Pipeline
Companies Will Study Risks, Changes to Enbridge's Underwater Pipeline
MACKINAW CITY, Mich. (AP) — The state of Michigan has tapped two companies to analyze the financial risk of an oil pipeline rupture in the Straits of Mackinac and evaluate any alternatives to two underwater lines in the waterway, officials said Tuesday. Enbridge Energy, based in Calgary, Alberta, h..
New Attack On Nigerian Pipeline Takes 10,000 Bpd Offline
A new attack by the Niger Delta Avengers set back Nigerian oil production by 10,000 barrels per day, according to local media reports. The incident took place late Sunday evening and targeted a pipeline run by Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) and damaged trunk lines that link terminals for Brass an..
Open Season Underway for Enlink's Greater Chickadee Crude Oil Gathering System in the Permian Basin
A subsidiary of EnLink Midstream Partners, LP has launched a binding open season for volume commitments for common carrier transportation service on its new Greater Chickadee crude oil gathering system with origin points in Upton and Midland counties in Texas and destination points at two terminals ..
Southern Buying Stake in Kinder Morgan’s SNG System
Kinder Morgan will sell a 50% stake in its 7,600-mile natural gas pipeline system to Southern Gas Company for an estimated $1.47 billion. Kinder Morgan will continue to operate the system. The Southern Natural Gas (SNG) system connects gas supply basins in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and..
N.J. Court Dismisses Trespassing Lawsuit Against PennEast
A New Jersey State Superior Court judge on July 7 rejected a lawsuit filed by HALT, an association of New Jersey landowners, and several of its individual members, that sought to prevent the PennEast Pipeline from being built. The $1 billion underground pipeline will span the 118-miles between Dall..
Second Open Season for Grand Mesa Pipeline Begins
Due to additional interest from shippers, NGL Energy Partners began a second open season for its wholly owned Grand Mesa crude oil pipeline, which will close at 5 p.m. CDT on July 28. The pipeline will provide takeaway capacity for crude oil producers in the Denver-Julesburg Basin and is expected t..
Latest Pipeline Bombing Adds to Industry Woes in Colombia
The government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels announced plans to begin peace talks in March but the situation between the two entities has remained tense. It recently deteriorated further when the rebels killed six members of that country’s security force and bombed the Ca..
Essar Projects Wins Contract for Replacement of Indian Oil Pipeline
Construction company Essar Projects won the contract to replace 87 miles (141 km) of 18-inch pipeline in the Koyali-Viramgam section of Indian Oil Corporation’s (IOCL) Koyali-Sanganer pipeline. The contract is valued at $12.6 million (INR 850 million), excluding of the cost of pipes, which are being..
Chinese Companies Splash US$80 Billion on Nigeria Oil, Gas
Chinese businesses have pledged to invest US$80 billion on oil and gas infrastructure projects in Nigeria, the country’s state oil company said. The announcement of the Memorandum of Understanding follows a roadshow in China by Nigeria’s Oil Minister and chief of the Nigerian National Petroleum Cor..
Sierra Club Loses Appeal Over Permit for Enbridge Pipeline
BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the government in a dispute over an oil pipeline that runs through a national forest in Michigan’s Oscoda County. The Sierra Club sued the U.S. Forest Service, saying it didn’t prepare an environmental analysis when it renewed Enb..
Canada Court Overturns Approval of Enbridge Oil Pipeline
TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal has overturned the previous government’s controversial approval of a pipeline proposal that would bring oil to the Pacific Coast for shipment to Asia. In a ruling released Thursday, the court said the former Conservative government did not adequately ..
Energy Transfer Ends Williams Merger
As expected, Dallas-based Energy Transfer Equity (ETE) canceled its merger agreement with the Williams Companies on Wednesday after a Delaware judge issued an opinion last week stating the transaction could be voided. ETE sought for months to kill the deal, announced Sept. 28, as faultering energy ..
TransCanada Sues U.S. Over Pipeline Rejection
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — The company that proposed the Keystone XL pipeline is seeking $15 billion in damages from the federal government after the Obama administration rejected the Canada-to-Texas project, a company spokesman said Monday. TransCanada Inc. filed a request for arbitration Friday under t..
Kinder Morgan Sells 50% Interest in Utopia Pipeline Project
Kinder Morgan said it will sell half its interest in the Utopia Pipeline project in Ohio to private equity firm Riverstone Investment Group for an undisclosed amount that will include 50% of Kinder Morgan’s previous expenditure on the $500 million project. Riverstone will also fund its share for the..
Russia-German Pipeline May Break Europe’s Energy Union
In March, nine Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) European Union member states sent a letter to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker objecting to the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. The letter, signed by the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, ..
North Dakota Regulators Holding Hearing on Proposed $5 million Oil Pipeline
WATFORD CITY, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators are holding a public hearing in Watford City on a proposed $5 million oil pipeline in McKenzie County. Plains All American Pipeline has applied for a permit for the Johnsons Corner to Dakota Access Pipeline Project, a 3.5-mile long, 24-inch diameter..
Firm: California Spill Went Undetected Due to Pipeline Work
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — The operator of a pipeline that spewed tens of thousands of gallons of crude oil into a Southern California ravine said Friday it didn’t detect the leak because the line was undergoing maintenance. Crimson Pipeline said the remotely monitored line was emptied on Wednesday to ..
Cleanup Underway After California Oil Pipeline Spill
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of gallons of crude oil spilled Thursday from a pipeline and flowed down a ravine in Southern California but did not reach the ocean, officials said. As much as 29,400 gallons of oil spilled and flowed a quarter- to half-mile from the spill, fire authorities said. ..
CAPP Annual Oil Forecast Shows Canada Needs New Major Oil Pipelines
Forecasted growth in Canadian oil production shows new major oil pipelines are urgently needed to deliver safe, secure and reliable energy to domestic and world markets, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers announced today in its 2016 Crude Oil Forecast, Markets and Transportation report...
California Pipeline Spill Revised Down to 29,400 Gallons
VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Southern California authorities have revised the estimated size of a crude oil pipeline spill down to 29,400 gallons. The spill early Thursday in Ventura County was initially projected to be as much as 210,000 gallons. Ventura Fire Department spokeswoman Kelly Flanders says ..
Monterra Making Progress on Pipeline Project in Mexico
Monterra Energy has secured preferred, priority, 24/7/365 access to an existing 200 meter dock along the Pantepec River for the company’s Monterra del Centro Pipeline Project. Monterra successfully launched the first CRE approved Open Season for the pipeline portion of the Tuxpan to Tula refined pr..
Bakken Pipeline Will Run Under Sacred Tribal Site in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa officials will allow work on a four-state oil pipeline to go forward after the company submitted a plan to avoid disrupting an American Indian burial ground. Department of Natural Resources spokesman Kevin Baskins tells The Des Moines Register ( http://dmreg.co/28KnoyM ..
Enbridge Getting Cleanup Equipment Just in Case of Oil Spill
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A Canadian company that owns twin oil pipelines in the area where Lakes Huron and Michigan converge said Monday it will spend $7 million over the next two years on additional equipment that could be deployed quickly in the event of a spill, while insisting prospects are r..
Enterprise Expanding in Delaware Basin with Pipeline, Processing Facility
Enterprise Products Partners plans to build a new cryogenic natural gas processing facility and associated natural gas, along with NGL pipeline infrastructure in the Delaware Basin of West Texas and southeastern New Mexico. The pipeline portion of the project will include construction of rich natur..
Prosecutor: Pacific Gas Ignored Regulations to Cut Costs
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. ignored pipeline safety regulations to cut costs and tried to cover up its illegal practices by misleading federal officials investigating a deadly explosion of one of its natural gas pipelines in the San Francisco Bay Area, a prosecutor said Friday as..
McDermott Awarded Pipeline Work Under Multi-Year Offshore Installation Contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum
McDermott International, Inc. has been awarded pipeline work for 2017 under a multi-year offshore installation contract with Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn. Bhd. The full scope of work for the 2017 campaign is expected to include transportation and installation for 20 miles of pipelines, with t..
ConocoPhillips Pipeline Leak Threatens Wildlife Area In Alberta
A Conoco-Phillips pipeline in Alberta, Canada has been leaking condensate since the 9th of June, spewing out approximately 2400 barrels of condensate into a wildlife area that had been set aside for elk and grizzly bears. The leak occurred in the Little Smoky Caribou Range near the company’s gas Re..
Projects
TransCanada Gets Final Permits for BC GasLink Pipeline TransCanada Corp. reported May 5 that it has secured the final permits needed to start construction and operation of its proposed Coastal GasLink pipeline. The company said the B.C. Oil and Gas Commission issued the last two of 10 permits neede..
Side-by-Side HDDs Effective On Gas Line Replacement
PG&E began work in September 2014 to replace two aging natural gas pipelines that cross Cache Creek near the town of Capay, CA. In September 2015, the HDD Company completed two directional drills on the project, replacing the pipeline that had been exposed on the bottom of Cache Creek. PG&E’s Line ..
New Pipeline Safety Bill Heads for House Passage; Senate Bill Waiting
Two House committees passed nearly identical pipeline safety bills. Once combined into a single piece of legislation, the House will work with the Senate, which previously passed a bill, to come up with a single version for President Obama’s signature. All three bills pale beside the 2011 pipeline b..
- 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
