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Canada's Enbridge Says 800 Workers Take Voluntary Buyouts
Enbridge has reported that 800 workers have agreed to take voluntary buyouts as the pipeline operator seeks to cut costs amid the pandemic.
Williams to Handle Gathering, Production for Taggart
Williams announced a tieback agreement with LLOG Exploration Offshore to provide oil and gas gathering and production services for the Taggart development in the Gulf of Mexico.
Total Reviewing Pipeline to Grandpuits Oil Refinery After Leaks
A spokesman for French energy group Total said on Friday the company is exploring the costs of replacing a 161-mile oil pipeline that feeds its Grandpuits refinery near Paris.
Michigan Court Rules Enbridge Tunnel Deal Constitutional
An appeals court in Michigan has ruled that a deal struck between Canadian pipeline company Enbridge and the state's former Republican governor to build a tunnel to house the company's oil pipeline under a portion of the Great Lakes was constitutional.
BP Turns Over Rights to Operate South Caucasus Pipeline
BP has turned over rights to operate the South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP), part of the network that is due to start carrying gas from Azerbaijan to Europe this year, to a unit of Azeri state energy firm SOCAR.
Pipeline Operator Energy Transfer Warns of Coming Job Cuts
Dallas-based pipeline operator Energy Transfer will begin cutting about 6% of its workforce next week, as the impact of weak oil and gas prices continued to spread through the energy industry.
Blackstone's EagleClaw Midstream Sues Caprock Over Troubled Seal
EagleClaw Midstream, owned by the Blackstone investment group, is suing the former owners of Caprock Midstream for allegedly failing to disclose millions in outstanding liabilities before the company closed an acquisition deal.
TC Energy Completes Sale of Coastal GasLink Stake
TC Energy has completed the sale of a 65% stake in its Coastal GasLink pipeline.
Russia's Transneft, Rosneft Disagree Over Oil Transport Costs
Two of Russia's largest energy companies have failed to reach an agreement on restructuring oil transportation costs amidst the global collapse in oil prices due the coronavirus pandemic.
NextDecade Delays Rio Grande LNG Final Investment Decision to 2021
Barely more than a week after NextDecade announced it would make a Final Investment Decision on its Rio Grande LNG project in 2020, the company announced it has pushed the decision back to 2021.
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Pipeline specialist STATS Group has strengthened its presence in Oman with the opening of a new workshop, storage and testing facility in Muscat. The expansion follows a two-year contract extension to provide pipeline isolation and hydrostatic testing services for Petroleum Development Oman. STATS a..
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Cortec Cortec Corporation announced that its Cor-Pak® 1-MUL Pouches are now available in the 8-MUL format for eight times the corrosion protection volume previously offered. The pouches work exactly the same as Cor-Pak 1-MUL, but instead of only protecting 1 cubic foot (0.03 m3) of space, the 8-MUL..
Enterprise Products CEO Puts Personal Spin on COVID-19
Enterprise Products Partners’ outspoken co-CEO Jim Teague used an April 29 conference call with investors as an opportunity to comment on the U.S. economic shutdown while reflecting on his personal experience during the 1950s polio epidemic and as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam in relation to the COVID-19 response.
Williams Announces Agreement on Deepwater Gulf Project
Williams has agreed to transport natural gas from Chevron and Total's Anchor offshore development to the Discovery pipeline system.
Texas Eastern Gas Pipeline Explodes in Kentucky
Enbridge responded to an explosion Monday evening on Line 10 of its Texas Eastern system in Kentucky, and said Tuesday that it has shut-in a section of the pipeline. Gas futures rose on the news.
Poland's Gaz-System Reaches $306 Million Pipeline Deal with Saipem
Polish gas grid operator Gaz-System said on Monday it signed a 280 million euro ($306 million) contract with Italian oil services group Saipem to build a section of the Baltic Pipe between Denmark and Poland.
Williams Places Phase II of Hillabee Expansion in Service
Williams said it has placed Phase II of the Hillabee expansion project in service, adding natural gas capacity to the Transco system and direct access to Florida’s rapidly growing power generation market.
Phillips 66 Posts Loss on $3 Billion Writedowns in Refining, Transportation Units
Phillips 66 took $3 billion in writedowns during Q1, but strong earning in the company's midstream sector helped offset other losses.
TC Energy Boosts 2020 Capex to Build Keystone XL Pipeline
TC Energy, bolstered by better-than-expected quarterly profit earnings, is raising its capital spending budget for 2020 in order to build its Keystone XL Pipeline.
Cheniere Moderates 2020 U.S. LNG Growth Estimates
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, Cheniere Energy, the largest LNG company in the U.S., has cut its growth estimates for LNG exports as well as its investment in new projects.
Tokyo Gas Maintains LNG Imports, Infrastructure Projects Despite Profit Plunge
Japan's biggest supplier of city gas said net profit fell by nearly half in the fiscal year ended March 31, but it has no plans to cut LNG imports or change its overseas investment plan.
Continental Resources Halts Bakken Shale Output, Seeks to Cancel Sales
The largest oil producer in North Dakota has halted most of its production and reportedly told some customers it will not supply crude after the latest price crash, but there are doubts whether force majeure applies.
Declining ‘Associated Gas’ Signals Opportunity for Dry Gas Basins
As crude oil producers throttle back production in associated-gas basins, it may signal growth opportunities for dry gas basins such as Haynesville and Marcellus/Utica.
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Eddyfi/NDT Acquires Subsea Specialty Firm Halfwave NDT Global, a supplier of ultrasonic inline inspection (ILI) and integrity services, said its parent company, Eddyfi/NDT, has acquired Halfwave, of Bergen, Norway. Halfwave is the owner of the proprietary..
Chevron Sells Azerbaijan Pipeline Assets
Chevron announced that its affiliate companies have sold their non-operating interests in the Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashli (ACG) oil fields, including interests in two pipelines, to MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas for $1.57 billion.
Kazakhstan Pipeline Work Continues Despite Tengiz Slowdown
Kazakhstan's biggest oil producer has reduced some work on its $45 billion expansion project in the west of the country due to the coronavirus outbreak, but pipeline construction continues.
Enterprise Offers Crude Oil Transport to Cushing on Seaway Pipeline
Enterprise Products Partners said it will give oil companies hunting for places to store crude the chance to ship barrels on its Seaway pipeline from the Gulf Coast to Cushing, Oklahoma, the main U.S. storage hub.
LNG Ltd Looks for New Partners After Takeover Bid Withdrawn
Liquefied Natural Gas Ltd said on Tuesday it is negotiating with other parties and has enough money to keep operating until May after Singapore-based LNG9 withdrew its takeover bid because the financing fell through:
Russia's Rosneft Becomes Top Oil Supplier to Belarus
Russian state oil company Rosneft will be biggest oil supplier to Belarus this month, after Moscow and Minsk settled their oil price row, Belarus state energy company Belneftekhim said on Monday.
Enbridge Applies for Construction of Great Lakes Pipeline Tunnel
Enbridge applied for permission to construct a pipeline tunnel beneath a waterway connecting two Great Lakes to replace an aging 4-mile stretch of its aging Line 5.
- 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
