Pipeline
NextDecade Signs MoU for LNG Terminal in Ireland
NextDecade, LLC has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Port of Cork Company to advance a joint business development opportunity in Ireland for a new Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU) and associated LNG import terminal infrastructure. NextDecade and the Port of Cork will hol..
Saudi Men On Trial For Allegedly Plotting Oil Pipeline Attack
Two Saudi teachers are standing trial in Saudi Arabia on charges that they have allegedly spied for arch-rival Iran in gathering information about a 5-million-bpd oil pipeline for the purposes of planning to blow it up, Reuters reported on Wednesday, quoting two Saudi newspapers. According to the M..
Panel: Dakota Access-Style Protests Could Become Commonplace
Industry officials say don't expect protests of pipeline construction projects to stop anytime soon.
Tesoro to Begin Oil Transportation Services in Mexico
Tesoro Corporation, which will formally change its name to Andeavor effective Aug. 1, 2017, has reached a definitive agreement with Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) for terminaling and transportation services in Mexico. The agreement will enable Tesoro to supply transportation fuels in the Mexican states..
Gas Pipeline Fire Prompts Evacuation of 20 Residents
HEBRON, N.D. (AP) — About 20 people were evacuated from their homes in Hebron when workers digging holes for fence posts struck a natural gas pipeline and started a fire. No injuries were reported in the Tuesday incident. The Bismarck Tribune reports damage was limited to some fencing and a shed. ..
Plains All American to Move Forward with Pipeline Expansion
Plains All American Pipeline completes successful open season for pipeline construction project in the Delaware Basin.
Williams Partners Files Application for North Seattle Lateral Upgrade Project
Williams Partners filed application for natural gas pipeline construction project in the state of Washington.
Vaquero Midstream Receives More Funding for Gathering and Processing Projects
Vaquero Midstream has reached an agreement with its bank group to increase their revolving line of credit from $40 million to $95 million. The increased bank capacity will be used to support the construction of a second 200MMSCFD cryogenic processing plant at the company’s existing Caymus plant site..
Months Needed for Additional Study of Dakota Access Pipeline
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says an environmental study of the Dakota Access pipeline construction project will take the rest of 2017.
Perry Touts Energy Exports, Awaits Study on Electric Grid
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is pushing for increased exports of natural gas and other energy sources as it seeks U.S. “energy dominance” in the global market, Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Tuesday. He and President Donald Trump have offered a “comforting” message to energy c..
Second Indian Company Buys U.S. Crude
Bharat Petroleum has become the second Indian refiner to start buying U.S. crude oil, after Bharat purchased 500,000 bpd of Mars and the same amount of Poseidon crude, to be delivered between late September and early October, according to Reuters. Indian Oil Corp., the country’s top refiner, was th..
A Natural Gas War Is Brewing In The Mediterranean
Offshore gas developments in the East Mediterranean region are heating up. Alongside increased exploration efforts and a possible gas pipeline deal between Turkey and Israel, geopolitical risks are increasing too. While commercial prospects are starting to look good for all parties, a real military ..
American Midstream Extends Open Season for Bakken Pipeline
American Midstream Partners, LP has extended the previously announced open season for crude oil deliveries to the Dakota Access Pipeline to 5 p.m. CT on July 31, 2017 to incorporate certain modifications requested by shippers. The open season, which commenced on June 26, 2017, is for committed crud..
Trump Chooses Lawyer to Head FERC
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has nominated energy lawyer Kevin McIntyre to chair the vacancy-plagued commission that oversees the nation’s power grid and natural gas pipelines. Only one commissioner currently serves on the five-member Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, leaving it wit..
U.S., Mexico Expand Energy Ties
The United States and Mexico will expand their energy ties, the two countries’ energy ministers said after a meeting in Mexico. The Associated Press quoted U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry as saying Mexico was “a very, very important partner” in energy. The meeting comes ahead of a renegotiation of..
Shell Nigeria Declares Force Majeure On Nigerian Light Oil Exports
Shell’s Nigerian unit declared a force majeure on Bonny Light crude oil exports effective 12:00 local time on Thursday, just two weeks after it had lifted a previous force majeure on exports of the grade. According to Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd, as quoted by Reuters, the for..
Vermont Regulators Investigate Whether Gas Pipeline Buried Deep Enough
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Vermont regulators are investigating whether Vermont Gas Systems failed to bury its new gas pipeline from Colchester to Middlebury deep enough in New Haven. The Vermont Public Utility Commission said Friday that Vermont Gas notified the panel last month that it buried the pip..
Evacuees Return Home After Daylong Cleanup of Pipeline Break
BASTROP, Texas (AP) — Authorities have allowed residents to return to homes evacuated after about 50,000 gallons (189,000 liters) of crude oil spilled from a cut underground pipeline in Central Texas. Cleanup crews worked all day Thursday to clean up the oil spilled after a contractor accidentally ..
Gasoline Thieves Out of Control and Deadly in Mexico
TEPEACA, Mexico (AP) — Gasoline thieves are out of control in Mexico, tapping into pipelines in broad daylight often with the support of local townsfolks and under the noses of authorities. The growing and lucrative form of organized crime has become a blood trade with deadly shootouts, murders and..
Why Mexico Got No Bids For This Key NatGas License Round
I’ve talked a lot the last few years about America’s increasing natural gas exports to Mexico. With outgoing pipeline shipments from America’s shale plays having more than doubled over the last 18 months. But one development this week shows that U.S.-Mexico natgas trade still has some snags to be w..
Oil Pipeline Rupture in Texas Spills 1,200 Barrels of Crude
BASTROP, Texas (AP) — Authorities say about 50,000 gallons (189,000 liters) of crude oil spilled after a contractor accidentally cut an underground pipeline in Central Texas. A spokesman for Magellan Midstream Partners, Bruce Heine (hyn), says the contractor was conducting maintenance Thursda..
Construction Starts on Northern Gas Pipeline
Work on Jemena's Northern Gas pipeline construction project begins in Australia.
Virginia Supreme Court Sides with Pipeline in Survey Lawsuit
The Virginia Supreme Court rules in favor of the Atlantic Coast pipeline construction project in a survey-related lawsuit.
Rock Placement Contract Awarded for Nord Stream 2 Pipeline
Boskalis and Van Oord have received a contract to provide rock placement services for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline construction project.
Sempra Energy's IEnova Wins $155 Million Liquid Fuels Contract
Sempra Energy’s Mexican subsidiary, Infraestructura Energética Nova, S.A.B. de C.V. (IEnova), has been awarded a 20-year contract by the Veracruz Port Administration in Mexico to build and operate a receipt, storage and send-out liquid fuels marine terminal on the Mexican Gulf Coast. With an expect..
Enterprise, Navigator Developing Ethylene Terminal
Enterprise Products Partners and Navigator Holdings have executed a letter of intent to jointly develop an ethylene marine export terminal on the Houston Ship Channel. Enterprise would manage the construction, operations and commercial activities of the proposed terminal, which would be located at E..
Trump Denies Disaster Declaration for Dakota Access Pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Trump administration has denied a request from Republican North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum for a “major disaster declaration” to help cover some of the estimated $38 million cost to police protests of the Dakota Access pipeline. Burgum spokesman Mike Nowatzki says the governo..
Poland Seeks To Become EU’s Gas Hub
There’s no holding Poland back. A little over a month after it began to divest itself of reliance on Russian gas by taking ownership of the first U.S. shipment, the country’s president has declared that he wants to make Poland an energy hub capable of distributing gas across the EU. Speaking after ..
Canada’s Wildfires Threaten Kinder Morgan’s Pipeline
Wildfires ripping through Canada’s western province of British Columbia since the weekend have forced people to flee and companies in the mining and forestry sectors to scale back or suspend operations. Some of the worst fires, raging in the BC’s interior, have grown overnight, remaining “out of co..
Clock Spring Casing Spacer Axial Shear Testing Results Released
Clock Spring Company, LP, a manufacturer of permanent and temporary composite pipeline and pipe work repair solutions, has released Axial Shear Testing Evaluates Casing Spacer Integrity and Performance, a white paper highlighting the results of Stress Engineering Services, Inc.’s full-scale upper-b..
- Kinder Morgan Proposes 290-Mile Gas Pipeline Expansion Spanning Three States
- Valero Plans to Shut California Refinery, Takes $1.1 Billion Hit
- Three Killed, Two Injured in Accident at LNG Construction Site in Texas
- Tallgrass to Build New Permian-to-Rockies Pipeline, Targets 2028 Startup with 2.4 Bcf Capacity
- TC Energy Approves $900 Million Northwoods Pipeline Expansion for U.S. Midwest
- U.S. Pipeline Expansion to Add 99 Bcf/d, Mostly for LNG Export, Report Finds
- Enbridge Adds Turboexpanders at Pipeline Sites to Power Data Centers in Canada, Pennsylvania
- Great Basin Gas Expansion Draws Strong Shipper Demand in Northern Nevada
- Cheniere Seeks FERC Approval to Expand Sabine Pass LNG Facility
- Heath Consultants Exits Locate Business to Expand Methane Leak Detection Portfolio
