-Stabilis Energy agreed to buy most of Encana Corp.’s U.S. LNG business, including storage and regasification trailers, mobile fueling units and other equipment, Bloomberg reports. Stabilis currently has proposals to build five LNG facilities, four of which would be built under a joint venture with Flint Hills Resources announced last September.
-ConocoPhillips received authorization from the Department of Energy to resume LNG exports at its Nikiski LNG plant on Alaska’s Kenai Peninsula. Via the Associated Press, the facility, which was shut down two years ago, will export 40 billion cubic feet of LNG over two years.
-Phillips 66 said recently it obtained a license to export crude oil to Canada last year, joining a fast-growing list of companies authorized to do so. Via Reuters, Phillips 66 did not specify where in Canada the oil is going or how it will get there. Unlike Valero, which last month secured a license to re-export oil to Canada, Phillips 66 has no refining operations in the country.
-PPL Corp. temporarily shut down a reactor at its Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Salem Township, Pa., for refueling and maintenance. The company said in a statement it would spend millions to upgrade the plant with state-of-the-art technology.
-As the one-year anniversary of the West, Texas, fertilizer plant explosion approaches, state authorities are still grappling with how to prevent another similar disaster. A new report by E&E details some of the challenges — the Texas Department of Public Safety has no way to enforce some rules for chemical handling disclosure and many of the state’s volunteer firefighters aren’t trained to handle hazardous materials or fight chemical fires.
