Pipeline
Williams, Williams Partners Complete Sale of Canadian Assets
Williams and Williams Partners have completed the sale of their Canadian businesses to Inter Pipeline Ltd. The combined cash proceeds amounted to $1.38 billion CAD between the partnership and company. In connection with the sale, Williams agreed to waive $150 million USD of incentive distribution r..
PennEast Files with FERC for 26 Route Modifications in Pennsylvania
PennEast Pipeline Company has filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 26 route deviations in Pennsylvania. Examples include: • In Luzerne County, PennEast, in conjunction with landowner consultation, is altering the Pipeline’s current route and relocating the proposed Auburn/Lei..
First Nations and Tribes Sign New Treaty Joining Forces To Stop All Tar Sands Pipelines
First Nation and Tribal Chiefs have signed a new continent-wide Indigenous Treaty — the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion — that commits already some 50 First Nations and Tribes from all over Canada and the Northern US to working together to stop all proposed tar sands pipeline, tanker and..
PennEast Pipeline Submits Seven Route Deviations in New Jersey to FERC
PennEast Pipeline Company LLC has filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) seven route deviations in New Jersey in PennEast’s continued effort to reduce impacts on endangered species and wetlands, maintain co-location with existing rights of way and address concerns expressed by la..
Petrobras Sells 90% of Gas Pipeline Unit
Petrobras’ Board of Directors has approved the sale of 90% of the shares of Nova Transportadora do Sudeste (NTS) to Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and its affiliates, through a Private Equity Investment Fund that includes British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, CIC Capital Corporatio..
Allianz-Snam Consortium Awarded 49 Percent of Gas Connect Austria
OMV, the international integrated oil and gas company based in Vienna, OMV Gas & Power GmbH (OGP) and the Consortium composed of Allianz, Europe´s largest insurer, and Snam S.p.A., Italy’s gas infrastructure operator, have signed an agreement for the sale and purchase of a 49% minority stake in Gas ..
BP’s Azerbaijan Gas Project Will Cost $18 Billion
BP has revealed the cost of its contracts in the second phase of its development of the offshore Shah Deniz gas and condensate field in Azerbaijan, and the expansion of the South Caucasus pipeline. A message from the company stated that the contracts are worth approximately $18 billion. The project ..
North Dakota Tribes Seek Review of Sacagawea Pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s oil-rich Three Affiliated Tribes wants a federal appeals court to quickly decide whether a Texas company needed tribal permission to put an oil pipeline and a natural gas pipeline beneath a Missouri River reservoir. The tribes requested that the Sacagawea pipeli..
Task Force Looking into Security, Pipeline Protesters' Clash
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — A joint task force of North Dakota and federal officials is investigating a clash between Dakota Access pipeline protesters and private security guards earlier this month, a county sheriff announced Tuesday. The Morton County Sheriff’s Department is heading up the probe of the Se..
Company Restarts Gasoline Pipeline after Leak in Alabama
ATLANTA, GA (AP) —Colonial Pipeline has restarted the gasoline pipeline in Alabama that was shut down after a major leak, which caused shortages and surging fuel prices across the South. Company officials say in a statement that the pipeline reopened Wednesday evening. The pipeline leak was discove..
North Dakota Borrowing $6M for Pipeline Protest Costs
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A North Dakota legislative committee has approved an emergency request to borrow $6 million to cover the cost of law enforcement related to the ongoing protest of the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline. The state’s Emergency Commission, headed by Gov. Jack Dalrymple, voted ..
New York Crude Oil Hub Subject to New Environmental Review
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York regulators will require an extensive new environmental review of permits originally issued in 2012 that allowed fuel transporters to turn Albany into a major hub for crude oil rail shipments from North Dakota to East Coast refineries. Department of Environmental Conserv..
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Awards Construction Contract to Spring Ridge Constructors
Atlantic Coast Pipeline, LLC, which has proposed a 600-mile natural gas transmission pipeline to bring much-needed energy to Virginia and North Carolina, has signed a construction contract with Spring Ridge Constructors, LLC (SRC), a joint venture of leading natural gas pipeline construction compani..
Ukraine Abandons Plan To Attach National Pipeline Company To Energy Ministry
The Ukrainian government reversed a previous decision to bring the nation’s natural gas transport company under the direct control of the Energy Ministry. Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Stepan Kubiv said he will not carry out plans to detach Ukrtransgaz from the government-run gas compa..
Washington Regulators Release Report into March Gas Explosion in Seattle
Washington pipeline safety regulators today released their investigation report into the March 9 natural gas explosion in the Greenwood neighborhood of Seattle. Utilities and Transportation Commission’s Pipeline Safety staff led the investigation into the cause of the explosion that injured nine fi..
Northern Gateway to Not Appeal Federal Court of Appeal Decision Reversing Project Approval
Northern Gateway will not appeal a recent Federal Court of Appeal decision that reversed the project’s federal approval certificate. The Federal Court of Appeal found that the National Energy Board’s Joint Review Panel recommendation was acceptable and defensible on the facts and the law. The Court,..
Velocity Midstream Partners and CVR Refining Form JV for Construction of a Crude Oil Pipeline
Velocity Central Oklahoma Pipeline LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Velocity Midstream, has entered into definitive agreements with a subsidiary of CVR Refining, LP related to Velocity’s construction of a crude oil pipeline and terminal directly linking the fairway of the South Central Oklaho..
Company Expects to Restart Pipeline Wednesday after Leak
ATLANTA (AP) — A main gas line is expected to restart Wednesday with a temporary bypass after a leak and spill in Alabama led to surging fuel prices and some gas shortages across the South, a company official said Tuesday. The roughly 500-foot (152- meter) section of pipe that will serve as the byp..
Alabama Governor Praises Pipeline Company's Response to Leak
ATLANTA (AP) — Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley said gas prices in parts of the state rose 20 cents over the weekend after a pipeline leak, but he didn’t consider that price gouging. “It changes overnight sometimes that much,” he said. Bentley toured Colonial Pipeline’s emergency response center, in a ..
Pipelines Support ‘Ends’ of PHMSA Proposal, Not the ‘Means’
Pipelines Support ‘Ends’ of PHMSA Proposal, Not the ‘Means’ Broad pipeline industry opposition to several aspects of the newly proposed transmission pipeline regulations is as much about methane emissions as it is about safety. The proposal from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administ..
Deloitte: North Sea Pipeline Deals to Rise this Year
The North Sea will see a rise in infrastructure deals this year, with private equity funds playing an increasing role in midstream assets, according to business advisory firm Deloitte. Against the backdrop of a low oil price, more oil and gas companies are looking to rationalize their portfolios an..
Compromise Allows Big Spending on Israel’s Natural Gas Sector
Israel’s decision to adopt changes to guidelines under which U.S. developers operate in its massive Leviathan natural gas field will likely lead to the largest infrastructure project the tiny nation has ever seen. The move clears the way for Houston-based Noble Energy’s planned $5 billion natural g..
Guidelines Aim for Better High-Speed Compressor Systems
With the growing use of high-speed separable reciprocating compressors in natural gas storage and transmission applications, the Gas Machinery Research Council (GMRC) identified the need for better guidelines and practices to govern the specification, design and application of this class of compress..
GIS – Improving Pipeline Risk Assessment
While geographic information systems (GIS) have been around in commercial form since the early 1980s, subsequent technologies for data capture, storage and processing have improved rapidly in both resolution and scope. In terms of data capture, technologies that explicitly incorporate spatial refere..
Asset Management in Cross Bore Safety
Why Inspect? “Last root-ball before lunch!” thought Joe the plumber, as he ran the snake up the sewer lateral toward a tangle of roots and tissue. The cutting tool spinning at the end of the snake hung up a bit, but the motor powered it through the blockage all the way up under the foundation of th..
DOT Site Security Plans: Potential Application to Pipeline as Offerors
The Department of Transportation (DOT) requires “offerors” of hazardous materials to develop and adhere to a site-specific security plan that evaluates transportation security risks and appropriate measures to address those risks. For the midstream sector, questions often arise as to whether or not ..
Transient Modeling of Natural Gas Transmission Systems
Transient flow regularly occurs in the gas pipeline during normal operation due to variations in demand, inlet and outlet flow changes, and compressor start and stop. Transients can also occur in natural gas pipelines during filling and line pressurization, emergency shutdown, gas blowdown, line dep..
Need for More Capacity Driving Gas Compressor Market
Analysis by Frost & Sullivan researchers suggests the oil and gas industry is the single-largest customer in the pipeline gas compressor market, worth over $6 billion in 2014 and forecast to surpass $8 billion in 2021. In the United States alone, according to the federal Energy Information Administ..
Power Generation Moving to Greener Future with Natural Gas
The power generation industry is undergoing sweeping change. Global governments finally accept the reality of climate change and are opting for generation with lower carbon footprints, as witnessed in the COP21 agreement and various national policies. Generation is also shifting from a centralized m..
Projects
FERC Approves Williams Partners’ Dalton Expansion Project Williams Partners L.P. has won Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval for Transco’s fully contracted Dalton Expansion project to provide additional natural gas service to utilities and a municipal entity in northwest Georgia. The Da..
- 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
