Business & Markets

Sweden Set To Allow Port Hosting Nord Stream 2 Works

The Swedish government may let Gazprom use a southern port for the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline construction project.

Rhode Island GOP Leader Asks Trump to Jumpstart Pipeline

Rhode Island lawmaker asks Trump to help push pipeline construction project forward.

ND Bill Aims to Curb Pipeline Protests

North Dakota lawmakers propose legislation that would criminalize pipeline construction project protests.

Iran May Cancel $7B Pipeline Project With Pakistan

Iran may cancel a $7 billion pipeline construction project with Pakistan.

Approval Rescinded for Two TransCanada Projects

The National Energy Board has rescinded approval of TransCanada's Energy East and Eastern Mainline pipeline construction projects.

Enbridge's Line 10 Westover Segment Replacement Project Approved

Canada's National Energy Board has approved Enbridge's Line 10 Westover Segment Replacement Project.

Navigator Energy Services Expands BSG System, Begins Open Season

Navigator Energy Services will expand the footprint, destination options, storage and throughput capacity of its Big Spring Gateway Pipeline System (BSG System), serving the prolific Permian Basin in West Texas. Upon completion of the expansion, the BSG System will include more than 650 miles of ins..

INGAA President: FERC Needs to Move Swiftly to Fill Vacancies

Don Santa, president and chief executive officer of the Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, today commented on Norman Bay’s decision to resign from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, effective February 3. “We appreciate Norman Bay for his service and dedication to the commission,”..

Judge Orders PG&E to Run Ads Publicizing Pipeline Safety Convictions

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced California’s largest utility to pay a $3 million fine and run television commercials publicizing its pipeline safety convictions as punishment in a criminal case stemming from a deadly natural-gas explosion in the San Francisco Bay Area. U...

AltaGas Acquires WGL Holdings for $6.4 Billion

The boards of directors of both WGL Holdings and AltaGas unanimously approved a definitive merger agreeement for WGL to be acquired by AltaGas in a $6.4 billion all-cash transaction. WGL will now be part of a new business entity that is twice its current size with a broader and complementary set of..

National Fuel Pushes Back In-Service Date on Northern Access Expansion

National Fuel Gas says the Northern Access Pipeline construction project will now be finished in 2018.

Chamber of Commerce's Institute for 21st Century Energy Praises Pipeline Approvals

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for 21st Century Energy has issued a statement praising President Trump’s signing of Executive Orders on accelerating pipeline infrastructure. “For too long, private infrastructure investment has been held hostage by government interference driven by fringe ..

Mountain Valley Pipeline Draws Widespread Public Support

A survey shows the majority of Virginians support the Mountain Valley Pipeline construction project.

Vermont Gas: NatGas Pipeline Expected to be Finished in Spring

Vermont Gas says it expects to complete natural gas pipeline construction project this spring.

Gazprom: Rising European Demand Needs Big Infrastructure Investment

Gazprom says Europe needs more gas pipeline construction projects.

BridgeTex Pipeline Boosts Permian Crude Delivery Capacity

Not only are drillers putting more and more rigs in the white-hot Permian Basin of West Texas, pipeline operators are also boosting capacity to carry Permian crude to the Houston Gulf Coast area. BridgeTex Pipeline Company said on Tuesday that it would be expanding the pipeline’s capacity from the ..

Plains All American to Acquire Delaware Basin System

Plains All American Pipeline entered into definitive agreements to acquire a Permian Basin crude oil gathering system for $1.2 billion. The company also entered into definitive sales agreements totaling $380 million. The acquisition and pending sale transactions expected to close during the first ha..

Judge Postpones Sentencing of PG&E

A federal judge delays sentencing PG&E for violating pipeline safety regulations.

Trump to Sign Orders Advancing Keystone, Dakota Pipelines

President Donald Trump will sign orders to move the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipeline construction projects forward.

NJ Natural Gas Pipeline Plan Gets Do-Over

A proposed natural gas pipeline construction project in New Jersey to be reevaluated.

Santa Fe, Vermillion to Launch Delaware Basin Effort

Santa Fe Midstream and Vermilion Cliffs Partners agree to work together on pipeline construction projects in the Delaware Basin.

FERC Pushes Back Review of PennEast Pipeline

FERC delays environmental review of the PennEast Pipeline construction project yet again.

Energy Transfer Partners Sued over Dakota Access Easements

North Dakota landowners sue Energy Transfer Partners, claiming the company fraudulently acquired easements for the Dakota Access Pipeline construction project.

Tribal Council Favors Asking Pipeline Protesters to Leave

The Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council supports asking Dakota Access Pipeline construction project protesters to leave the area.

Targa Resources Acquires Delaware and Midland Basin Assets

Targa Resources Corp. has executed definitive agreements for its subsidiary, Targa Resources Partners LP, to acquire 100% of the membership interests of Outrigger Delaware Operating, LLC, Outrigger Southern Delaware Operating, LLC and Outrigger Midland Operating, LLC. The company will pay an initial..

Valero Energy Partners Acquires Stake in the Red River Pipeline

Valero Partners Wynnewood LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Valero Energy Partners LP, has acquired a 40 percent undivided interest in the Hewitt segment of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.’s Red River pipeline for approximately $70 million. The Hewitt segment is a newly constructed 138..

How EPA Regulations Change Ways We Look at Gas Leaks

New EPA pipeline regulations are changing how companies evaluate and analyze gas leaks.

How Trump Could Change LNG Markets

It is unclear how Donald Trump will rule on American LNG pipeline construction projects.

Survey: Midstream Respondents Try to Retain Optimism

As the oil and gas business tries to come to grips with low natural gas prices by streamlining and investing in new technologies, a new study still found a large majority of those in the industry are optimistic that renewed growth will occur no later than 2020. Among those responding to Black & Vea..

TransCanada Gains FERC OK to Construct Leach Xpress, Rayne XPress Projects

TransCanada's Leach XPress and Rayne XPress Pipeline construction projects receive approval.