Venture Global LNG's CP2 Project, Enel North America: Your Daily Energy News

News highlights gathered by Industrial Info and IIR Energy (Sugar Land, Texas) dealing with the energy markets.

PRODUCTION
U.S. Drillers Add Rigs for Second Week - U.S. energy firms last week added oil and natural gas rigs for a second week in a row for the first time since July 2024, energy services firm Baker Hughes Company (NASDAQ:BKR) (Houston, Texas) said. The oil and gas rig count rose by four to 586 in the week ending February 7. Baker Hughes said oil rigs rose by one to 480 last week, while gas rigs increased by two to 100. (Reuters)

LNG
FERC Releases Draft Environmental Report on Venture Global's CP2 LNG Project - U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) company Venture Global LNG's (NYSE:VG) (Arlington, Virginia) proposed CP2 export plant in Louisiana moved a step closer to construction after the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) released a draft environmental report on Friday. In a filing on Friday, FERC said its staff prepared a draft supplement environmental impact statement (EIS) to address FERC's November 27 order addressing arguments raised about emissions from the plant. After taking another look at the plant's expected air emissions, FERC staff concluded in the current draft EIS that the project's emissions impacts "are not significant." FERC asked those interested in commenting on the draft EIS to submit comments by March 31. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Production Project Database can learn more by viewing the project report. (Reuters)

POWER
Enel Power Up Texas Solar & Storage System - Enel North America (Andover, Massachusetts) has brought online its Estonian Solar project in Delta County, Texas, which combines 202 megawatts (MW) of solar capacity with a 104-MW battery energy storage system. Subscribers to Industrial Info's Power Project Database can learn more by viewing the related project reports. (Renewables Now)

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