Simone Sebastian
Simone is assistant editor for FuelFix.com. She's an award-winning reporter who has covered energy for the Houston Chronicle and education for the San Francisco Chronicle, among other major newspapers. You can follower her on Twitter, @SimonesNews. Contact her at 713-362-6145 or simone.sebastian@chron.com.
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Brimming with oil and natural gas
Across its fuel transportation network, Plains All American Pipeline has hit capacity and is expanding to meet the burgeoning need to move fossil fuels across the country, the company’s leaders say. More »
Damage from caustic leak at new Motiva plant may cost millions to fix
A major component of the $10 billion Motiva refinery expansion project in Port Arthur will shut down for several months because of caustic corrosion, a Shell spokeswoman says. More »
Chron 100: Infrastructure funding pays off
Enterprise Products Partners amassed a plump project portfolio in 2011, spending billions to expand its network of pipelines in the nation’s busy shale plays. More »
Report: U.S. oil reserves flourished in 2011
U.S. oil reserves grew 9 percent in 2011 as companies funneled billions into exploring for new deposits across the country, according to an Ernst & Young study. More »
Gulf Coast refiners will stop light, sweet crude imports
Valero CEO Bill Klese said surging crude production will eliminate the need for light, sweet crude imports by the end of 2013. More »
Hydrofracking poses low risk for earthquakes, researchers say
An independent research committee has found that hydraulic fracturing can produce earthquakes but very rarely does. More »
A tough break for fracturing companies
Hydraulic fracturing companies are reeling as prices for their services slide, leading to crew layoffs and idle equipment in once booming shale gas fields. More »
Report: Don’t worry much about quakes and fracking
The controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing to extract natural gas does not pose a high risk for triggering earthquakes large enough to feel, a major government science report concludes. More »
Apache Corp. attaches growth to West Texas boom
Soaring oil production in the United States will drive the company’s growth for at least the next four years, Apache Corp. leaders said at its annual investor day meeting Thursday. More »
Feds predict fewer oil disruptions than 2011 hurricane season
Storms will cut about 4.5 million barrels of crude and 9.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas production in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, according to EIA estimates. More »
Report: Crude price hit record in 2011
Despite a relatively normal year in terms of global energy supply and demand, the average global crude price rose above $100 per barrel for the first time on record, according to BP’s annual world energy report. More »
LyondellBassel wins federal grant for Houston project
LyondellBasell will use a $5.4 million federal grant to develop an energy-saving technology for ethane cracking, one of the first projects in its new Channelview R&D center. More »
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