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Eastern Shore Natural Gas Receives FERC Approval to Expand Firm Natural Gas Transportation Service
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved Eastern Shore Natural Gas’ application to expand firm natural gas transportation service to Calpine Energy Services’ Garrison Energy Center in Dover, Delaware. When completed, Eastern Shore Natural Gas will transport 45,000 dekatherms per day of ..
Opposition to Oil Pipeline Heats Up in North Dakota, Iowa
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — American Indians blocked crews constructing the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline in North Dakota on Wednesday, while Iowa landowners are asking a judge to halt work in their state until their constitutional challenges are heard. Law enforcement was called to keep the pe..
Williams Partners Committing to New Barnett Shale Gas Gathering Deal
Williams Partners conditionally committed to a new gas gathering agreement with Saddle Barnett Resources, a private equity-backed company based in Dallas, which will take over Chesapeake Energy’s interests in the Barnett Shale. Williams Partners’ agreements with Chesapeake, including Chesapeake’s Mi..
Iowa Landowners Seek Immediate Halt to Pipeline Construction
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa landowners are asking a judge to stop construction on the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline until their constitutional challenges are heard. A dozen landowners asked a state court in documents filed Tuesday in Des Moines to immediately hear the motion and keep the T..
Hydratight Secures New Contract with Statoil
Subsea connector specialist Hydratight has secured a four-year contract with Statoil Petroleum AS to supply products, services and management for remote pipeline repairs worldwide. Hydratight’s MORGRIP® contingency connectors will be the primary mechanical repair method within Statoil’s Pipeline Re..
Officials Celebrate Opening of New Pipeline in Arkansas
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Arkansas officials are celebrating the opening of a $200 million, 210-mile pipeline that will transport gasoline, diesel and jet fuel into the state. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson joined other top elected officials Wednesday to mark the start of the Magellan Midstream ..
China Could Quadruple Gas Imports By 2030
China has become the usual suspect when it comes to commodity prices. Whether it’s crude oil or copper, LNG or gold, China is almost invariably the first place everyone looks for an explanation as to why prices are up or down. Now Asia’s largest economy is on its way to swing the international gas m..
Williams, Williams Partners Selling Canadian Businesses to Inter Pipeline
Williams and Williams Partners agreed to sell the companies’ Canadian businesses to Inter Pipeline Ltd. for combined cash proceeds of $1.03 billion. Williams will waive $150 million of incentive distribution rights in the quarter following closing to simplify the of inter-company contracts. After ta..
Caliber Bear Den Interconnect Pipeline Open Season Underway
Caliber Bear Den Interconnect LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caliber Midstream Partners, LP, has launched a binding open season to solicit commitments for a new Caliber Bear Den Interconnect Pipeline that will be constructed from the Enable Midstream Partners, L.P. Bear Den Gathering System in Mc..
Welspun Receives $47 Million to Build Oil Pipeline
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – Welspun Tubular says it’s received a $47 million order to help build a 440-mile pipeline that will carry oil from Cushing, Oklahoma, to Memphis, Tennessee. Welspun and Diamond Pipeline LLC say the order accounts for approximately two-thirds of the pipe needed to build the D..
Louisiana Politicians Go to Court Blaming Big Oil for Coastal Woes
ALLIANCE, La. (AP) — The oil industry has left a big footprint along the Gulf Coast, where a Delaware-sized stretch of Louisiana has disappeared. But few politicians would blame Big Oil for ecosystem abuse in a state where the industry employs up to 300,000 people and injects $73 billion into the e..
Gas Pipeline Explosion in Iran Kills 1, Injures 3 People
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian state TV is reporting that a gas pipeline explosion in southern Iran has killed one person and injured three others. The report says the explosion took place during the early hours Saturday in the town of Genaveh, in the southern province of Bushehr. It says the fire was..
New Brunswick Building Trades Unions Fully Support Energy East
The head of the New Brunswick Building Trades Unions says the Energy East pipeline project is about the future for New Brunswick construction workers. “The economy has been slow over the last few years in New Brunswick. This has caused many of our workers to travel out of province for work an..
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Receives FERC Approval to Construct Facilities in Delaware
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved plans by Eastern Shore Natural Gas (ESNG), Chesapeake Utilities’ interstate natural gas transmission subsidiary, to construct pipeline and compression facilities to preserve the reliability and fle..
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..
- Phillips 66 to Shut LA Oil Refinery, Ending Major Gasoline Output Amid Supply Concerns
- FERC Sides with Williams in Texas-Louisiana Pipeline Dispute with Energy Transfer
- U.S. Appeals Court Blocks Kinder Morgan’s Tennessee Pipeline Permits
- ConocoPhillips Eyes Sale of $1 Billion Permian Assets Amid Marathon Acquisition
- Valero Considers All Options, Including Sale, for California Refineries Amid Regulatory Pressure
- U.S. LNG Export Growth Faces Uncertainty as Trump’s Tariff Proposal Looms, Analysts Say
- Marathon Oil to Lay Off Over 500 Texas Workers Ahead of ConocoPhillips Merger
- Valero Considers All Options, Including Sale, for California Refineries Amid Regulatory Pressure
- Another Major U.S. Oil Refinery Shutting Down as Lyondell Confirms Houston Closure
- Chevron CEO Wirth Under Fire as Hess Deal Delay Drags Down Stock Performance
