Business & Markets
Right-Of-Way Clearing Begins for Constitution Pipeline
Constitution Pipeline Company, LLC received authorization from FERC to proceed with limited tree felling activities along its pipeline right-of-way in Pennsylvania. The authorization is a significant milestone and major step forward for the pipeline designed to transport enough natural gas to serve ..
Siting Permit Awarded for Dakota Access Pipeline
The North Dakota Public Service Commission approved the siting permit for the Dakota Access Pipeline, which has been under review for over a year. The pipeline is to be built by Dakota Access LLC, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Partners. The 1,134-mile, 30-inch pipeline will connect the Bakken and ..
Subsea Engineering Associates Win Baltic Gas Project
Australia’s Subsea Engineering Associates Pty Ltd. (SEA) was awarded design, procurement and construction management for the Baltic Gas Project in the Polish sector of the Baltic Sea for Baltic Gas Sp. The scope of work includes over 110 km of subsea pipelines, HDD shore crossings, pre- and post-la..
TransCanada to Link 2,000-Mile Pipeline Network to Magellan Pipelines in Texas
TransCanada plans to connect with Magellan Midstream Partners’ oil pipelines that serve refineries in the Houston area – a connection that could potentially supply oil shipped on TransCanada’s international Keystone system. The $50 million project calls for a 9-mile, 24-inch pipeline linking the ter..
Florida Southeast Connection Project Gains FERC Approval
Florida Southeast Connection, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc., received a Certificate of Public Need and Necessity from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to construct and operate a proposed pipeline to transport natural gas to South Florida. The approval provide..
Cybersecurity Highest IT Solution Area of Investment for Utilities
Special to Pipeline & Gas Journal Today, even more than in the past, utilities are lamenting the rigidity and costs of running and maintaining their legacy IT solutions, putting CIOs in the spotlight. Utility CIOs are facing significant challenges in determining where to make the most effective bud..
Value-Engineering Program Results in Improved Applied Oil Technology Efficacy and Efficiency
QS Energy, Inc., a developer of integrated technology solutions for the energy industry, recently completed a value-engineering program designed to improve the efficacy and efficiency of its AOT™ (Applied Oil Technology) crude oil viscosity reduction hardware. The program began mid-2015 with analys..
Volvo Turning Up the Gas in Europe
Special to Pipeline & Gas Journal Volvo pipelayers were used on both sides of the border to allow gas to flow from France to Belgium for the first time. As well as responding to increasing demand for gas in Belgium’s West Flanders region, the new pipeline will feed gas to northwest Europe. Located..
Energy Saving Along with Green CNG Decompression
A CNG decompression process, Vortex PRS-CNG, developed by Universal Vortex, Inc. (UVI), allows for complete elimination of high-pressure gas preheat and raises the pressure-regulated gas temperature without applying any external man-made energy. The technology places no limitation on CNG flow rate a..
Shell And Apache to Start Fracking in Egypt This Month
Egypt is close to joining the club of unconventional gas producers after Shell and Apache announced their local joint venture was ready to start work on a pilot project in the Western Desert, involving hydraulic fracturing, by the end of this month. For Shell, this project represents an expansion o..
In Oil Price Plunge, North Sea Industry Faces Perfect Storm
ABERDEEN, Scotland (AP) — It’s Thursday night and the Spider’s Web pub is packed with beefy guys in windproof jackets and massive backpacks. The exhausted oil rig workers pile their bags against the wall, play pool or just slump in the leather seats, knocking back pints of beer. But despite the dri..
TransCanada Buys Columbia Pipeline Group in $13 Billion Deal
Columbia Pipeline Group announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by TransCanada in a deal estimated at $13 billion. The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2016. Following completion of the transaction, TransCanada will own the general partner of Columb..
DTE Gas Begins Pipeline Infrastructure in Michigan
DTE Gas will invest $1.4 billion in its Michigan natural gas pipeline infrastructure over the next five years to maintain the safety and reliability of its system. Plans call for DTE to modernize its cast-iron and steel main pipelines with more durable material. New service lines to homes and busine..
Update: US Cancels Oil and Gas Lease on Montana Land Sacred to Tribe
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The Obama administration on Thursday canceled a disputed oil and gas lease just outside Glacier National Park that is on land considered sacred to the Blackfoot tribes of the U.S. and Canada. The move came after U.S. District Judge Richard Leon criticized the government over ..
Shell, Saudi Aramco Split Assets, Including Big US Refinery
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Saudi Arabian Oil Co. will split up the assets of their joint U.S. venture, which will see the kingdom’s state-owned producer take full ownership of America’s biggest oil refinery, the companies announced late Wednesday. The Port Arthur, ..
High Production, Low Prices Mean Little Change in Natural Gas Storage Capacity
High levels of natural gas production and relatively low natural gas prices are affecting markets for seasonal natural gas storage, including the value of additional storage capacity. For the second year in a row, no new natural gas storage facilities were added, and the slight changes, both positiv..
Major Oil Producers to Talk Output Freeze in Qatar in April
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — OPEC member states and other major oil producers plan to meet next month to discuss a freeze in oil output levels, Qatar’s top energy official said Wednesday. The gathering, which will build on earlier talks that included major suppliers Russia and Saudi Arabia, r..
Feds Deny Permit for Liquefied Gas Port, Pipeline
COOS BAY, Ore. (AP) – Federal regulators denied permits Friday for a liquefied natural gas terminal in the southern Oregon coastal town of Coos Bay. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the 25-page ruling, saying the Jordan Cove Energy Project would hurt landowners, The World reported. T..
IEA Sees 'Light At The End Of The Tunnel' For Oil Markets
The IEA struck a more bullish note in its latest monthly report, pointing to “signs that prices might have bottomed out.” The Paris-based energy agency found a variety of reasons to think that the oil markets are turning a corner, including: supply outages in Iraq, Nigeria, and the UAE; the decline..
In Reversal, Obama Admin to Block Oil Drilling in Atlantic
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major reversal, the Obama administration said Tuesday it will not allow oil drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell made the announcement on Twitter, declaring that the administration’s next five-year offshore drilling plan “protects the Atlantic for f..
US Rig Count Drops 9 This Week to All-Time Low of 480
HOUSTON (AP) — The number of rigs exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. declined by 9 this week to 480, a record low and another sign of the continuing economic woes in the oil and gas industry. The number of rigs seeking oil was at 386 while 94 explored for natural gas, Houston-based oilfi..
Russia: Iran Wants to Restore Oil Output Before Capping It
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s energy minister says Iran would consider joining a global deal to cap oil production only after it restores its output back to levels it enjoyed before international sanctions. Alexander Novak made the statement Monday after talks in Tehran with his Iranian counterpart. Russ..
$67 Oil Has All The Majors Converging Here
Argentina offers one of the few places on earth where oil companies are not suffering from the full force of the collapse in prices. Argentina regulates oil prices, a policy originally intended to insulate the public from the whims of the market, protecting people from triple-digit crude prices. Bu..
Constitution Pipeline Project Delayed for Lack of NY Permit
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A proposed 124-mile pipeline to deliver low-cost gas from Pennsylvania’s shale gas fields to New York and New England has been delayed for lack of a state water quality permit. Constitution Pipeline Company says Thursday it’s changing its projected start of service from the four..
Williams Partners to Begin Construction on Hillabee Expansion in May 2016
TULSA, Okla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Williams Partners L.P. (NYSE: WPZ) expects to begin construction soon on its Hillabee Expansion Project, which the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) recently approved. The project involves the expansion of Williams Partners’ Transco pipeline system to serve the..
Is This The Next Offshore Sweet Spot For Big Oil?
France’s Total SA is searching for an “elephant” oil field off the coast of Uruguay. Uruguay does not have much of an offshore oil industry. But the Pelotas Basin, where Total is focusing, is starting to garner more interest. It borders Brazil and there is speculation that both countries have large..
Iowa Regulators Approve Bakken Pipeline Permit
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The last state permit needed for a pipeline that will carry a half-million barrels of crude oil daily from North Dakota to Illinois was approved Thursday by Iowa utilities regulators, who also gave the Texas-based company authority to use eminent domain for land that property..
Why Saudi Arabia Has No Intention To End The Oil Glut
In the geopolitical and oligopolistic global oil market, purely financial supply and demand has often been a secondary force, acting when it is allowed to act. It is the strategic behavior of the producing titans, not their talk or the slow-motion supply-demand balance, which has the real power to m..
Iran Slowly But Steadily Increasing Oil Market Share
Iran is expected to raise the April Official Selling Price (OSP) of its flagship light crude oil to Asia to 25 cents above the Saudi’s similarly graded Arab light. This is the highest premium since 2011 and is an increase of 30 cents over the previous month. Iran will likely price its light crude a..
Court Decision Threatens Midstream Sector
A federal bankruptcy judge ruled that Sabine Oil & Gas could withdraw from its contract obligations with pipeline companies to ship a certain volume of oil and gas through their pipelines. The court decision may seem arcane, but it could have major ramifications for both producers and midstream com..
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