Pipeline
Corrosion Management of Pipelines, Onshore Facilities More Important than Ever
Some pipelines and onshore facilities deteriorate slowly during operation and in certain cases have been reliable for more than their estimated lifetime. Other installations, however, exhaust their useful life after only two to five years of operation. There are numerous factors that affect the lif..
New Integrity Solutions Facing Many Same Old Problems
The protection of oil, gas and refined product pipelines against natural events such as earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis, not to mention human actions including construction excavations, illegal tapping and terrorist sabotage, is an ongoing concern for operators around the world. However, in th..
Modest Jobs Recovery in Canadian Oil and Gas Industry
Canada’s oil and gas industry should see some modest recovery between 2017-2020 due to renewed industry activity and the need to replace retiring workers, according to the Labour Market Outlook 2016-20 for Canada’s Oil and Gas Industry report, by PetroLMI, a Division of Enform. “The industry underw..
SoCalGas Finds Efficiencies in Large Pipeline Safety Project
In the current phase of the Pipeline Safety Enhancement Plan (PSEP), Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) and San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E) are testing and replacing about 175 miles of pipe and upgrading/installing over 450 shutoff valves throughout the system. There are nearly 200..
Babst Calland Report Offers Legal and Regulatory Perspective for Producers, Midstream Operators
The law firm of Babst Calland has released its sixth annual energy industry report called, “The 2016 Babst Calland Report – An Unprecedented Time for the Oil & Gas Industry: Price Down, Supply Up, Reform Ahead; Legal and Regulatory Perspective for Producers and Midstream Operators.” This annual r..
Kinder Morgan Selects ABS Group to Develop Maintenance and Integrity Program for Elba Island LNG Project
BSG Consulting Inc., a subsidiary of ABS Group, has been contracted by Kinder Morgan to develop a Maintenance and Integrity Program for the LNG regasification terminal at Elba Island near Savannah, Georgia. ABS Group will be responsible for developing the maintenance and integrity programs for the ..
National Energy Board Starts the Clock on Energy East Pipeline Project
The National Energy Board (NEB) is starting the clock on one of the most innovative hearings in the NEB’s history. The NEB’s review of the Energy East Pipeline Project will include opportunities for the general public to provide their input and for hearing participants to orally question the applica..
PG&E Set to Face Jury over Deadly Pipeline Blast
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — One of the country’s largest utility companies is set to face a jury in a criminal trial accusing it of obstructing investigators in the wake of a deadly pipeline explosion in the San Francisco Bay Area. The September 2010 blast of a Pacific Gas & Electric Co. natural gas pipel..
Critical Romania-Bulgaria Gas Pipeline To Come Online By Year’s End
A delayed natural gas pipeline between Bulgaria and Romania that was supposed to be completed in 2013 will purportedly become operational later in 2016. “The interconnector will be completed by the end of this year,” Corina Popescu, Romania’s secretary of state at the Ministry of Energy, said at an..
Mississippi Port Trying to Land its Biggest Tenant
GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — The state port is trying to land its biggest tenant. The Sun Herald reports the company that would use a patented system to condition and liquefy gas on the West Pier for shipment to the Caribbean and Puerto Rico. SeaOne Gulfport LLC’s first production facility and export ..
Yokogawa Receives SCADA System Order for Gas Distribution Pipeline Project in Bangladesh
Yokogawa India, a subsidiary of the Yokogawa Electric Corporation, has received an order from the Gas Transmission Company Limited (GTCL) to supply a monitoring and control system for the gas pipeline system in Bangladesh. This project will involve the revamping, modernization, and expansion of GTCL..
Law Requires Tougher Standards for Great Lakes Pipelines
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) – Congress has ordered stronger safety measures for pipelines carrying oil and other fuels in the Great Lakes region. The requirement is contained in a bill that cleared the Senate on Monday and the House last week. It now goes to President Barack Obama for his signature. ..
Intertek to Provide Inspection Services to the Jemena Northern Gas Pipeline Development
Intertek has been selected to provide third party inspection services to support the procurement of Jemena’s Northern Gas Pipeline (NGP) Project. The 623 km planned pipeline will connect Northern Australia’s vast gas fields to the east coast gas market, running from Tennant Creek in the Northern Te..
Spectra Energy Awarded $1.5 Billion Nueces-to-Brownsville Pipeline Project
Spectra Energy Corp’s subsidiary, Valley Crossing Pipeline, LLC, has been awarded a 168-mile intrastate natural gas pipeline project by the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) – Mexico’s state-owned utility serving 37 million customers – to provide natural gas transportation services begi..
Natural Gas Pipeline Proposed for Eastern ND, Western MN
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck-based energy company says it wants to build a roughly 38-mile pipeline to deliver natural gas supply to eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota. WBI Energy Inc. said Monday that the expansion would cost an estimated $50 million. The company, a subsidiary of M..
TransCanada Partnership Awarded Contract to Build $2.1 Billion Sur de Texas-Tuxpan Natural Gas Pipeline in Mexico
TransCanada Corporation today announced that its joint venture with IEnova, Infraestructura Marina del Golfo (IMG), has been chosen to build, own and operate the $2.1 billion Sur de Texas-Tuxpan natural gas pipeline in Mexico. The project will be supported by a 25-year natural gas transportation ser..
Europe’s Final Hope For Energy Independence From Russia
Europe’s reluctance towards reliance upon Russian natural gas trade is no secret. It’s also no surprise, due to fallouts between Russia and Ukraine (a major transit country for the trade) in 2006, 2009 and 2014. Currently Russia and Ukraine do not even have a bilateral gas trade, but Russian gas is ..
Militants Claim Blast of Another Nigeria Oil Pipeline
WARRI, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian militants say they have blown up another crude pipeline owned by Italian oil company Agip. The Niger Delta Avengers announced the early-morning blast in Bayelsa state in a tweet Friday. The latest blast comes a few days after the militants rejected the government’s o..
Pipeline Work Begins in Iowa, Protesters Vow Nonviolent Acts
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Work has begun in Iowa on an oil pipeline despite repeated attempts by landowners and environmental groups to stop it, a spokeswoman for the Texas company building the pipeline said Thursday. The Iowa Utilities Board signed a final order Wednesday allowing construction on th..
Williams-Energy Transfer Merger Passes Muster – with Conditions
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said Thursday that Energy Transfer Equity (ETD) and The Williams Companies will divest Williams’ interest in an interstate natural gas pipeline to settle claims that ETE’s proposed acquisition of Williams would likely harm competition in Florida. The proposed merg..
House Unanimously Passes Pipeline Safety Act
The House on Wednesday unanimously approved a bill reauthorizing the Federal Pipeline Safety Oversight Board. It now goes back to the Senate where it already passed on voice vote in its initial version. The legislation, known as the PIPES Act, would change PHMSA safety policies by adding greater tr..
Plains All American Pipeline Project Gets OK in North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators have approved a short crude oil pipeline project in Mountrail County. The Bismarck Tribune reports that the 10-mile pipeline will be able to move up to 1 million gallons per day at full capacity. Cost is estimated at $9 million. Officials with Ho..
Hydratight Completes Pipeline Upgrade Project in Western Australia
Joint integrity specialist Hydratight has completed an upgrade project on a section of subsea pipeline on the North West Shelf of Western Australia. Contracted by Western Australia-based Quadrant Energy on behalf of the John Brookes Joint Venture, Hydratight engineered, manufactured, delivered and ..
EnLink Midstream to Expand in the Core of Permian’s Midland Basin with New Crude Oil Gathering System
A subsidiary of EnLink Midstream Partners, LP and EnLink Midstream, LLC will construct a new crude oil gathering system, the Greater Chickadee crude oil gathering project, in Upton and Midland counties in the Permian Basin. It will cost approximately $70 million to $80 million to build Greater Chick..
Holly Energy Buys Interest in Cheyenne Pipeline
Holly Energy Partners acquired half interest in Cheyenne Pipeline LLC, owner of the Cheyenne Pipeline, for $42.5 million. The other half of the assets are owned by an affiliate of Plains All American Pipeline, which will continue to operate the pipeline. The 87-mile crude oil pipeline, which runs f..
Iowa Board Votes to Allow Pipeline Work to Begin in State
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Texas company may begin construction on an oil pipeline in areas for which the company has approval but is not under federal jurisdiction, the Iowa Utilities Board said Monday despite opposition from environmental and citizen action organizations and landowners who are suin..
NEB Says Mackenzie Gas Project Still in Public Interest
The National Energy Board (NEB) will move the sunset clauses for the Mackenzie Gas Project’s Mackenzie Valley Pipeline and Mackenzie Gathering System to Dec. 31, 2022. The extension to the sunset clause for the pipeline does not come into effect until it is approved by the federal government. In a ..
PG&E Fined $24.3 Million for Poor Record Keeping on Gas Pipelines
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — State regulators are seeking $24.3 million in penalties from California’s largest utility for failing to maintain accurate records of its natural gas distribution system. The California Public Utilities Commission said Wednesday that it has already fined Pacific Gas and Ele..
Kinder Gains Federal Approval for LNG Export Project
Kinder Morgan subsidiaries Elba Liquefaction Company and Southern LNG Company received FERC authorization for the $2 billion Elba Liquefaction Project. The project, supported by a 20-year contract with Shell, will be constructed at the existing Elba Island LNG Terminal near Savannah, GA. The first ..
Sierra Club Files Suit Against New Construction of Bakken Pipeline
The Iowa branch of the Sierra Club has filed a lawsuit against the state’s Utilities Board (IUB) and Dakota Access LCC in an effort to block the construction of a pipeline that would connect North Dakota’s energy resources to the southern half of the United States. Wally Taylor, a lawyer for the na..
- 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
