Agencies across the federal government that regulate oil and gas activity would receive more money to enforce regulations and implement programs to increase clean-energy alternatives under US President Barack Obama’s proposed fiscal 2017 budget. Source: News

Global energy demand between 2014 and 2035 is expected to rise 34%, an average of 1.4%/year, with fossil fuels remaining “the dominant form of energy over the period,” according to the 2016 edition of the BP Energy Outlook. Source: News

Summit Midstream Partners LP (SMLP), The Woodlands, Tex., reported the start of operations of the Stampede Lateral crude oil transmission pipeline in North Dakota. SMLP is currently in the final stages of completing the nearby Little Muddy crude oil pipeline, which includes an interconnect with Enbridge Inc.’s North Dakota Pipeline System. Source: News

PJSC Lukoil reported yearend 2015 proved hydrocarbon reserves of 16.558 billion boe, including 12.585 billion bbl of oil and 23.838 tcf of gas. Source: News

Hengli Petrochemical (Dalian) Co. Ltd. (HPDC) has let a contract to Axens SA, Rueil-Malmaison, France, to provide a suite of processing units and technologies for a grassroots crude-to-paraxylene complex under construction at its integrated refining and petrochemical project in Hengli Petrochemical Industrial Park (HPIP) on Changxing Island in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China. Source: News