Oil Rig Count, Anadarko, Duke Energy: Your Daily Energy News

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

PRODUCTION
U.S. Oil Drillers Add Rigs - U.S. drillers added two oil rigs in the week to June 1, bringing the total count to 861. (Reuters)

PIPELINES
Anadarko Shuts Down Colorado Gas Gathering System, Citing Safety Considerations - Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (NYSE:APC) is closing a natural gas gathering system in northern Colorado, citing safety considerations. The system--a network of pipelines known as Third Creek that carries natural gas from wells to processing facilities and then to market--serves dozens of other, smaller energy producers. (Denver Post)

POWER
Duke Energy Opens South Carolina Power Station - Duke Energy (NYSE:DUK) on Friday celebrated the opening of the new 750-megawatt combined-cycle natural gas plant at the W.S. Lee Station in Anderson County, South Carolina. (Project 300141134) (PR Newswire)

Trump Steps up Plans to Help Ailing Coal, Nuclear Plants - U.S. President Donald Trump has directed Energy Secretary Rick Perry to take emergency steps to keep coal and nuclear power plants running, the White House said Friday, in what would amount to an unprecedented intervention in U.S. power markets. As part of the plan, the U.S. Department of Energy could exercise emergency authority under national security laws to direct operators to buy electricity from coal and nuclear facilities. (Reuters)

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