Pipeline
Attorney Grills Company Officials in Keystone XL Hearing
The Nebraska Public Service Commission grills TransCanada about the Keystone XL pipeline construction project.
New Water Rule to Provide Clarity, EPA Chief Says
New water rule could impact pipeline construction projects.
Tribes Want Dakota Pipeline Shut Down, But Offer Fallback Plan
Tribes ask judge to shut down the Dakota Access pipeline construction project until environmental review is finished.
American Midstream, Targa Announce Cayenne Pipeline Joint Venture
American Midstream Partners, LP (AMID) has entered into a joint venture agreement with Targa Midstream Services LLC to create Cayenne Pipeline, LLC. Cayenne will transport Y-grade NGLs from the Targa-operated Venice Energy Services Company, LLC gas processing plant to Enterprise Products Partners’ p..
Citizens Can Weigh in on Pipeline Water Quality Conditions
Virginia to hold hearings concerning the Mountain Valley and Atlantic Coast pipeline construction projects this week.
Atlantic Sunrise Pipeline Receives Favorable Ruling
Federal judge says authorities can use eminent domain to seize land for the Atlantic Sunrise pipeline construction project.
Russia May Break Gazprom Monopoly To Stimulate LNG
A Russian Security Council commission has recommended breaking down Gazprom’s gas export monopoly in a bid to boost the competitiveness of Russia’s gas, Russian daily Vedomosti reported after seeing the protocol from a July 6 meeting of the commission. The global rise in LNG as a replacement for na..
Nebraska Commission Begins Hearing on Keystone XL Pipeline
The Nebraska Public Service Commission begins public hearings concerning the Keystone XL pipeline construction project.
A. Hak, Al Tamimi Energy Awarded Pipeline Inspection Contract
A. Hak Industrial Services and Al Tamimi Energy receive five-year pipeline inspection contract from Saudi Aramco.
Niger Delta Legalizes Illicit Oil Refineries
The Nigerian government will make illicit refineries operating in the Niger Delta legal, and will even supply them with crude oil, the presidency announced yesterday. The legalization process will take until the end of the year, and the crude they will process will be sold at a reasonable price. Th..
Three Important Oil Trade Chokepoints are Located Around the Arabian Peninsula
Nearly 59 million barrels per day (b/d) of global petroleum and other liquids production moved on maritime routes in 2015, or almost 61% of the world total. Many of these products transited the Suez Canal and SUMED Pipeline, the Bab el-Mandeb Strait, and the Strait of Hormuz chokepoints around the A..
School Blast Investigators Looking at Gas Meter Work
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Workers may have been moving a gas meter when an explosion tore through a Minneapolis school building this week, killing two people and injuring at least nine others, according to federal investigators. A team from the National Transportation Safety Board arrived in Minneapolis T..
Senate Approves FERC Nominees, Restores Voting Quorum
Quorum established at FERC, paving the way for pipeline construction projects to be approved.
NTSB Investigates Blast that Killed 2 at Minnesota School
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board were sent to a Minneapolis school Thursday to look into an apparent natural gas explosion and partial building collapse that killed two people and injured at least nine, including one critically. The explosion at Minneha..
Keystone XL Survived Politics but Economics Could Kill It
The Keystone XL pipeline construction project may not be economically viable, experts say.
North Dakota Regulators Investigating Minnesota Contractor
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Minnesota contractor that damaged a natural gas pipeline in North Dakota last week has a history of striking pipelines. The damage caused the release of 126,000 gallons of natural gas liquids and shut down a gas processing plant for three days. State regulators wh..
South Dakota Patrol Reimbursed for Pipeline Protest Duty
South Dakota's Highway Patrol has been reimbursed for helping to police protests of the Dakota Access pipeline construction project in North Dakota.
Trump Signs Bill Imposing Sanctions on Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a bill imposing new sanctions on Russia, conceding under pressure from his own party that a warmer relationship with Moscow was not in the country’s best interest. The legislation is aimed at punishing Moscow for interfering in the 2016 p..
Report: Pipeline Study Underestimated Forest Fragmentation
Virginia agencies claim FERC's recent environmental review of the Mountain Valley pipeline construction project underestimates the impact to forests.
Kurdistan Claims Iraq-Iran Oil Pipeline Violates U.S. Sanctions
A proposed oil export pipeline construction project by Iran and Iraq may violate U.S. sanctions, Kurdistan claims.
Colorado Hunting Ranch Sues Oil Company over Pipeline Leak
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (AP) — The owner of a Colorado big-game hunting ranch has sued an oil and gas company over a pipeline leak that the suit says contaminated the property and killed its planned $5 million sale. Lawyers for Bishop Ranch LLC filed the suit on July 18 against Encana in Rio Blanco C..
Feds Giving Maine $300K to Help Ensure Pipeline Safety
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s U.S. senators say the federal government is giving Maine more than $300,000 to keep its pipelines safe. Republican Sen. Susan Collins and independent Sen. Angus King say the federal Department of Transportation is giving the money to the Maine Public Utilities C..
Sound Energy Gets Approval for Proposed Moroccan Gas Export Pipeline
Sound Energy receives approval for a gas export pipeline construction project in Morocco.
MPLX Begins Open Season for Pipeline Construction Project
MPLX commences open season for the Wood River-to-Patoka pipeline construction project.
North Dakota Still Seeking to Recoup Pipeline Protest Costs
North Dakota applies for nearly $14 million in government funds to cover protest costs during the Dakota Access pipeline construction project.
Tallgrass Sets 2nd Open Season on Pony Express
Tallgrass Energy Partners begins second open season for the Pony Express pipeline construction project.
FERC Issues New Guidelines for Natural Gas Projects
FERC has released new guidelines concerning reporting on cultural resources investigations for natural gas pipeline construction projects.
Will Sanctions On Russia Push The EU To US Energy?
Events of the last few days will be opening up some interesting energy investment moves. We just need the smoke to settle, first. It brings me back to just a few years ago, when I found myself in the middle of a political tiff between Moscow, Brussels, and Washington. Then, the issue has centered..
Pipeline Builder Buying Farm Used as Protest Encampment
CONESTOGA, Pa. (AP) — A company building a $3 billion pipeline to carry natural gas is purchasing a southeastern Pennsylvania farm that has served as a base of operations for pipeline opponents. Atlantic Sunrise pipeline builder Williams said Monday it has struck a deal with the owner of the 107-ac..
Two Pipeline Construction Projects Get Favorable Environmental Review
TransCanada's Mountaineer XPress and Gulf XPress pipeline construction projects receive favorable final environmental analysis.
- Williams' $1 Billion Gas Pipeline Blocked by U.S. Appeals Court, Derailing Five-State Project
- Texas Waha Hub Gas Prices Plunge to Record Lows, Hit Negative Territory
- Williams Begins Louisiana Pipeline Construction Despite Ongoing Legal Dispute with Energy Transfer
- U.S. Buys Nearly 5 Million Barrels of Oil for Emergency Stockpile
- U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down Controversial Biden Pipeline Safety Rules
- Report: Houston Region Poised to Become a Global Clean Hydrogen Hub
- Exxon Mobil to Start Gas Reserve Seismic Surveys in Greece
- LaPorte, Texas, Issues Shelter in Place After Altivia Plant Leaks Toxic Gas
- Texas Startup Endeavors Again to Build First Major U.S. Oil Refinery Since 1977
- Mid-Year Global Forecast: Midstream Responding to Demand from LNG Projects
