Environment
INGAA Pushes For Limiting ESA Consultation Procedures
Pipeline and other construction industries are pressing the federal government to make it easier for projects to pass muster with the Endangered Species Act.
Ethanol Just One Item On PRCIs Full Plate
Now in its 56th year, PRCI – Pipeline Research Council International – has led the way in the push for new technologies that have made the pipeline industry safer, more reliable and more efficient.
Enbridge gets permit for U.S.-Canada pipeline
The U.S. State department issued a permit August 20 allowing the Alberta Clipper pipeline to be constructed between Alberta's oil sands and Minnesota.
Climate Change Bill Moves ForwardToward Natural Gas Industry
The climate change bill the Senate will consider in September — which the House passed by a narrow 219-212 vote in late June — could have a significant impact on various players in the natural gas business; but the key word is could.
New Measurement Data Has Implications For Quantifying Natural Gas Losses From Cast Iron Distribution Mains
The loss of natural gas from oil and natural gas systems is a global environmental concern given that methane, the primary component of natural gas, is a powerful greenhouse gas over 20 times more potent than carbon dioxide.
Carbon Recycling: An Alternative To Carbon Capture And Storage
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is being hailed as the answer to the globe’s most pressing question: what to do with the 27 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide emitted yearly from the burning of fossil fuels? Touted as the most promising interim solution to deal with the greenhouse gas responsible for global warming, CCS still remains unproven, costly and will not be commercially available for another 10-20 years. Meanwhile scientists are exploring alternatives to CCS by capitalizing on CO2 as a commodity instead of treating it as a waste.
KM First To Transport Commercial Batches Of Ethanol Via Pipeline In U.S.
Slightly more than six months ago, Kinder Morgan became the first company in the United States to transport commercial batches of denatured ethanol via pipeline.
Wake Up Pickens Natural Gas May Not Be Panacea
T. Boone Pickens’ energy plan for the U.S. has fatal flaws. Do not count on it as the long-term policy solution for energy independence or the fuel to depend on for your investment decisions.
Magellan Midstream/POET Assess Feasibility Of Dedicated Ethanol Pipeline
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. has signed a joint development agreement with POET to continue assessing the feasibility of constructing a dedicated ethanol pipeline.
Biofuels Have Questionable Path As New Fuels for Transportation
In recent years, fossil fuels, particularly coal and crude oil products, have become politically incorrect. Though they account for more than 75% of all fuels used in the U.S., for a handful of reasons, some groups want to replace them.
Carbon Capture And Sequestration (CCS): A Pipedream Or A Real Business Opportunity For Gas Pipeline Developers?
Currently, proposals to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions into the atmosphere are central to both federal and state legislative and policy initiatives. Many of these proposals cite CCS as a promising approach for substantially abating GHG emissions.
Editor's Notebook: Ten Years On, Pipeline Safety Much Improved
For two days last month I sat through the API’s stellar pipeline conference in Fort Worth absorbing everything I possibly could on the issue of safety.
BrightSource and PG&E Set Record with Solar Power Deal
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has announced a series of contracts with BrightSource Energy, Inc. for a record total of 1,310 megawatts (MW) of solar thermal power.
Pacific Trail Project Wins Environmental Approval
Pacific Trail Pipelines Limited Partnership has announced a decision for its proposed Kitimat to Summit Lake Pipeline Looping Project (KSL Project) under the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act.
Enhance Energy Planning World-Scale CO-2 Pipeline In Alberta
The first world-scale project for transporting and burying greenhouse gases looks likely to be built in Alberta, Canada, according to Enhance Energy Inc., sponsor of the project.
CERA: Europes Energy-Reduction Goals May Decrease Gas Demand 16% by 2020
Utility companies across the EU registered all-time peak electric and gas usage during the winter of 2008/2009. But a forthcoming Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA) study concludes that the EU goal of reducing energy usage through energy efficiency could result in significant reduction in the near future.
Human Factors and Safety Are Focus Of Proposed PHMSA Rule
“Why don’t you pipeline companies address controller fatigue?” That question was asked by a member of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) in 2000 while discussing a pipeline accident with one of the authors. The authors can attest that reducing accidents caused by human fatigue is a task on the “NTSB Most Wanted List.”
Challenges of Pipeline Testing in Suburbia
Recently MATCOR, Inc. engineers and corrosion technicians conducted an External Corrosion Direct Assessment (ECDA) on a buried natural gas transmission pipeline with a cathodic protection system in a Maryland suburb of Washington, DC.
- Phillips 66 to Shut LA Oil Refinery, Ending Major Gasoline Output Amid Supply Concerns
- FERC Sides with Williams in Texas-Louisiana Pipeline Dispute with Energy Transfer
- U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Kinder Morgan’s Tennessee Pipeline Permits
- ConocoPhillips Eyes Sale of $1 Billion Permian Assets Amid Marathon Acquisition
- Valero Considers All Options, Including Sale, for California Refineries Amid Regulatory Pressure
- U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Kinder Morgan’s Tennessee Pipeline Permits
- Malaysia’s Oil Exports to China Surge Amid Broader Import Decline
- U.S. LNG Export Growth Faces Uncertainty as Trump’s Tariff Proposal Looms, Analysts Say
- Marathon Oil to Lay Off Over 500 Texas Workers Ahead of ConocoPhillips Merger
- Valero Considers All Options, Including Sale, for California Refineries Amid Regulatory Pressure
