Daily News Energy Headlines from July 5, 2017

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

NATURAL GAS
U.S. Gas Slides to Four-Month Low - U.S. natural gas futures slid to a four-month low on Wednesday on forecasts for mild weather in the eastern U.S. that would curtail demand for the power-plant fuel, forestalling a summer rally. (Bloomberg)

PIPELINES
Enterprise Announces Additional Contracts on Midland-to-ECHO Pipeline System - Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (NYSE:EPD) today announced it has executed additional long-term contracts to provide transportation services on the Midland-to-ECHO crude oil pipeline system. The execution of these additional agreements brings total committed volumes on the Midland to Sealy segment of this system to 335,000 barrels per day. (Business Wire)

Trafigura Signs Pipeline Deal with Plains All American - Trafigura signed a deal with Plains All American (NYSE:PAA) for shipments of crude from the Permian Basin to Corpus Christi, where Trafigura has a condensate splitter and terminal. (Reuters)

PRODUCTION
Schlumberger Signs $700 Nigeria Oil Field Deal - Nigeria's state-owned oil company said it signed a deal with Schlumberger Limited (NYSE:SLB) to provide $700 million for the development of two oil fields in the country's crude-rich south. (Bloomberg)

POWER
Trump Calls for Study to Revive U.S. Nuclear Energy - President Donald Trump has announced plans for a comprehensive study of the U.S. nuclear energy industry, with the goal of reinvigorating the sector as part of his call to establish U.S. "energy dominance." (IIR)

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