While the U.S. Energy Information Administration report came in under analysts’ expectations, natural gas prices gained on Jan. 8.

Pioneer Energy said it will allocate most of the funds toward advancing its Emission Control Treater, a near zero emissions well pad production technology, as it implements projects in the Eagle Ford, Cotton Valley and Colorado.

Palmdale Oil’s acquisition of Combs Oil Co. combines two Florida-based fuels and refined products distributors.

Constellation Energy is nearing a roughly $30 billion deal to acquire power producer Calpine that could be announced as early as Jan. 13, sources familiar with the matter said.

Liberty Energy’s power solutions and DC Grid’s direct current systems will offer rapidly deployed, scalable and sustainable power for data centers, among other uses.

“As night follows day, an environmental challenge follows the approval of a natural gas pipeline,” a Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit panel said in ruling in favor of a Boardwalk Pipeline expansion project. 

Private E&P Sage Butte Energy, which operates in the Powder River Basin, is less interested in the Permian Basin, citing the cost of entry.

SLB will deliver the projects in the U.K. North Sea, Trinidad and Tobago and the Gulf of Mexico, among others regions, over the next three years.