Energy news for July 30, 2026
July 30, 2026 · 12 stories
12 stories from across markets and power. The day led with Southern Star asks FERC to raise pressure on Kansas gas line segment.
Midstream & LNG
Southern Star asks FERC to raise pressure on Kansas gas line segment
Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline wants to more than double the operating pressure limit on a 13,100-foot stretch of its Line EU in Leavenworth County, Kansas.
Upstream
BP brings water injection expansion online at Atlantis field
BP's Gulf of Mexico upgrade adds two subsea water injection wells, expected to add 10,000 boe/d of gross production at Atlantis.
Markets
Valero's Q2 profit jumps to $3.7 billion, more than five times a year ago
Refining, renewable diesel and ethanol all posted higher operating income in the second quarter, and Valero returned $2.6 billion to stockholders.
Markets
Williams cuts carbon intensity 28%, secures 2.6 GW of gas power deals
Williams says it cut carbon intensity emissions 28% since 2018 and signed deals for about 2.6 gigawatts of on-site gas power for data centers.
Power
SEM and Garner Products form data destruction partnership
The two data destruction equipment makers are combining into one company serving federal agencies and hyperscale data centers.
Power
Entropy brings Glacier Phase 2 carbon capture project online in Alberta
Entropy finished Glacier Phase 2, a 15 MW co-generation and carbon capture project that sells power to Advantage Energy and Alberta's grid.
Upstream
Shell strikes oil indicators off Egypt in Western Mediterranean first
Shell's Velox-1X well found oil indicators in record-deep water off Egypt, raising the prospect of the Western Mediterranean's first crude discovery.
Power
Sieyuan Hertz bushings enter service on Greek national grid
Sieyuan Hertz delivered 420 kV resin-impregnated paper bushings for 17 power transformers to a Greek National Grid substation in five months.
Markets
UK government's monthly fuel price data set tracks road and heating costs
A UK government data set logs monthly and annual road fuel and home heating fuel prices, plus a crude oil price index, with revisions dating to 2013.
Downstream
UK government tracks road fuel prices against other EU countries
A UK government dataset compares road fuel prices with other EU countries using European Commission Oil Bulletin data, last revised 30 May 2024.
Downstream
UK government revises domestic energy bill data back to 2018
A calculation error prompted the UK Government to revise its annual domestic electricity and gas bill statistics as far back as 2018.
Upstream
UK energy statistics run up to a quarter behind by design
The UK government's total energy dataset posts quarterly figures a quarter late and monthly figures two months late, a gap set by the release schedule itself.
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