Pipeline
MDU to Build Natural Gas Pipeline to Doosan Bobcat Factory
Montana utility to proceed with a natural gas pipeline construction project in North Dakota.
NEXUS Pipeline Gets Ohio Water Permit
The Ohio EPA has issued a Water Quality Certification for Enbridge’s Nexus Transmission Pipeline Project to be constructed in Columbiana, Stark, Summit, Wayne, Medina, Lorain, Huron, Erie, Sandusky, Wood, Lucas, Henry and Fulton counties. The 255-mile NEXUS Transmission Pipeline Project will transp..
U.S. Shale: Water Is the New Oil
Water pipeline construction projects in the Permian Basin on the rise.
ExxonMobil Resumes Service on Pipelines Affected by Harvey
ExxonMobil today announced that its Baytown and Beaumont refineries have begun producing fuels at reduced rates and that crude oil and refined product pipelines in the Gulf and other regions of Texas have restarted as recovery continues from Hurricane Harvey. “We are making good progress safely res..
Report: Global LNG Market to Reach Nearly $21 Billion by 2025
According to a new report from Grand View Research, Inc., the global LNG market is expected to reach 20.6 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 12.7%. Reasons given for this growth include: A rising focus on development and expanding gas pipeline infrastructure and growing demand for natural gas..
Residents File Motion to Stop Sunoco Pipeline Project
Pennsylvania residents file a motion to stop the Mariner East 2 pipeline construction project.
Colorado Revising Pipeline Regulations After Fatal Gas Explosion
In response to a fatal gas explosion that occurred in April, Colorado is revising its pipeline regulations.
Purchase of California Oil Hub Dropped After State Sues
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Valero Energy petroleum company says it is giving up plans to acquire the last independently owned petroleum terminal in the San Francisco Bay Area. Valero said in a statement Monday that it is dropping its purchase of the Martinez petroleum terminal hub rather than wage a ..
Ohio Increases Fines to $2.3 Million Against Pipeline Developer
The Ohio EPA more than doubles fine against Energy Transfer Partners for Rover pipeline construction project pollution violations.
Russia’s Kurdish Pipeline Gamble
Russia's Rosneft is taking a major gamble with a $1 billion gas pipeline construction project in Kurdistan.
North Dakota Settles with Dakota Access Pipeline Builder
North Dakota regulators, Energy Transfer Partners reach settlement over Dakota Access pipeline construction project violations.
Turkey’s Gas Pipelines at Major Crossroad
Natural gas pipeline construction projects at a major crossroads in Turkey
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
You sit across from the salesman, smiling – ready to close on the car of your dreams. Concerned about affording upkeep, you opt to purchase an extended warranty. The warranty is meticulous. As you read through it you notice that it covers, among other things, a cassette deck, a timing chain, cigaret..
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.
- 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
