Pipeline
MPL Plans Crude Line Upgrade
Minnesota Pipe Line Company, LLC plans a project that will use available capacity on its newest pipeline – Line 4 – to ensure the overall reliability of its pipeline system.
Distributed Condition Monitoring For Pipeline Compressor Stations
The majority of the United States is dependent upon the Interstate Natural Gas Pipeline system for supplies of natural gas. Intelligent distributed condition monitoring solutions are now available for the compressor stations that maintain pressure on the natural gas pipeline network and ensure continuous forward movement of supplies.
MarkWest Energy To Expand Processing Capacity In Marcellus Shale
MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. plans an expansion of its rich-gas processing capacity in the Marcellus Shale.
Breaking Down Quad-O Regulations, Compliance Needs
Just as onshore production methods change and evolve over time, so too do environmental regulations. On Aug. 16, 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published final regulatory updates specific to onshore oil and natural gas production that span from well completion to transmission. Deciphering and gaining a better understanding of these regulations will remove costly compliance pitfalls during normal operations.
Economist Schools Public And Industry On Vital Role Of Communication
While the energy industry’s share of the economy is on the upswing, the business is in many ways still a specialty field, with innumerable complex issues at play between companies, regulators and the public when it comes to development, conservation and jobs. Few people understand the interplay well enough to provide context to those not in the midst of it, and those in the middle can lose sight of the big picture. Bernard “Bud” Weinstein, Ph.D., is applying his considerable talents to bridging those gaps.
Piedmont Natural Works To Boost Energy Efficiency At Marine Corps Base
Piedmont Natural is working at the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, home to the U.S. Marine Corps' II Marine Expeditionary Force, to expand its natural gas facilities in Jacksonville, NC.
Industry Leaders Predict Robust Pipeline Construction Market In Years Ahead
North America’s energy revolution is alive and well! That was the message at Pipeline & Gas Journal’s 10th annual Pipeline Opportunities Conference March 25 at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston. Issues covered included quality control for gas pipeline construction, the Pipeline Safety Act, prospects for infrastructure expansions to support new supply sources, the outlook for labor and employment and the benefits of working in an energy state like Texas.
TGP Finalizes 790,000 Dth/d Precedent Agreement With Antero Resources
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. announced that KMP’s Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (TGP) has awarded Antero Resources 100% of the capacity offered in TGP’s binding open season for its proposed Broad Run Flexibility and Broad Run expansion projects.
Operators See Bumpy Road Ahead, Despite $640 Billion Demand For Midstream Infrastructure
Faced with a study projecting that the pipeline industry will need an average of $30 billion per year worth of new infrastructure to satisfy oil, gas and liquids transportation needs between 2014 and 2035, pipeline operators foresee struggle and risk as well as opportunity.
Energy Transfer To Provide Natural Gas Transportation Service To Mexico
Energy Transfer Partners’ two wholly owned subsidiaries, Houston Pipe Line Company LP and Oasis Pipeline, LP, have entered into 15- year agreements with Comisión Federal De Electricidad (CFE), the Mexican agency handling Mexico’s electric power needs, to provide transportation services for 930,000 MMBtu/d of natural gas.
JV To Build 181-Mile Gas Pipeline In Mexico
Fluor Corp. reports its ICA Fluor joint venture with Empresas ICA, S.A.B. de C.V., signed a contract with TAG Pipelines Sur S. de R.L. de C.V. to build the 1.42 Bcf/d capacity Ramones II Sur gas pipeline through the states of San Luis Potosí, Querétaro and Guanajuato in Mexico.
Regency Energy Plans Processing Plant, NGL Pipeline In North Louisiana
Regency Energy Partners will build a processing plant and NGL pipeline at Regency’s Dubberly facility in north Louisiana.
Summit Build Out Brings Natural Gas To Underserved Maine
In February, when Summit Natural Gas of Maine began providing natural gas to Gardiner businesses and residents who until then had relied on propane or heating oil, it was only part of a much bigger story.
Modern VSD Double-Casings Centrifugal Compressors For Gas Pipelines
Modern centrifugal compressors using double-end, variable-speed electric motors are high performance and reliable options for pipeline compression stations. Such a compressor train is equipped with two compressor casings coupled through two gear units on either side of a double-end variable speed drive (VSD) motor.
Kinder Morgan Set To Expand CO2 Footprint In Southwestern Colorado And New Mexico
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. will invest $671 million to grow its CO-2 infrastructure in southwestern Colorado and New Mexico.
UTEC Awarded Major Contract In Australia
UTEC Survey (Australia) Pty Ltd was awarded a contract by Saipem for offshore survey and positioning services during the pre-lay, lay and post-lay installation of a 42-inch, 889-km pipeline that will connect the INPEX operated Ichthys LNG project’s offshore central processing facility situated 200 km off the coast of Western Australia with its onshore gas processing plant near Darwin in Australia’s Northern Territory.
PDVSA To Boost Orinoco Oil Belt Production
Petroleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) is moving forward with a series of heavy oil developments in the Orinoco Oil Belt that will allow a significant increase in production while requiring the development of massive new infrastructure, Ruben Figuera, director of new developments in the Orinoco Oil Belt, told the World Heavy Oil Congress 2014 in New Orleans.
What the Oil Boom Means And Doesnt Mean For Energy Security
When we graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1968, the American oil industry was in the midst of a boom. Domestic crude production had increased every year for nearly a decade, and Texas was the world’s swing oil producer, providing our nation with important strategic flexibility.
DENSO Wins Large IOCL Contract For Pipeline Coating
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (IOCL), which is upgrading its more than 11,000- km pipeline grid after 40 years of operation, has contracted for more than 2.4 million square meters of pipeline coating from DENSO GmbH Germany.
Confluence Of Events Underscores Problems Getting Propane To Market
That so many Americans found themselves without enough propane to heat their homes adequately this winter can be attributed to several factors. Oddly enough, though, experts agree none of these involve an actual shortage of fuel.
Magellan Gains Enough Commitments For Arkansas Pipeline
Magellan Midstream Partners, LP received sufficient commitments during its recent open season to move into the next phase for its potential pipeline to Little Rock, AR. The partnership continues to finalize the scope and engineering estimates for this potential project, which may include using an existing third-party pipeline for a portion of the route.
Williams Partners Transco To Increase Natural Gas To NYC
Williams Partners’ Transco reported a key regulatory milestone on two related projects designed to increase natural gas delivery capacity to Brooklyn and Queens in time for next winter’s heating season.
Enbridge Embarks On $7 Million Mainline Replacement Project
Enbridge Inc. plans to replace Line 3, a 1,031-mile, 34-inch pipeline that has been in operation since 1968 and is one of six crude oil pipeline that comprise the its mainline system.
Crestwood Exec Traces Progression From Mergers To Emergence As $9B Player In Midstream, Shale
As master limited partnerships (MLPs) come to dominate the midstream business, the people who helm them must understand not only the intricacies of gas and liquids extraction and transportation, but the financial methods and strategies that drive their firms’ investment and market success. One way to gain that knowledge is from a career path with plenty of unexpected turns.
Enable Midstream Partners To Gather Bakken Crude Oil Production
Enable Midstream Partners’ crude services subsidiary has entered into a long-term agreement with XTO Energy Inc., a subsidiary of ExxonMobil Corp., for XTO’s crude oil production through a system that will be constructed in North Dakota’s Bakken Shale.
IEA Economist: Shale Gale Will Result In 20 Years of U.S. Dominance
IEA Chief Economist Fatih Birol synthesized the agency’s 2013 World Energy Outlook and his own analysis to suggest that for the next 20 years, low energy costs caused by the early and plentiful development of shale gas and energy infrastructure will give the United States a large competitive advantage over other nations when it comes to attracting and developing business.
Hiland Crude Holds Open Season To Expand Transport Capacity
Hiland Crude, LLC recently held an open season to solicit shipper interest for crude oil transportation service involving an expansion of its 488-mile Double H Pipeline that is under construction. An initial open season was held in 2012 for the base capacity.
Texas-Based LNG Plant Planned
Applied Natural Gas Fuels, Inc. has purchased 31 acres of land in the RailPort Business Park in Midlothian, TX to build a multi-liquefier LNG production platform previously announced in September 2013.
Environmental Review Underway For Gas Pipeline To Kitimat, BC
Coastal GasLink filed an environmental assessment application that is now in a 180-day public review period for the proposed 400-mile Coastal GasLink project.
Mark West Completes 7 Major Projects In 4 Months
In recent months, MarkWest Energy Partners has commenced operations of seven major infrastructure projects in the Northeast, including five new cryogenic processing plants totaling 1 Bcf/d of capacity and two fractionation facilities totaling 98,000 bpd of C2+ fractionation capacity.
- 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
