Pipeline
Oryx Launches Open Season for Extension of Trans Permian System
Oryx Midstream Services subsidiary Oryx Southern Delaware Oil Gathering and Transport launched an additional binding open season to secure volume commitments and acreage dedications in support of the extension of the Oryx Trans Permian (OTP) pipeline system. The crude oil gathering and transportati..
Norway Offers New Offshore Drilling Licenses in Barents Sea
TROMSOE, Norway (AP) — Norway awarded on Wednesday 10 new licenses for offshore oil and gas exploration in the Barents Sea, including three in previously untouched waters near the Russian border. The Oil Ministry said it is the first time new acreage has been opened for drilling in Norwegian waters..
China’s Oil Industry Is Faltering, Production Falls 5%
Low oil prices and spending cuts are cutting into China’s oil production, a little known source of output declines that are helping to balance the market. New data shows that China’s oil production fell 5.6 percent in April compared to the same month a year earlier, falling to just 4.04 million bar..
Work Starts on Pipeline Bringing Azeri Gas to Italy
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Construction work is starting on a new pipeline project bringing Azeri gas through northern Greece and Albania to Italy, reducing Europe’s energy dependency on Russia. The Trans Adriatic Pipeline will run for 878 kilometers (550 miles), from Greece’s border with Turkey t..
Navitas Midstream Partners Announces Long-term Agreement With Encana Oil & Gas
Navitas Midstream Partners, LLC announced yesterday the execution of a long-term gas purchase agreement with Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc. Under the agreement, Navitas will purchase Encana’s gas from its substantial acreage position in Howard County, Texas. Navitas will gather gas into a new system c..
Pipeline Firm Says It Faces Charges in California Oil Spill
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Texas oil pipeline company responsible for spilling more than 140,000 gallons of crude on the California coast last year has been indicted on dozens of criminal charges, the company said Tuesday. Plains All American Pipeline and one of its employees face 46 counts of state law ..
More Glut On The Way As Libya Unblocks Exports
As Libya prepares to resume oil exports from the blockaded port of Hariga amid a month-long standoff between rival governments seeking over control of the country’s oil wealth, the global crude glut could suffer another negative jolt. Libyan oil officials have reportedly told Reuters that an agreem..
Williams Sues to Maintain Sale to Energy Transfer Equity
DALLAS (AP) — Williams Cos. has gone to court to pressure rival pipeline company Energy Transfer Equity to go through with the planned $32.6 billion purchase of Williams. In a lawsuit filed in state court in Delaware, Williams suggested that Energy Transfer is trying to get out of the deal. Energy..
Canadian Energy Minister Speaks Out on Downturn
Alberta has a glut of oil and natural gas hanging over the energy markets these days, but there’s another commodity piling up in the province, waiting to burst out: frustration. According to the Calgary Herald, frustration was a prevailing theme for the province’s energy minister – and many industr..
Companies Win TAP Contracts
Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG awarded Spiecapag, a subsidiary of Entrepose (VINCI Group), the EPC contract for three legs of the onshore Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project. One, in Greece between Kipoi and Kavala, is 185 km, while two, between Bilisht and Topoje in Albania, total 215 km. Also, Hill..
3 Workers Hurt in N.J. Gas Line Explosion
An explosion in Bayonne, NJ on March 30 injured three contractors installing a new gas main on a street named to honor Korean War veterans. Public Service Electric & Gas said the workers were testing the pipe with air, which is standard practice, when the incident occurred on Chosin Few Way in a s..
Natural Gas Production Sets Record
Even in the face of low prices, U.S. natural gas production hit its highest level ever. Average daily output in the U.S. set a record in February of 73.3 Bcf, up about 2% from the previous month, Platts Bentek said. The Energy Information Administration reported March 24 that producers had begun sto..
Contract for Pipeline Software Simulation Awarded
Transportadora Brasilera Gasoducto Bolivia-Brazil S.A. (TBG) has awarded Atmos International Ltd. a contract to provide the online pipeline simulation software for the Bolivia-Brazil gas pipeline that runs from Corumbá, in Mato Grosso do Sul, to Canoas, in Rio Grande do Sul. The pipeline supplies di..
Penspen Wins Consultancy Contract in UAE
Penspen was named project management consultant to Abu Dhabi Marine Operation Company (ADMA-OPCO) for the ongoing work on Das Island in the UAE. Penspen will be involved in the upgrade or replacement of various pipeline networks, studies on an oil spill response hub to serve Das Island and offshore..
Punj Lloyd Wins Pipeline Contracts in Oman
Punj Lloyd won an EPC contract valued at $404 million from the Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company and Oman Gas Company (OGC), which are owned by the government of the Sultanate of Oman and Oman Oil Company SAOC. The contract awards, reported by Gulf Oil & Gas, indicated the scope ..
Russia, Kazakhstan to Dominate Upstream Projects by 2025
Russia is responsible for 25 key crude and natural gas projects expected to commence operations by 2025, dominating the Former Soviet Union’s (FSU) oil and gas production, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. The company’s latest report, Production and Capital Expenditure Outlook f..
Steel City Becoming Energy Research Center
Pittsburgh is repackaging itself as an energy innovation city, with new research facilities ramping up at the University of Pittsburgh. The new Energy Innovation Center will be a place where private industry, universities and foundations come together to work on research in a space that hosts job tr..
Understanding Both Sides of the Infrastructure Issue
A new book should be at the top of the reading list for everyone in the industry. It’s entitled The Green and the Black, The Complete Story of the Shale Revolution, the Fight over Fracking, and the Future of Energy, by Gary Sernovitz, a managing director of an oil and gas private equity firm in New ..
Columbia Pipeline Group Reaches 99% Availability
Changes to the oil and gas industry in the United States have put pressure on transmission companies to optimize their systems, add flexibility and respond more quickly to a fluctuating industry landscape. While many companies in the industry have been struggling to change, others have been more for..
Low Commodity Prices: Redrawing Midstream Financial Picture
As energy commodity prices continued flat-lining at the start of 2016, a favored financial tool of the midstream oil and natural gas sector – the master limited partnership (MLP) – was under siege, buffeted by skeptical Wall Street analysts and wary unitholders alike. A financial staple that had he..
St. Louis Gets an Upgrade: Laclede Replaces 235 Miles of Pipelines
Like many utilities operating in urban areas, The Laclede Group is faced with aging infrastructure. The company is tackling this challenge head on by undertaking a major upgrade to natural gas distribution systems operated by its three subsidiaries: Laclede Gas in St. Louis, Missouri Gas Energy in ..
Constitution Pipeline Updates In-Service Date
Cabot Oil & Gas announced the Constitution Pipeline Co. has pushed back its projected in-service from the fourth quarter of 2016 to the second half of 2017. The adjustment is to ensure compliance with the environmental conditions of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Fish and W..
Medallion Begins West Texas Expansion
After a successful binding open season, Medallion Pipeline is moving forward on an expansion of its West Texas crude system. The project involves 49 miles of new pipeline in Howard County to an interconnect on Medallion’s Wolfcamp connector mainline in Glasscock County to transport 45,000 bpd of cru..
Monterra Energy to Build Mexican Pipeline
Monterra Energy is planning a refined products pipeline to improve efficiency and competition in central Mexico. The midstream company said it has an equity commitment from KKR, a global investment firm specializing in the development and acquisition of midstream infrastructure in Mexico. The proje..
NEB Re-Opens Public Energy East Hearing
Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) re-opened the Energy East application to participate process (ATP) for a three-week period, running through April 20. Energy East is a 2,795-mile pipeline designed to carry 1.1 MMbpd of crude oil from Alberta and Saskatchewan to refineries in Eastern Canada. The..
Coastal GasLink Pipeline Receives All Remaining Construction Permits
TransCanada received the last two of 10 pipeline and facilities permits required from the BC Oil and Gas Commission (OGC) for the Coastal GasLink Pipeline Project. The project now has approval for construction and operation of the proposed pipeline and related facilities. The $4.8 billion pipeline ..
PHMSA Extends Comment Period for Natural Gas Transmission Pipelines
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) pushed back the deadline for comments on the proposed natural gas transmission rule until July 7. The proposed regulations would update critical safety requirements for natural gas transmission pipelines and expand risk-based safety..
Possible Flaw in Weld Coating Cited in PA Pipeline Incident
Investigators have found evidence of corrosion on a natural gas pipeline that exploded in a massive fireball in Pennsylvania last week, scorching trees a quarter-mile away, damaging homes and burning a fleeing homeowner, the federal pipeline safety agency said Wednesday. The cause of Friday’s blast..
Consumers Energy Ups Investment in Michigan Natural Gas System
Consumers Energy is investing nearly $225 million to enhance safety and reliability of its natural gas system throughout lower Michigan. This year’s commitment includes infrastructure replacement projects across the state, upgrades to compressor and pressure regulation facilities, and upgrades to a..
Sunbury Pipeline Receives FERC Approval
UGI Sunbury, a subsidiary of UGI Energy Services, received a certificate of public convenience and necessity from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to construct and operate the 35-mile-long Sunbury Pipeline in central Pennsylvania. The pipeline, comprised of 20-inch steel pipeline and..
- 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
