Storage
Williams, Boardwalk Form Bluegrass Pipeline JV
Williams and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP have a joint venture agreement to continue the development process for Bluegrass Pipeline, a project to transport natural gas liquids (NGLs) from the Marcellus and Utica Shale plays to the petrochemical and export complex along the Gulf Coast as well as the developing petrochemical market in the Northeast.
Lightning, The Costliest Threat to Oil Tankers and Refineries
Why is lightning so often overlooked when talking about protecting the oil and gas industry? Its effects on a refinery, storage tank or compressor station can be catastrophic.
Williams Purity Pipeline Conversion Project
Wood Group Mustang was selected by Williams to provide survey, engineering, design and program management for its Purity Pipeline projects.
California Dreaming? Could The Monterey Be Road To Oil Future?
“I think there is lots of opportunity. It is whether or not the economics can line up with the technology to get it out of the ground.” <em>– oil executive in Bakersfield</em> Between federal numbers crunchers, and a university and think tank-based report that surfaced earlier this year, California’s venerable Monterey Shale is stirring renewed dreams of California gold – black gold in the form of heavy crude.
Enterprise TE To Build Illinois Lateral
Enterprise TE plans to construct a 16-inch lateral pipeline from a point in Illinois on its existing Seymour Lateral to a location in Manhattan, IL that is adjacent to tankage of the Enbridge Pipelines’ Southern Lights Pipeline.
Crosstex Holds Open Season For NGL Pipeline Project
NGL Pipeline, L.P., an affiliate of Crosstex Energy companies, held a binding open season for volume commitments for interstate common carrier transportation service on the proposed Crosstex NGL Pipeline that will transport unfractionated NGLs produced in the Permian Basin, Barnett Shale, Eagle Ford Shale and other areas from the Mont Belvieu area to NGL fractionation facilities in Acadia and Ascension parishes, LA for one year and to NGL fractionation facilities in Acadia and Iberville parishes thereafter.
ONEOK Completes Multibillion-Dollar Projects On Time, On Budget
ONEOK Partners, L.P. has completed three projects that are part of its previously announced $4.7-5.3 billion growth program through 2015, including:
TransCanada Exec: Oil Lines Safer Than Rail
A TransCanada executive said opponents of the Alberta-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline should consider one consequence of delays in building the oil pipeline - an increase in dirtier and more dangerous rail transport. Alex Pourbaix, president of energy and oil pipelines at the Calgary-based pipeline company, said although rail has an important role to play in moving oil sands crude to market, there are downsides to consider.
Investment and Production Reach New Highs In Eagle Ford, Pipelines Lag Behind
The Eagle Ford Shale, stretching from the mid-south of Texas just shy of Corpus Christi north nearly to San Antonio and west to the Mexican border, continues to attract massive investments from energy companies. It’s not hard to see why. The play contains economically recoverable light crude oil and natural gas liquids in high proportion to currently low-priced gas.
Pipeline Stands In Omans Future Plans
Extensive plans to shift Oman’s oil export capacity from the crowded Gulf waterways moving ahead, led by the newly formed Oman Tank Terminal Company will build, own and operate a huge storage facility on the eastern coast.
Williams/Boardwalk JV To Develop NGL Pipeline
Williams and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners have formed a joint venture to develop a pipeline to transport NGLs from the infrastructure-constrained Marcellus and Utica Shale plays to the rapidly expanding petrochemical and export complex on the U.S. Gulf Coast as well as the developing petrochemical market in the Northeast.
Achieving Better Liquid Measurement Accuracy
Custody transfer measurement in the oil and gas business has been described many ways. It has been called, “An accuracy in measurement that both the buyers and sellers can agree upon” and “The best that can be achieved to meet the contract conditions.” But I prefer to call it, “The search for the truth.”
LNG Export Project, Gas-To-Gasoline Facility Planned In Louisiana
Magnolia LNG plans to develop a $2.2 billion NGL production and export facility at the Port of Lake Charles in southwest Louisiana. The company expects to make a final investment decision to move forward with the project in late 2014 after it secures permits and completes financing.
West Texas Gateway And Justice NGL Pipelines Begin Service
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Regency Energy Partners LP have placed the West Texas Gateway NGL Pipeline in service.
Shell Eying Sites For U.S. GTL Plant
Despite persistently low natural gas prices, Shell hopes to boost profits by converting natural gas into diesel and other fuels, press reports indicate. While many of its competitors want to exploit the low prices by exports to Asia or Europe, Shell said it wants to bring its expertise in gas-to-liquid fuels into the U.S. fuel market.
NiSource, Hilcorp Announce Utica Shale JV
NiSource Inc.'s Midstream & Minerals Group, LLC, announced a joint venture with affiliates of Hilcorp Energy Company to construct gathering pipeline infrastructure and NGL processing facilities to support natural gas production in the Utica Shale region of northeast Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
ONEOK Partners Plans Major Growth Project Investments
ONEOK Partners, L.P said it plans to invest approximately $980 million to $1.1 billion between now and 2014 to: * Build a 75,000 natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionator, MB-3, at Mont Belvieu, TX, and related infrastructure; * Build a 100 MMcf/d natural gas processing facility – the Garden Creek II plant – in eastern McKenzie County, ND, in the Bakken Shale in the Williston Basin, and related infrastructure; * Increase capacity on the Bakken NGL Pipeline to 135,000 bpd from 60,000 bpd; and * Build a 40,000-bpd ethane/propane (E/P) splitter at Mont Belvieu.
Crosstex Moves Ahead With Cajun-Sibon NGL Extension
Crosstex Energy companies, Crosstex Energy, L.P. (the Partnership) and Crosstex Energy, Inc. (the Corporation), announced that commercial contracting is complete for Phase I of the Partnership’s Cajun-Sibon natural gas liquids (NGL) extension and Eunice fractionator expansion.
Eagle Ford Generated $25 Billion In 2011
Development of oil and natural gas in the Eagle Ford Shale contributed $25 billion in total economic output to the region in 2011, according to a study by the Center for Community and Business Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio Institute for Economic Development (UTSA).
Gas Storage Could Hit Its Limit By Late Summer
U.S. natural gas prices are at a decade low, at about $2.20 per Mcf. That marks an unprecedented discount to crude oil. With “injection season" now under way through October when warmer weather allows for rebuilding gas inventories, this could make an already bad glut of gas far worse.
NorTex Changes Name, New Midstream Market Focus
Houston-based NorTex Gas Storage Co. has changed its name to NorTex Midstream Partners, LLC, to better reflect its new midstream energy market focus and asset acquisition strategy.
Kinder Morgan Adding Storage Capacity At Edmonton Terminal
Kinder Morgan Canada Terminals has a long-term contract with a major Canadian producer to support construction of an additional 1.2 MMbbls of merchant storage capacity at Trans Mountain pipeline’s Edmonton terminal in Strathcona County, Alberta.
Shale-Related Midstream Infrastructure: Where the Action Is!
In the winter of 2012 a mostly snowless and relatively warm Bakken Shale play in northwest North Dakota was trucking about 70% of its oil supplies in the gathering and processing phase as production continued at an all-time record clip averaging 546,000 bpd in January. New midstream infrastructure construction was limited to intrastate shipments within an under-developed gathering and processing system.
Williams Partners Acquiring Footholds In Marcellus Liquids, Utica Shale
Williams Partners announced March 19 that it will acquire Caiman Eastern Midstream LLC in the natural gas liquids-rich portion of the Marcellus Shale for approximately $2.5 billion.
DCP Midstream Expands West Texas Connections
DCP Midstream LLC announced Feb. 28 that DCP Sand Hills Pipeline LLC has purchased approximately 60 miles of existing 20-inch pipeline in Andrews and Ector counties in West Texas from Odessa Fuels LLC.
Cardinal Gas Storage Partners Plans Natural Gas Storage Facility Near Perryville/Delhi Hub
Cardinal Gas Storage Partners LLC said its wholly owned interstate natural gas storage subsidiary, Cadeville Gas Storage LLC, has executed a ten-year Precedent Agreement with Shell Energy North America, L.P. to construct a depleted reservoir storage facility in Ouachita Parish, LA near the Perryville/Delhi Hub in northeast Louisiana.
Oiltanking Partners Announces 1st Phase Of Pipeline, Crude Storage Expansion
Oiltanking Partners, L.P. has announced expansion projects including construction of two crude oil pipelines in the Houston Ship Channel and 1 million barrels of new crude oil storage capacity at the Partnership's Houston terminaling facility.
Cadeville To Build Louisiana Gas Storage Facility
Cardinal Gas Storage Partners’ wholly owned interstate natural gas storage subsidiary, Cadeville Gas Storage LLC, has executed a 10-year precedent agreement with Shell Energy North America (US), L.P. for Cadeville to construct a depleted reservoir storage facility in Ouachita Parish, LA near the Perryville/Delhi Hub in northeast Louisiana.
Kinder Morgan Plans Alberta Storage Terminal
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners plans to invest $210 million to build seven tanks with storage capacity of 2.4 MMbbls for crude oil and condensate at its Edmonton Terminal in Strathcona County, Alberta.
Gas Midstream Growth Continues As Gas From Shale Plays Increase
Midstream goes mainstream in the natural gas business as midstream activities continue to take the spotlight. New gathering systems and intrastate pipelines along with additional gas treating, processing, and fractionating plants are announced frequently.
- 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. 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
- Another Major U.S. Oil Refinery Shutting Down as Lyondell Confirms Houston Closure
- Chevron CEO Wirth Under Fire as Hess Deal Delay Drags Down Stock Performance
