Pipeline
NEB Conditionally Approves Vaughan Mainline Expansion Project
Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) has approved an application from TransCanada PipeLines Limited to construct and operate approximately 11.7 km of new natural gas pipeline in the City of Vaughan, Ontario, subject to 19 conditions. The Board’s written reasons will be released on or before Septembe..
FERC Approves Williams Partners’ Dalton Expansion Project
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved Tulsa, OK-based Williams Partners’ expansion of Transco’s fully contracted Dalton Expansion Project, designed to provide additional natural gas service to utility companies and the city of Cartersville in northwest Georgia. Construction on the..
EagleClaw Midstream Ventures to Acquire PennTex Permian
EagleClaw Midstream Ventures will acquire PennTex Permian, a wholly owned subsidiary of PennTex Midstream Partners, which holds assets including a cryogenic plant with the capacity to process 60 MMcf/d of natural gas, 90 miles of gathering pipeline and a 35 miles of condensate pipeline. Located pri..
Bear Paw Receives Approval to Construct LNG Pipeline
Bear Paw Pipeline Corporation Inc., an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (LNGL), has received Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board approval to construct a 62.5 km natural gas pipeline from Goldboro to the proposed Bear Head LNG liquefied natural gas export facility in..
API Files Suit Against EPA's Final Oil and Natural Gas Sector Rule
API filed a lawsuit Tuesday with the D.C. Circuit Court challenging the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final oil and natural gas sector rule calling for emission standards for new, reconstructed, and modified sources. Specifically, API challenges the EPA’s failure to adhere to the specific ..
GPA Midstream Against EPA Collecting Oil and Gas Emissions Data
The GPA Midstream Association has filed comments with the Environmental Protection Agency on its proposed information collection request for oil and natural gas facilities. The EPA is soliciting comments to develop a rulemaking that would regulate methane emissions from existing oil and natura..
Officials Say Mackinac Oil Pipelines Have Too Much Unsupported Space
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Michigan officials said Wednesday that Enbridge Energy Partners had violated a legal requirement by having too much unsupported space along its twin oil pipelines running beneath the environmentally sensitive waterway that links Lakes Michigan and Huron. Enbridge found s..
Plains All American, Phillips 66 Partners Form STACK Pipeline Joint Venture
Plains All American Pipeline and Phillips 66 Partners have formed STACK Pipeline, a 50/50 limited liability company, to own and operate a common carrier pipeline that transports crude oil from the Sooner Trend, Anadarko Basin, Canadian and Kingfisher counties (STACK) play in northwestern Oklahoma to..
Fate of Sandpiper Pipeline in Limbo After Enbridge-Marathon Move
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The future is unclear for a proposed oil pipeline that would cross northern Minnesota. Enbridge Energy on Tuesday announced it is investing in a different pipeline that would transport North Dakota crude oil — but not across Minnesota. The Canadian company has proposed the $2.6 ..
Judge Cuts Potential Fine After California Pipeline Blast
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a big victory for Pacific Gas & Electric Co., a judge has cut nearly all of a potential $562 million fine against the giant utility in a criminal case alleging it violated safety regulations before a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion in California and then obstructed inve..
Canyon Midstream Expanding James Lake System
Canyon Midstream Partners will expand its James Lake system into Winkler County, TX, located near southeast New Mexico. In response to demand for sour gas processing capacity, the company will add more compression at its new field facility in Kermit, along with a 22-mile trunkline extension capable ..
Enbridge-Marathon Company Buy Stake in Bakken Pipeline Project
Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics Partners agreed to sell 36.75% of the Bakken Pipeline Project, which includes the Dakota Access pipeline and the Energy Transfer Crude Oil pipeline, to MarEn Bakken, jointly owned by Enbridge Energy Partners and Marathon Petroleum, for $2 billion in cash..
TransCanada, Sierra Oil & Gas and Grupo TMM Propose New Refined Products Storage and Transportation Infrastructure in Mexico
TransCanada Corporation, Sierra Oil & Gas and Grupo TMM have proposed to jointly develop storage and transportation infrastructure to serve the growing demand for refined products such as gasoline, diesel and jet fuel in the central region of Mexico and surrounding markets. The $800 million project..
Pipeline Construction Equipment Damage is Suspected Arson
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Machinery located at three oil pipeline construction sites in central Iowa was found extensively damaged by fire Monday in what the company building the pipeline called a shameful act. There’s little doubt the fires were intentionally set along the Dakota Access pipeline, sa..
FERC Issues Final Environmental Impact Study for Rover Pipeline
FERC has released its final environmental impact statement for the Rover Pipeline Project. The EIS has been prepared in compliance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Council on Environmental Quality regulations for implementing NEPA (40 Code of Federal Regula..
FERC Releases Final EIS for Golden Pass LNG Export Project
FERC has released a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Golden Pass LNG Export Project proposed by Golden Pass Products, LLC and Golden Pass Pipeline, LLC. The EIS was prepared in compliance with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Council on Environ..
Open Season Launched for Spire STL Pipeline
Spire Inc. has launched an open season to broadly solicit commercial interest in capacity for the Spire STL Pipeline. Open season bids are due by August 19, 2016 for service beginning as early as November 1, 2018. The proposed 70-mile steel pipeline would interconnect to the Rockies Express Pipelin..
Enterprise Products Partners Natural Gas Plant Could Restart by Year's End
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Pascagoula natural gas processing plant heavily damaged by a June 27 explosion could restart operations before the end of the year. James Teague, CEO of Houston-based Enterprise Products Partners LP, made the comments Thursday to investors during a conference call after the ..
Erskine Production Resumes Following Pipeline Blockage
Serica Energy has resumed oil and gas production from the Erskine field following the clearance of a pipeline blockage and the completion of scheduled maintenance works on the Lomond platform. The pipeline blockage, which occurred earlier this year in the Lomond to Everest condensate export l..
Nigeria Loses 700,000 bpd Crude Output To Militant Attacks
Recent military attacks on oil infrastructure in Nigeria have dragged the country’s daily crude production down by 700,000 barrels per day (bpd), figures by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) show. Nigeria’s oil output is currently 1.5 million bpd compared to what would be a regular..
Sheehan Fleet Featured at Huge Auction
Two of the longest-running pipeline companies in the United States will be selling their entire fleets, Sept. 28-29, in Columbus, OH in what will be Ritchie Bros.’ largest-ever pipeline equipment auction. Most of the inventory will be that of Tulsa, OK’s Sheehan Pipeline Construction Company, which..
FERC OK’s Williams Partners’ New York, Virginia Expansions
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved Williams Partners applications for both the New York Bay Expansion and the Virginia Southside II Expansion projects. The New York Bay Expansion will serve distribution demand in New York City, while the Virginia Southside II Expansion will hel..
Standing Rock Sioux Sues Corps of Engineers Over Oil Pipeline Permits
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is suing federal regulators for approving permits for a $3.8 billion pipeline that will move oil from North Dakota to Illinois. Tribal officials filed the lawsuit Wednesday against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps issued permits for the..
SapuraKencana Awarded TANAP contract
SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad has secured a $510 million contract for the Trans Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline from TANAP Doğalgaz İletim A.S. The contract, awarded to SapuraKencana via its wholly-owned subsidiary company, SapuraKencana TL Offshore Sdn. Bhd. is for the Engineering, Procurement, Co..
Coast Guard: Abandoned Pipe Leaks Oil in Southeast Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Cleanup was underway Tuesday on an oil spill caused by a leak from an abandoned pipeline in southeast Louisiana waters. The Coast Guard says the leak happened in an abandoned pipeline near marshland along Lake Grand Ecaille. The area of coastal marshes and open water is about 60 ..
European Development Bank Considers Funding Gas Pipeline
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is looking to support financially the development of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline, which plans to bring gas across the Balkans and on to Italy. President Suma Chakrabarti told Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama during a visit ..
Canada to Ban Rail Cars Involved in Fiery Crash
MONTREAL (AP) – Canada’s transport minister says the rail car model involved in a fiery crash that killed 47 people in Quebec three years ago will no longer be allowed to transport oil in Canada as of Nov. 1. Marc Garneau said Monday that older tankers, called DOT-111 cars, and a version jacketed w..
Phillips 66 Partners Acquires Larger Interest in Explorer Pipeline
Phillips 66 Partners will acquire an additional 2.5% equity interest in Explorer Pipeline Company, bringing Phillips holdings to about 22%. Explorer serves more than 70 cities in 16 states and owns 1,830 miles of pipeline transporting gasoline, diesel, fuel oil and jet fuel with an average flow of ..
Environmentalists Take Aim at TransCanada Pipeline Project
BOSTON (AP) — Environmentalists are again taking aim at the company that proposed the Keystone XL pipeline — this time for another of its projects they fear would send hundreds of supertankers laden with crude oil down the Atlantic coast to refineries in Texas and Louisiana. TransCanada is behind t..
Dakota Access Pipeline Gets Federal Permit Approvals in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Texas company planning a crude oil pipeline that will cut across Iowa received the final federal permit approvals Tuesday needed to proceed with construction. Documents posted by the Iowa Utilities Board show the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers approved 60 river crossings i..
- 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
