Pipeline

Kuwait Pipeline Construction Project Contract Awarded

The Kuwait Oil Company awards Larsen & Toubro an EPC contract for a crude oil pipeline construction project.

Bolivia’s Sucre-Potosí Pipeline Offers Energy Boost for 2018

Bolivia to receive an energy boost from the Sucre-Potosí Gas pipeline construction project.

Welding is Literally Brian Laing’s Middle Name

It’s been exactly 35 years since Brian Laing began work at CRC-Evans, a global leader in pipeline construction technologies, equipment and services. Since that time he has overseen the company’s growth into managing subsea services, field joint coating, weighting systems and non-destructive testing ..

Excavators Look to Doosan for Challenging TAP Project

Doosan's line of excavators help the Trans Adriatic pipeline construction project make good progress.

Managing Liquid Pipeline Risk Through Drinking Water USA Assessment

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Capturing Waste Heat from Gas Compressor Stations

In view ensuring the efficient use of fossil fuel energy and to reduce overall carbon emissions, the possibilities of maximizing exhaust-heat recovery should be seriously considered. Gas turbines reject 50% or more of the energy in the fuel into the atmosphere through the exhaust systems. Some of t..

Customized Protective Coatings Extends Life of Rotating Equipment

Achieving an acceptable service life without excessive maintenance can be a challenge for rotating equipment that is used in processing and delivery of hydrocarbon products. With the latest surface coating technologies it is possible to offer massive improvements to the expected service life of comp..

Reciprocating Compressor Pulsations Effect on Compressor Surge Margins

The mixed operation of centrifugal and reciprocating compressors in a single compression plant has become common design practice over the last 20 years, as this arrangement can provide benefits for highly cyclical process profiles. Conventional thinking was that a centrifugal compressor may experie..

Consumer Energy Alliance Promotes Minnesota Pipeline Construction Project

The Consumer Energy Alliance launches campaign to promote Enbridge's Line 3 pipeline construction project.

Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee Advances FERC Nominees

The Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources today advanced two of President Trump’s nominees to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: Richard Glick, a Democratic attorney and Kevin McIntyre, FERC’s chairman-in-waiting. Glick and McIntyre will now receive a vote before the full Senate. ..

FERC: HDD Activities on the Rover Pipeline Can Resume

FERC rules that Energy Transfer Partners can resume HDD activities along the Rover pipeline construction project.

The Kurdish Referendum Could Reshape Oil Markets

Iraq, the second-largest OPEC producer, may be facing a significant disruption to its oil exports this month. On September 25, citizens of the northern region of Kurdistan, a semi-autonomous area of Iraq, will vote in a referendum for national independence. If the referendum passes, as it is expect..

The World’s Largest Offshore Oil Field Is Back In Action

Without much international fanfare, the world’s largest offshore oil field and the largest discovered in the last 40 years, Kazakhstan’s Kashagan Field, is on the verge of finally moving beyond the manifold impediments that hindered its development. Discovered in 2000, the 13 Bbbl field (38 Bbbl of..

Regulators Give Atlantic Sunrise OK to Build Pipeline

FERC has granted final approval for the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline construction project.

New Zealand Officials Cancel More Flights due to Fuel Shortage

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s lawmakers and public employees were told Tuesday to cancel all nonessential flights to and from Auckland as a fuel shortage at the nation’s largest airport continued to disrupt the travel plans of thousands of people. The main pipeline that carries jet f..

SoCalGas Achieves Methane Capture Milestone

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) today announced the company has passed the one million cubic foot mark in its ongoing methane capture initiative. This innovative process allows for gas that would otherwise be vented to the atmosphere during pipeline replacement work to be saved and reinjected..

Pipeline Board: Let Campus Experts Analyze Enbridge Line 5

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — An advisory group is recommending that Michigan universities analyze the worst-case scenario of an oil pipeline failure in the Straits of Mackinac. The effort would be led by Michigan Tech University, which would collaborate with experts at other universities. The recommendati..

Does Canada Need More Oil Sands Pipelines?

A new report questions whether Canada needs more to proceed with pipeline construction projects in its oil sands.

Pipeline Construction Project Planned in Kurdistan

Rosneft and the Kurdistan Regional Government agree to work together on natural gas pipeline construction project.

Oryx Midstream Plans Oil Pipeline in Delaware Basin

Oryx Midstream Services to build a crude oil pipeline construction project in the Delaware Basin.

Atlantic Sunrise Compressor Station Construction Underway

Williams Partners begins building two compressor stations associated with the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline construction project.

BP And Azerbaijan Lock In Caspian Sea Oil Deal

The government of Azerbaijan signed a new production sharing agreement (PSA) with the consortium operating the Azeri-Chirag-Deepwater Gunashli oil field in the Caspian. The new deal gives Baku a much larger stake in the field and establishes Azerbaijan’s economic ties to Europe for decades to come. ..

Burst Fuel Pipeline to Disrupt New Zealand Flights Through Week

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A rupture in the main pipeline carrying jet fuel to New Zealand’s largest airport has disrupted the travel plans of thousands of people and is expected to cause further flight cancellations and delays into next week. Auckland Airport spokeswoman Lisa Mulitalo said Mon..

Successful Pipeline Construction Project Open Season Concludes

MPLX concludes a successful open season for the Wood River-to-Patoka pipeline construction project.

North Carolina Regulators Say They Need More Time for Pipeline Review

North Carolina regulators say they need more time to review the Atlantic Coast pipeline construction project.

Feds Overrule New York's Natural Gas Pipeline Permit Denial

FERC overrules New York's decision to deny a water permit for the Millennium Valley Lateral pipeline construction project.

4 Years Later, North Dakota Pipeline Spill Cleanup Nears Completion

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Cleanup is finally in sight four years after a pipeline break sent more than 20,000 barrels of oil oozing across a wheat field in northwestern North Dakota, state regulators said Friday. Excavation of the affected site is scheduled for completion by the end of the month, with ..

Wood Group Wins Pipeline Study, Design Contract

Wood Group receives a pipeline design contract from China National Offshore Oil Corporation to support gas development in the South China Sea.

Harvey Sends US Industrial Production Down Most in 8 years

<!-- Add your site or application content here --> WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. industrial output plunged 0.9 percent in August, the most in eight years, mostly because of Hurricane Harvey’s damage to the oil refining, plastics and chemicals industries. The storm, which slammed into the Gulf Coast i..

Trans Mountain Expansion Fails Pre-Construction Audit

Kinder Morgan needs to do a better job complying with pipeline regulations on the Trans Mountain Expansion Project, Canadian regulators say.