October 2014 Overview from our North America Logistics Review Service – Current coastal crude-by-rail off-loading capacity has reached over 3.3 million bpd, (0.98 East Coast, 1.73 Gulf Coast, 0.66 West Coast) and is set to hit 4.5 million bpd by a year from now. Even though this capacity is not operating near nameplate, it is […]
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Martin Tallett, President of EnSys Energy, presented at the September 2014 Opportunity Crudes Conference in Houston. His discussion focused on the North American crude supply and logistics including an outlook and implications for producers, refiners and markets. In recent years, rapid supply growth and logistics adaptations throughout the U.S. and Canada have continued to shape the […]
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The American Petroleum Institute releases the study “The Impacts of U.S. Crude Oil Exports on Domestic Crude Production, GDP, Employment, Trade, and Consumer Costs” prepared by ICF International and EnSys Energy. The study shows that exports of crude oil could create up to 300,000 additional U.S. jobs in 2020 and shave billions off fuel costs […]
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As in 2010 and 2011 when EnSys prepared major studies on Keystone XL, in this FSEIS, EnSys undertook extensive WORLD modeling underpinning the Market Analysis, (Chapter 1.4), and related sections of the report. Press inquiries may be directed to Imani Esparza at the Department of State. The Department of State’s Keystone XL FSEIS released on March […]
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The OPEC World Oil Outlook 2013 is now published and available. As in previous years, EnSys is pleased to contribute to this very thorough, annual examination of developments in the global oil sector, working closely with the Secretariat to assess the downstream outlook and challenges from the medium term through 2035. One of the most […]
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The American Petroleum Institute releases the study “Impacts of East Coast Refinery Closures” prepared by EnSys Energy. The recent recession, among other factors, reduced petroleum product demand across OECD regions and has precipitated widespread refinery sales and closures. Several of these closures have occurred or are threatened in the U.S. Northeast. Together, if all the […]
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EnSys Energy & Systems Inc. and Navigistics Consulting concluded in a report issued as part of the US Department of State’s final environmental impact statement (FEIS) on TransCanada’s proposed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline that it is “almost impossible…to conceive of a situation” wherein the anticipated 1.4 million b/d growth in Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin […]
Continue ReadingU.S. Department of State releases its Keystone XL Final Environmental Impact Statement – includes EnSys KXL Assessment “No Expansion” Update analysis. Study draws extensively from our Ensys Energy Keystone XL Assessment “No Expansion” Update analysis especially on our detailed analysis of the status and future potential for rail, barge, and tanker movements and combinations, as […]
Continue ReadingU.S. Department of State releases its Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement on Keystone XL. This study draws extensively from our Ensys Energy Keystone XL Assessment published in December 2010, especially with respect to the refining, air quality and pipeline alternatives sections of the SDEIS. See study
Continue ReadingFederal Register: Notice of Availability of Report Commissioned by Department of Energy Entitled “Keystone XL Assessment” Regarding the Proposed TransCanada Keystone XL Project. See the above link.
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