Current Issue: November 2024, Vol. 251, No. 11

With the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) giving its blessing to Chevron’s acquisition of oil and gas explorer and producer Hess, we find ourselves firmly entrenched in the era of the oil and gas mega-deal.

The list of companies leading the way in Pipeline & Gas Journal’s 43rd annual 500 Report will certainly be familiar to long-time midstream observers, with a little bit of shuffling in rankings occurring between the 2023 and 2024 editions of the publication.

Mexico is seeing some pipeline projects move forward, as others stall. But, with a newly elected president taking office, all of them will continue to be subjects of debate, scrutiny and potentially legal challenges.

Scott Hallam, who currently serves as Boardwalk’s president and chief executive officer, joined the organization in September 2023. He brings with him over two decades of upstream, midstream and downstream knowledge of the natural gas industry.

Creating an innovation platform requires an environment that encourages rapid adoption of industrial changes and an innovative mindset that never mistakes activity for progress.

Kenya and Uganda have begun negotiations on the possible revival of the stalled refined oil pipeline extension project from Eldoret in western Kenya to Uganda’s capital Kampala, where a new dedicated terminal receipt facility is be constructed.

In the last two years, while the Biden administration has been embracing direct-air capture (DAC) hubs, Houston-based Occidental Petroleum Corp. (Oxy) and its one-time spinoff California Resources Corp. (CRC) have been leading increased industry interest in the transportation and storage of carbon in the transition to a zero-emissions energy world.

Wood has been awarded the front-end engineering design (FEED) for a long-haul, large-diameter, liquids-rich natural gas pipeline project in the United States.

As the global demand for energy grows, so too does the need to transition toward sustainable energy sources. For many process manufacturers, carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS) is a central part of their efforts to reduce emissions of one of the most prevalent greenhouse gases (GHGs), carbon dioxide (CO2).

Risk models are prominent pipeline integrity management (PIM) tools used to make data-driven decisions. As computing power has increased and data acquisition methods have proliferated, risk models have become more complex.

Despite taking the reins of PPI at the outset of a global pandemic, David Fink saw a bright future for the plastics pipe industry and a growing role for its products across an expanding range of underground applications. He now works diligently to make that vision come true.

Strohm, the world’s first and leading thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) company, has overseen the successful installation of its TCP Jumper technology at the Deepwater Sabah project offshore Malaysia.

Leading supplier of well completion equipment and services, Viking Completion Technology (Viking) has announced the successful completion of a landmark gas storage project.

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