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ROSEN
ROSEN was awarded the Pipeline Industries Guild 2019 Prestigious Technology Award for its new Pipeline DNA and Pipe Grade Determination service. The service combines internal inspection technology for identifying pipe strength with expertise in specialist materials to produce data that provides a co..
Noble Midstream Partners
Noble Midstream Par-tners announced a $200 million equity commitment from Global Infrastructure Partners Capital Solutions Fund to fund capital contributions to Dos Rios Crude Intermediate LLC, a newly formed subsidiary holding Noble Midstream’s 30% equity interest in the EPIC Crude Pipeline. Of the..
Cyberhawk
Drone-inspection technologies firm Cyberhawk signed a global teaming agreement with smart-combustion solutions firm John Zink Hamworthy Combustion (JZHC), an authority on flares, burners and emissions...
Tracy Gray
Tracy Gray has been appointed director of Strategic Planning, Mining and Engineering & Construction Projects for Sodexo’s Energy & Resources Division. Gray joins the company with more than 20 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. Additionally, Simon Seaton was named by Sodexo as chief exe..
D. James Harbilas
AltaGas has named D. James Harbilas to the position of executive vice president and chief financial officer. He replaces Tim Watson, who left the company...
Chad Edinger
JET Infrastructure, which owns and manages jet fuel pipelines and terminals across the United States, announced Chad Edinger has joined the company as general manager. He previously was vice president of Marketing and Business Development for NuStar Energy LP (formerly Kaneb Pipeline)...
Vacuworx
Vacuworx promoted Alan Odgers to senior vice president of Strategy from vice president of Marketing and Paula Bell to director of Marketing from manager. The Tulsa, Okla.-based company also hired William Bomprezzi as director of Business Analytics, and Brandon Martin and Denise Warner as Marketing c..
Jim Darroch
WFS Technologies named Jim Darroch as its chief technology officer. In his role, Darroch will drive product portfolio and software development strategy and expand the product engineering team to meet growing client demand for existing products. Prior to joining WFS, Darroch was part of Honeywell’s ..
Targa Resources
Targa Resources made the following management-succession changes effective March 1, 2020: Matthew J. Meloy, current president, will become chief executive officer and join the Board of Directors. Joe Bob Perkins, current CEO, will remain as a member of the management team and become executive chairm..
Kimberly S. Greene
GTI announced Kimberly S. Greene, chairman, president and chief executive officer of Southern Company Gas, was appointed to the GTI Board of Directors. GTI is a research, development and training organization that addresses global energy and environmental challenges through technology-based solutio..
Diana M. Charletta
Diana M. Charletta has been appointed president of Equitrans Midstream Corporation (ETRN) and president of the general partner of EQM Midstream Partners, the Pittsburgh-based company’s publicly traded subsidiary. Charletta will retain her current position of chief operating officer for both ETRN and..
Barry E. Davis
Enlink Midstream’s executive chairman, Barry E. Davis, who led the company as CEO from its founding in 2014 to 2018, has reassumed the role of CEO, replacing Michael J. Garberding. Davis will continue to serve as chairman. Dallas-based Enlink also appointed former American Airlines Chairman and CEO ..
Kevin Akers
Atmos Energy appointed Kevin Akers to serve as president and CEO and a member of its board of directors, effective Oct. 1. Akers, currently executive vice president, will succeed Mike Haefner, who is stepping down Sept. 30 to focus on a recent health issue and will retire Jan. 1 from the company an..
Water Infrastructure Bill Introduced
The Senate is looking to pass bipartisan water infrastructure bills aimed mostly at providing funding for dams, irrigation and water conservation, and rejuvenation projects in the Western U.S. under the auspices of the Bureau of Reclamation, an Interior Department agency.
Pipeline Cybersecurity Protection Legislation Moves Forward
House Democrats and Republicans have had trouble agreeing on a pipeline safety bill so far this year, but a second bill on pipeline security faces no such problem.
PHMSA Likely to Accelerate LNG Rail Shipments
Environmentalists are broadening their opposition to natural gas transportation beyond pipelines by opposing the shipment of LNG on rail cars.
UAE’s ADNOC Pipeline Investment Deal Reaches Nearly $5 Billion
Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund (GIC) is investing $600 million in Abu Dhabi National Oil Company’s (ADNOC) crude pipeline infrastructure, raising total outside investment in the newly formed ADNOC Oil Pipelines to $4.9 billion.
Israel Expects to Begin Gas Exports to Egypt By Year End
Israel’s Delek Drilling said it has completed testing of a subsea natural gas pipeline to Egypt and expects to begin exports by year end. That schedule was reaffirmed by Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz, who told Reuters in late July that gas exports to Egypt would begin within four months.
FERC Creating New LNG Division, Opening Houston Office
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Neil Chatterjee announced the agency is creating a new division in its Office of Energy Projects to accommodate the growing number and complexity of applications to site, build and operate liquefied natural gas export terminals.
Transneft Sets Cap on Compensation for Pipeline Contamination
Russian oil pipeline monopoly Transneft said it has set a cap of $15 per barrel for compensation for damages stemming from contamination in its network.
Gazprom Signs 5-Year Natural Gas Deal with Turkmenistan
Gazprom has signed a five-year contract with Turkmengaz to purchase natural gas, the Russian gas producer sad.
NiSource Settles Mass. Gas Explosion Lawsuits for $143 Million
Utility operator NiSource agreed to pay $143 million to settle class action lawsuits related to a series of gas explosions in three suburban Boston communities last year.
Williams Begins Service on Deepwater Gulf Gathering Pipeline System
Williams acquired and placed into service the 16-inch Norphlet deepwater gathering pipeline system in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico constructed by operator Shell and CNOOC Petroleum Offshore.
U.S. LNG exports to Europe Grow as Asian Demand Dips
U.S. LNG exports have been growing steadily and reached a new peak of 4.7 Bcf/d in May 2019, according to the latest data published by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy.
Pipeline Operator EMG Signs Terminal Deal for Israel-Egypt Gas Exports
The East Mediterranean Gas (EMG) pipeline operator signed a deal to use a terminal belonging to Israel’s Europe Asia Pipeline Company (EAPC) for the export of natural gas to Egypt, the companies said on Sunday.
Freeport LNG Ships First Commissioning Cargo From Texas Facility
The Freeport liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in the United States has shipped its first commissioning cargo, adding to the glut of supply of the super-chilled fuel globally.
Canadian Court Allows New Challenges to Trans Mountain Expansion After Previous Government Approval
Canada's Federal Court of Appeal on Wednesday agreed to hear six challenges to the Canadian government's earlier approval of an expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline, potentially adding to delays ahead of an October election.
Antin Infrastructure Looks to Sell Major UK Gas Pipeline
Antin Infrastructure Partners has hired investment banks to kick-start a potential $1.5 billion-plus sale of one of Britain's biggest gas pipelines, banking sources and an executive at a subsidiary of the buyout fund said.
Ugandan Oil Pipeline Work Suspended Due to Collapse of Tullow-Total Deal
Work on a pipeline to export Ugandan oil has been suspended, an industry official said on Wednesday, after Tullow Oil's plan to sell a stake in the project to France's Total and China's CNOOC was called off last week.
2 West Virginia Mountain Valley Pipeline Protesters Arrested
Authorities say two people who locked themselves to equipment at a Mountain Valley Pipeline work site have been arrested.
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