, it spoke on how a group have come together to study and design the what’s next for LNG carriers.  A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) has been authorized by BAR Technologies, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, Korean Register, and the Liberian Registry, and the group will be working together to try and determine if rigid sails will be able to fulfill all standards as well as reduce greenhouse gases and fuel consumption.    HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ 174,000-cubic-meter LNG carrier model with space near the bow will be having WindWinds propulsion system fitted on the vessel to test, if the system will help meet reductions the shipping industry is looking for to help the environment and fuel cost.  BAR Technologies has WindWings installed currently on many bulkers and tankers with over 20 separate sails with an estimated reduction of 100 tonnes of CO2 a day.  The Korean Register and Liberian International Ship & Corporate Registry will evaluate the model against all governing standards.  The collaboration of these companies is to help the LNG shipping industry find its way to reduce emissions before limits are implemented and carbon taxes arise.   We wish the companies luck in their collaboration in finding the what’s next for LNG carriers.  If you would like to read more of the gCaptain’s article, please click the link:   WindWings Eyed for Next-Generation HD Hyundai LNG Carrier.

If you would like help in looking into how to move your liquids and reduce your emissions, contact us via email in the Blog and check out our ESC website!

We hope you have a wonderful evening! 

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TAMU at Galveston’s TS Lone Star State vessel has arrived at port.

Happy Wednesday!

We love to write about things which connect to our previous blogs, and U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration’s (MURAD) National Security Multi-Mission Vessel (NSMV) Program has been in our Blog many times the last couple years as vessels are making their ways to our Maritime Academies around the U.S.  We wrote on our own Texas A&M University (TAMU) – Galveston Maritime Academy NSMV IV training ship, TS Lone Star State, and how it was christened back in July; and now we have some happy news on the ship.

Did anyone see the Greater Houston Port Bureau’s (GHPB) Newsletter on September 23, 2026, they reprinted an article from Texas A&M University at Galveston titled, “Texas A&M University At Galveston Celebrates Arrival of Training Ship Lone Star State”?   The article is on how MARAD’s NSMV VI training ship has arrived home September 8, 2026.  TS Lone Star State ship cost $325 million and is a multipurpose vessel to help train the next generation of mariners as well as help when aid is needed.  Texas A&M Maritime Academy is ready to put their ship to work training the next generation.   The article noted there will be formal ceremonies held next month to celebrate the ship.   Texas A&M Galveston will soon be celebrating its 65th year in educating Texans as well as the Texas A&M 150^th Anniversary is coming soon.     We wish Texas A&M Maritime Academy much success training our future mariners with their state-of-the-art vessel.  If you would like more information on Texas A&M University at Galveston’s article, please click the link: Texas A&M University at Galveston Celebrates Arrival of Training Ship Lone Star State - Texas A&M Galveston Newsroom.

Don’t forget to sign up for the GHPB’s Commerce Club Luncheon for October.  The next Commerce Club Luncheon is October 8, 2026, at 11 a.m.  The guest speaker at the next luncheon will be Paul Dittman, President of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (“GICA”).  Please check out their website, if you would like to sign up for their luncheon; October 2026 GHPB Commerce Club Luncheon - Greater Houston Port Bureau.

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

We hope you have a wonderful evening and a great rest of your week!  

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U.S. DOE is investing in projects to advance our knowledge base and techniques for geothermal.

Happy Monday! Welcome back to another ESC News Blog.

You know we like all kinds of energy, and we like to keep up with the happenings at the Department of Energy.  Well, looks like they are investing in innovations and data for the geothermal industry to help this budding industry.

Did anyone happen to read the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Geothermal Release on September 21, 2026, their announcement, “21 Projects Selected to Advance EGS Field Tests and Exploration Drilling”?  In the announcement, U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Geothermal up to $99 million to invest in twenty-one geothermal demonstrations or data gathering to help advance this budding industry.   The projects fall into one of two categories: field-scale EGS tests or exploration drilling.  Five projects will perform real world demonstration at various sub-surface levels and temperatures to help aid in further development of geothermal tech.  The projects will be led by Fervo Energy Company, Zanskar Geothermal and Minerals, AlterG Resources, University of Utah, and Quaise Energy.  Sixteen other projects will advance subterranean information by drilling and gathering the information to help identify new promising regions for the industry.  These projects will be led by Davinci EP LLC; University of Utah; Zanskar Geothermal and Minerals; Fervo Energy Company; San IIdefonso Services, LLC; GeoAlaska LLC; Hexagon Energy LLC; Greenfire Energy Inc.; TLS Geothermics Corp.; LiPower Geothermal; LLC, INTEK Inc.; Oriah Geothermal, LLC; XGS Energy Inc.; Raser Power Systems, LLC; 400C Energy Inc., and Invenergy Geothermal Development LLC.   The information these projects gather will be available through the DOE’s Geothermal Data Repository (GDR).  We wish these projects luck advancing our knowledge base of the subterranean, and the innovations needed to advance our energy needs.  We will let you know, if we hear anything else interesting for the U.S. DOE.   If you would like to read more of the Announcement from the U.S. DOE’s Office of Geothermal, please click the link: Pilots and Demonstrations: Next-Generation Field Tests and Drilling for New Resources| Department of Energy.

If you would like help in looking into how to store your liquid hydrocarbon safely in underground storage 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 and a productive week. 

**Disclaimer: Please see the Immediate Release from the U.S. DOE’s Office of Geothermal for specifics. **

 

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released their Densified Biomass Fuel Report, it is now available on their website!

Happy Friday!

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) released their Densified Biomass Fuel Report for week ending September 18, 2026, it is available from the EIA website. 

See what happened in the Monthly Densified Biomass Fuel Report by clicking the link: U.S. Energy Information Administration - EIA - Independent Statistics and Analysis.

Don’t forget to check out our ESC website!  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 follow our Blog to hear more on the ever-changing energy and marine industry!

Have a good weekend! 

U.S. EIA Weekly Updates for Petroleum & Other Liquids, Natural Gas, 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, and Coal for the week ending September 18, 2026, 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 happened last week in Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report by clicking the link: Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report - EIA.

See what happened last week in Weekly Natural Gas Storage Report Supplement by clicking the link: https://www.eia.gov/beta/naturalgas/weekly/supplement/.

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

See what happened last week in Weekly Coal Production by clicking the link: https://www.eia.gov/coal/production/weekly/.

We are always here to help you out with your next project to move your hydrocarbons or to update your equipment to help reduce your emissions!  Connect with us through the Blog email or give us a call: 281-901-5554!

Don’t forget to follow our Blog to hear more on the ever-changing energy and marine industry!

We hope you have a fun and relaxing weekend!  

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

Placement Area 14 now has a contractor; the work may begin.

Happy Thursday!

Well, we like to stay on top of what is happening along the Houston Ship Channel (HSC) and other waterways along the Texas Gulf Coast.  Project 11 is moving along, and Ike Dike is getting closer to reality, see our previous blogs on both.  Well, we have news on another smaller project moving along in the Gulf Coast region. Let’s dig in. 

Did anyone see the Greater Houston Port Bureau’s (GHPB) Newsletter on September 15, 2026, they reprinted an article from BAIRD Maritime titled, “Ahtna wins $9.7m Houston Ship Channel dike contract”?   The article is on how the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has chosen two companies to work on Placement Area 14 for $9.7 million, and the companies are Ahtna Construction and Primary Products Co.  The work for Placement Area 14 is in Anahuac, Texas across from Bayport Ship Channel, where they will raise a dike and make improvements to the ecosystem from an outfall or outlet from another source of water like from a sewer or storm drain.  The project is expected to be completed next November.  We wish these two firms’ luck on their important task of helping protect us on the Gulf Coast.  If you would like more information on BAIRD Maritime’s article, please click the link: Ahtna wins $9.7m Houston Ship Channel dike contract.

Don’t forget to sign up for the GHPB’s Commerce Club Luncheon for October.  The next Commerce Club Luncheon is October 8, 2026, at 11 a.m.  The guest speaker at the next luncheon will be Paul Dittman, President of the Gulf Intracoastal Canal Association (“GICA”).  Please check out their website, if you would like to sign up for their luncheon; October 2026 GHPB Commerce Club Luncheon - Greater Houston Port Bureau.

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

We hope you have a wonderful evening and a great rest of your week!  

**Disclaimer: Please see the article from BAIRD Maritime for specific details. **

 

A BLM Onshore oil and gas lease sale leased less this quarter than last quarter in Colorado.

Happy Monday!

We always like to keep up with the happenings of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) they recently had an oil and gas lease sale for federal lands in the continental U.S.  Let’s dig in. 

Did anyone happen to read the Oil & Gas Journal’s OGJ Daily Update Newsletter on September 14, 2026, their article titled, “BLM Wyoming lease sale generates $82 million, Colorado’s sale fetches $4.7 million”?   The article goes on to speak on how the U.S. Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently had their quarterly federal land oil and gas lease sale for Wyoming and Colorado.  The lease sale generated over $82 million for Wyoming and less than $5 million for Colorado.  The Wyoming sale leased almost 115,000 acres mostly in two counties: Converse and Campbell.  While the Colorado sale leased less than 15,000 acres, which was way less than the sale in June where they leased almost 135,000 acres.  As with offshore oil and gas leases the current royalty is 12.5%.  We will let you know, if we hear anything else from the U.S. BLM.  If you would like to read more of the Oil & Gas Journal’s article, please click the link BLM Wyoming lease sale generates $82 million, Colorado’s sale fetches $4.7 million | Oil & Gas Journal.

Our team has experience in developing hydrocarbon storage facilities as well as helping you transport your hydrocarbons, so if you too would like to get a project going, we’re here to help!  Don’t forget to check out our ESC website or contact us via the email in the Blog!

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

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XOM received Class VI Well permits from state authorities for their Rose CCS project in Southeast Texas.

Happy Tuesday! 

Last October we blogged on how ExxonMobil (XOM) received their Class VI Well Permits for three injection wells from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for their Rose CCS Project (See our Blog for details).  Then, we blogged earlier this year on XOM starting a CCS facility in Louisiana.  Then, last November, Texas Railroad Commission received authority to approve Class VI Wells from the U.S. EPA (See our Blog for details); they too have approved permits for XOM.  Let’s dig in.

Did anyone happen to see the Houston CCS Alliance’s Newsletter on September 15, 2026, they had an announcement titled,” BREAKING NEWS: Texas Railroad Commission Approves ExxonMobil’s Rose CCS Project”?  In the announcement, the Texas Railroad Commission’s (RRC) issued a permit for a Class VI injection well for ExxonMobil’s Rose CCS Project.  ExxonMobil’s Rose CCS Project is going to be developed in Jefferson County, Texas.  The project is expecting to have three CO2 storage wells, and a CO2 monitoring system which will have three water monitoring wells and 1 in-zone monitoring well, and it will have an 18-mile CO2 pipeline.  Now the Rose CCS project has its Class VI permit, it can move into the construction phase.   We wish ExxonMobil luck developing their Rose CCS Project.   If you would like to read more of the announcement, please click the link: Texas Railroad Commission Approves ExxonMobil's Rose CCS Project » Gulf Coast CCSAlliance.

If you would like help in looking into how to transport your 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 for contact information!

We hope you have a wonderful evening!

**Disclaimer: Please see the Announcement from CCS Alliance for specific details. **

U.S. BLM is proposing policy changes for oil and gas development in the NPR-A.

Happy Monday!  Welcome back to another week of ESC News Blog. 

We always enjoy a follow-up story, and we did say, if we heard anything else on this Alaskan wonderland!  U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) had the National Petroleum Reserve- Alaska (NPR-A) oil and gas sale back in March, see out Blog for details.  Well, it looks like the U.S. BLM is looking to change some policies in regard to this Alaskan wilderness and its future development.  Let’s dig in. 

Did anyone happen to read the Oil & Gas Journal’s OGJ Daily Update Newsletter on Sept 4, 2026, their article titled, “US BLM proposes to end project-by-project environmental reviews to speed NPR-A development”?  In the article, it speaks on how U.S. Department of Interior (DOI) and its Office of Bureau of Land Management (BLM) announced earlier this month they are looking to speed up permitting in the NPR-A in Alaska at the request of an Alaskan trade group.  Alaska Oil and Gas Association made the request to speed up permitting because of the redundancy of the environmental review process which currently takes at least a couple years under the National Environmental Policy (NEPA).  The U.S. BLM is suggesting key changes for the NPR-A including a single framework environmental review instead of evaluating it from scratch as required in NEPA; set timelines with a final authorization with or without conditions within 60 days; and the owner/operator needs to start building within four years of authorizations.  They have stipulations on whose oil and gas lease these suggest these changes would apply to including the new extraction site within 25 miles of existing hydrocarbon set-ups and “No-Surface Occupancy” (NSO) zones.  The U.S. BLM currently is preparing the Environmental Impact Statement using almost three decades of data or 120 previous reviews to develop their single framework review.  These changes they say will reduce costs and speed up development of oil and gas leases.  The U.S. BLM’s drafted rule is in the Federal Register and there is a 60-day public comment period which ends in early November; 2026-18261.pdf.  We will let you know, if we hear anything else on this American asset!  If you would like to read more of the Oil & Gas Journal’s article, please click the link:   US BLM proposes to end project-by-project environmental reviews to speed NPR-A development | 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 and a productive week! 

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