Business & Markets

Canada’s Watchdog: Kinder Morgan Complied With Stop Order

Kinder Morgan has complied with a request to halt work on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project.

Gulf Publishing Company Launches LNG Intelligence Service for Energy Industry

Gulf Publishing Company, a leading media company and provider of market data for the international energy industry, launches today the Energy Web Atlas to provide the downstream energy sector with easy access to information about the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) industry. A real-time project informa..

Consumers Energy to Increase Pipeline Inspections

Consumers Energy agrees to conduct pipeline inspections on certain Michigan gas lines every three years.

MMT Wins Survey Contract for Baltic Pipe Project

MMT has received a contract to conduct a route survey for a pipeline construction project in Europe.

Canada’s Prolific Montney Shale Drives Pipeline Expansion

Pipeline construction project gets a boost from Canada's Montney Shale.

Disputed East Coast Pipeline Likely to Expand

Atlantic Coast pipeline construction project developers consider expanding project.

Colorado Regulators: Tiny Holes, Faulty Parts to Blame for Failed Inspections

Colorado regulators say tiny holes or faulty parts were to blame for numerous failed oil and gas pipeline inspections.

Colorado Says 430 Pipelines Failed Leak Test

Colorado regulators say about 430 oil and gas pipelines failed inspection.

North Dakota Gov. Thankful for Protest Payment

North Dakota's Governor says he is grateful that Energy Transfer Partners paid $15 million Dakota Access pipeline construction project protests.

Pipeline Developer Gives North Dakota $15M for Protests

Energy Transfer Partners gives North Dakota $15 million to help pay for protests associated with the Dakota Access pipeline construction project.

The Driving Forces Behind Today’s Oil Markets

The oil market is arguably the most fickle market in the world… One day it might set new records for bullishness, the next we might see it plummet into bear-territory. A flurry of global news also makes it difficult to interpret the impact of each development on prices and market sentiment. Needle..

FERC Issues New Draft SEIS for Southeast Market Pipelines Project

FERC has released a draft supplemental environmental review for the Southeast Market Pipelines construction project.

Pembina to Expand Phase V Project

Pembina Pipeline Corporation today announced that in order to accommodate incremental volume commitments from customers, the company is adding additional infrastructure and increasing operational flexibilities to its previously announced Phase V pipeline expansion, which includes a 20-inch pipeline ..

Maine is Turning to Canada to Boost Natural Gas Supply

FALMOUTH, Maine (AP) — Maine Gov. Paul LePage says he’s exploring the idea of expanding the state’s natural gas supply with a pipeline from Canada because of stalled pipeline efforts to the south. LePage is frustrated by a lack of progress in bringing more natural gas into Maine after a Massachuset..

Energy Transfer Partners Cited for More Rover Pipeline Violations

Days after getting the green light to resume HDD activities, Energy Transfer Partners cited for more Rover pipeline construction project.violations.

Permian Still Holds 60-70 Billion Barrels Of Recoverable Oil

The lucrative Permian Basin still holds between 60 and 70 billion barrels of unharvested oil, IHS Markit Ltd said this week. The recoverable resources in the basin shared by Texas and New Mexico could supply crude to every U.S. refinery for 12 years straight—that’s a total market value of $3.3 tril..

DOE Seeks To Boost Usage Of Carbon Capture Tech

Secretary of Energy Rick Perry has approached the National Petroleum Council to help find effective applications of carbon capture technology in oil and gas production, Reuters reports, citing a meeting of the 200-member industry body with Perry and Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. While carbon captu..

US Oil Refinery Runs Out Of Crude As Hurricane Season Rages On

The 185,000-bpd refinery of Monroe Energy in Trainer, Pennsylvania ran out of oil due to shipment delays caused by hurricane activity in the Caribbean, shipping data and a source close to the company, as quoted by Reuters, revealed. The shipment that caused the idling of several units at the facili..

Expect A Major Leap In U.S. Oil Exports

The Gulf Coast was ravaged by Hurricane Harvey, and the effects are going to take time to wear off, but the situation has also made U.S. crude exports much more competitive. Harvey knocked out more than 4 million barrels per day (mb/d) of refining capacity for a few days, but three weeks on from th..

Peru Oil Pipeline Resumes Operation

Petroperu announced the restart of a crude oil pipeline that has been shut for a year for urgent repairs after a series of leaks. The 687-mile piece of infrastructure, which carries crude from Peru’s oilfields in the Amazon to the Pacific Coast, carried a modest 15,000 bpd of crude per day before th..

China Looks To Create National Natural Gas Pipeline Firm

China is dusting off a plan to create a natural gas pipeline company and is working with state oil giants on the project, Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing three senior sources familiar with the matter. The pipeline would give producers more access to infrastructure and would help to raise natura..

Enbridge Fails Pipeline Inspection

Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) has issued three Inspection Officer Orders to Enbridge for failure to adhere to worker safety, pipe handling and environmental protection requirements during construction activity on the High Pine Expansion Project near Chetwynd, British Columbia. The NEB orders ..

Report: Canada's Duvernay Shale Contains 3.4 Billion Barrels of Light Oil

The National Energy Board (NEB), together with the Alberta Geological Survey (AGS), today released a new resource assessment for the Duvernay Shale in central Alberta that adds significant quantities of marketable light oil resources in the province as well as natural gas and natural gas liquids (NG..

Canadian Regulators Conduct Trans Mountain Emergency Response Exercise

On September 20, Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) conducted a full scale emergency response exercise at Kinder Morgan’s Burnaby Terminal, located in Burnaby, British Columbia, and the Incident Command Post in Coquitlam, as a condition for approval of the Trans Mountain Expansion Project. As par..

Taxpayers Likely To Pick Up The Growing Tab For DAPL Protests

North Dakota taxpayers likely to foot the ball for rising costs associated with Dakota Access pipeline construction project protests.

Erdogan Threatens To Cut Off Kurdish Oil Exports

Turkey could cut off the crude oil flow from the northern Iraqi region of Kurdistan, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, putting further pressure on Kurdistan over what Ankara sees as an illegitimate separatist vote. Turkey—which is vehemently opposing today’s referendum on indep..

Construction Begins on Key TANAP Section

Work has started on a 19-kilometer section of the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas pipeline construction project.

North Dakota's Bill Rises for Oil Pipeline Protest Costs

North Dakota's cost for protests of the Dakota Access pipeline construction project continue to rise.

Jordan Cove, Pacific Connector Applications Submitted

Veresen has submitted applications for the Jordan Cove LNG Project and Pacific Connector pipeline construction project with FERC.

American Midstream Starts Crude Deliveries Into Dakota Access Pipeline

American Midstream begins commercial operations on a North Dakota oil pipeline construction project.