Pipeline
Monarch Holds Open Season For Texas-Oklahoma Crude Line
Monarch Oil Pipeline, a subsidiary of Monarch Natural Gas Holdings, is holding an open season through Jan. 30 to solicit capacity commitments from shippers for a new oil pipeline system to gather and transport crude oil from production areas in Hemphill and Lipscomb counties in Texas to Plains Pipeline’s Reydon Station in Roger Mills County, OK.
ExxonMobil Executives Discuss Challenges, Achievements Of PNG LNG Project
Construction of ExxonMobil’s PNG LNG Project in Papua New Guinea began in 2010 and delivered its first cargo of LNG in May 2014, ahead of schedule. The project took over 200 million work hours to complete and employed 21,000 people at its peak. There are 700 km of pipelines connecting the LNG facilities, which include a gas conditioning plant in Hides and liquefaction and storage facilities near Port Moresby with a capacity of 6.9 million tons per year.
Rimrock To Build, Operate Grand Mesa Pipeline
Rimrock Midstream entered into agreements with Grand Mesa Pipeline, a subsidiary of NGL Energy Partners, to construct and operate the Grand Mesa Pipeline.
Westcoast Connector Project Awarded Environmental Certificate
Spectra Energy’s proposed Westcoast Connector Gas Transmission Project continues to advance, following receipt of an Environmental Assessment Certificate from British Columbia. The environmental review of the project assessed a natural gas transportation corridor that could accommodate up to two 48-inch pipelines with total design capacity of 8.4 Bcf/d.
Opportunities In Africa Lean Heavily Toward Exports
Africa’s importance as a major energy supplier will grow with the development of recently discovered oil and gas fields, most notably in West and East Africa, which will generate 8,558 miles of additional oil and gas pipelines (Table 1).
Saudis May Hold The High Card
Global oil demand will grow 1 MMbpd in 2014, or about 300,000 bpd more than the IEA’s latest forecast, according to ESAI Energy’s recently published Global Fuels Outlook. The report highlights discrepancies between ESAI Energy’s and the IEA’s forecasts for demand growth and provides an outlook on petroleum product markets – and spreads to crude – through 2016.
Greyrock Advances Small-Scale GTL Production Plant
Greyrock Energy, a company whose strategy is to transform natural gas into premium transportation fuels, announced on Nov. 4 a final investment decision (FID) to deliver one of the world’s first small-scale Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) facilities.
Technip Wins Subsea Contract Off Indonesia
Technip was awarded a subsea contract by Chevron Indonesia for the Bangka Development, located in Rapak PSC area, 70 km off the province of East Kalimantan. The contract covers engineering, procurement, construction, installation, commissioning and pre-commissioning of flexibles, umbilical, and subsea structures.
Hundred-Mile Down Under Project Honored By Plastics Pipe Institute
Instead of trucking light crude oil on a hundred miles of dirt roads in a remote area of Australia, it is now being conveyed underground using a thermoplastic, flexible composite pipe. This undertaking was recently awarded the Project of the Year by the Plastics Pipe Institute, Inc. (PPI) for its Energy Piping Systems Division (EPSD).
Trans Adriatic Pipeline Issues First Major Invitation To Tender For TAP
Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG has issued the first major Invitation to tender (ITT) for construction of the onshore section of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP). The scope for the onshore pipeline contracts includes the engineering, procurement and construction of 760-km, 38-inch cross-country onshore pipeline on Greece and Albania. Companies invited to tender are international pipeline construction organizations, including from TAP’s host countries.
Leak Detection Systems Critical To Pipeline Safety
Selecting a suitable leak detection system is not an easy task for pipeline operators. The system must meet the needs of the particular application and comply with relevant regulations. The most advanced technology available uses the extended real-time transient model (E-RTTM) model, which guarantees reliable leak monitoring for various types and lengths of pipelines, even under transient operating conditions.
What's New December 2014
New products and services from Digi International, Taxography, Heath Consultants, ESAB, Vacuworx, Puradyn, Latham & Watkins, Fecon, Victaulic, Kepware, Quest Integrity Group and more.
Steel Oil And Gas Pipe Shows Steady Increase
A study from the Freedonia Group by industry analyst Matt Zielenski projects steel oil and gas pipe demand to increase 7.6% annually through 2018, reaching $26.8 billion.
Construction Starts On LNG Expansion In BC
Bechtel recently started construction at the Tilbury LNG facility in British Columbia.
Plastic Pipe Where Past Is Prelude
Although plastic pipe has been actively used in the natural gas industry since the late 1950s, it is still considered by some to be the “the new kid on the block.” Perhaps one of the key reasons for this reputation is the fact that the plastics industry continues to push the envelope in creating higher performance materials that inspire new compositions and installation techniques. And the main benefactors are gas utilities, exploration and production companies and ultimately their customers.
JBBR Pipeline Seeks Customer Interest In Crude Line
JBBR Pipeline LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of CenterPoint Properties, closed an open season on Nov. 21 after soliciting binding long-term volume commitments from customers for interstate common carrier transportation service on up to 90% of the capacity of a 20-inch, 4-mile crude oil pipeline system.
Take-Off For Gas Pipelines In Mexico, Brazil
Latin America is home to vast quantities of natural gas and oil. Pipeline construction in this region is driven by the need to transport, process and distribute newly discovered oil and gas to market, or to build dedicated pipelines in anticipation of a large increase in gas-fired power generation.
Gas Infrastructure Aging Gracefully Despite Flawed News Story
While statistically pipelines remain the safest method to transport natural gas and liquids, growing demands on the aging infrastructure has increasingly pointed to the need for upgrades – sometimes tragically so.
Environmental Review Sought For $5 Billion Gas Pipeline
Dominion, on behalf of its joint venture partners in the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, has submitted a request to begin the pre-filing process with FERC for an environmental review of the proposed $5 billion, 550-mile natural gas pipeline.
Editor's Notebook: Dinner-Table Politics
It’s just a few days before Thanksgiving, so let’s talk turkey and football. The Keystone pipeline has never really been about energy. It’s been a political football almost since the day TransCanada proposed a pipeline to bring Canadian oil sands product to Gulf Coast refineries.
Constitution Pipeline Receives Final Environmental Review
Constitution Pipeline Company, LLC reported a key regulatory milestone toward approval to construct its proposed pipeline on a schedule that targets increasing natural gas supply to New York and New England markets in time for the winter 2015-16 heating season.
ETP Secures Shipper Agreements For 800-Mile Rover Pipeline
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. has secured additional long-term binding shipper agreements on its Rover natural gas pipeline project to connect Marcellus and Utica shale supplies to markets in the Midwest, Great Lakes and Gulf Coast regions of the United States and Canada. As a result of the additional agreements, the pipeline is fully subscribed through 15- and 20-year fee-based contracts to transport 3.25 Bcf/d of capacity.
Aux Sable Announces $130 Million Growth Project
Aux Sable Liquid Products LP announced a $130 million project that will increase the fractionation capacity of its extraction and fractionation facilities in Channahon, IL by 24,500 bpd.
How LDCs Performed During Nations Coldest Winter In 29 Years
America’s natural gas utilities work with federal and state regulators to build and maintain a 21st century infrastructure capable of safely and reliably delivering natural gas to homes and business throughout the United States.
Spectra Energy Joins PennEast Pipeline Development
Spectra Energy Partners has joined in development of the PennEast Pipeline. The proposed interstate natural gas pipeline will transport natural gas to meet growing energy demand in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Magellan Holds Extended Open Season For 600-Mile Saddlehorn Pipeline
Magellan Midstream Partners completed an extended open season on Nov. 6 seeking commitments on the proposed Saddlehorn Pipeline to transport various grades of crude oil from the Niobrara Shale to the partnership’s storage facilities in Cushing, OK.
Determining Design Life Of Assemblies Of Polyethylene Pipe
Improvements in long-term performance of polyethylene (PE) piping compounds have created interest in the use of higher operating pressures for gas distribution piping systems. In Canada, this has culminated in the approval of PE 100 pipe with an operating pressure of 145 pounds per square inch gage (psig) for SDR 11 pipe, and the approval of PE 2708 PLUS and PE 4710 PLUS compounds that qualify for a 0.45 design factor for gas applications.
TransCanada Seeks NEB Approval For $12 Billion Energy East Project
TransCanada has filed a formal project application for the Energy East Pipeline Project with Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB). The detailed application for the 1.1- MMb/d pipeline comes after more than 18 months of environmental studies, engineering work and public consultation, making it one of the most extensive regulatory applications in TransCanada's history.
Oklahoma-Texas Pipeline Planned By Plains All American
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. plans to construct a 16-inch, 226-mile pipeline from the Plains Basin pipeline system at Duncan, OK that will largely following an existing Plains right-of-way to Longview, TX. The pipeline is supported by long-term commitments and is expected to be completed by mid-2016.
Dresser-Rand Noise Tests Largest Pipe Resonator Array Ever Produced
Dresser-Rand Group recently carried out a noise test for the largest pipe resonator array ever produced. Conducted on a 30-inch pipe, it was intended to confirm the estimated noise attenuation on a compressor operated by Norwegian-based Statoil.
- 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
- U.S. Buys Nearly 5 Million Barrels of Oil for Emergency Stockpile
- U.S. Appeals Court Strikes Down Controversial Biden Pipeline Safety Rules
- Texas Oil Pipelines Near Max Capacity, Threatening Future Export Limits
- 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
