Pipeline
Energy Economics Conference Suggests Upcoming Plummet In Oil Prices
Rice University’s James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy recently hosted a conference, “Energy Market Globalization: Investment and Commodity Price Cycles and the Role of Geopolitics.” Much discussion focused on the relationships of oil prices to other economic indicators, and whether these relationships indicated that oil prices may tumble in the near future.
Bond Construction Wins East Coast Projects
Bond Construction's Civil & Utility was awarded two projects on the East Coast. The company’s Newark, NJ office will build a meter and regulation station for Columbia Gas at a major gas transmission interconnect facility in Ramapo, NY.
Enterprise Holds Open Season For Panola NGL Pipeline Expansion
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced a binding open season to seek shipper support for a proposed expansion of the portion of its Panola Pipeline Co., LLC NGL system between Carthage and Lufkin, TX.
Americas Repiping The Flanagan South Story
Aside from the scale, engineering, design, construction and safety challenges, any of which could define a pipeliner’s career, what really motivates Enbridge’s Flanagan South Pipeline executives Jerrid Anderson and Mark Sitek, is the idea they are part of a larger socio-economic movement across North America. They’re helping to allow domestic energy to fuel more of the load, backing out imported oil.
TransCanada To Transport Oil From Western To Eastern Canada
TransCanada Corporation recently completed a binding open season to obtain firm commitments from interested parties for a pipeline to transport crude oil from Western Canada to Eastern Canadian markets.
Charlie Joyce: Born And Raised To Be A Pipeliner
The hallmark of the pipeline business has always been symbolized by the handshake. Never has there been a better example of this tradition than with Charlie Joyce and his family, owners of Otis Eastern Service, Inc., in Wellsville, NY.
NuStar Plans South Texas Project
NuStar Energy L.P. announced the launch of a binding open season by its affiliate, NuStar Crude Oil Pipeline L.P., to assess interest in committed space to transport Eagle Ford Shale crude from several terminal locations on its South Texas Crude Oil Pipeline System in Frio, McMullen, and La Salle counties to its Corpus Christi North Beach facility.
Will You Dominate Your Next Oil Spill Response?
Rapid dominance of your response requires far more than just getting there quickly or having a lot of really cool stuff with you when you arrive. Current or former military readers (thank you) already know this term. The military doctrine of “rapid dominance” requires four things:
Barrier Seal Breakthrough Improves UK Gas Grid Compressor Reliability
Many countries rely on their natural gas grid almost as much as they do their electrical grid, which makes it socially as well as economically imperative for network operators to strive for the utmost in system reliability.
Russias Petroleum Industry At Critical Juncture
Russia faces a looming oil crisis that places the country at a crossroads. Production could well be in decline by 2020, even as the state's dependence on oil as its primary source of income continues to grow. Yet oil also offers Russia’s best hope for continued progress if the state's precarious relationship with the industry can be reformed, said IHS Senior Research Director Thane Gustafson, author of “Wheel of Fortune: The Battle for Oil and Power in Russia.”
NAS Study: Oil Sands-Derived Crude Safe For Pipeline Transportation
The Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL) welcomed confirmation from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) that oil sands-derived crude is safe to transport through the nation's pipelines.
Gulfstream Services Completes Decommissioning In North Sea
Gulfstream Services Inc. completed two decommissioning contracts with major oil and gas service companies, Helix Well Ops UK and Dof Subsea.
Summit Midstream To Expand North Dakota Gathering Systems
Summit Midstream Partners, LLC announced an expansion of its Divide crude oil and water gathering system under construction in Williams and Divide counties, ND.
Transpetro Gas Pipeline Operations In Heart Of Brazilian Amazon Rainforest
Transpetro, a company 100% owned by Petrobras, is the largest logistics and transportation company in Latin America for the oil and liquid byproducts segment, and the national leader of natural gas transportation and processing. It is present in more than 200 cities and every Brazilian region.
P&GJs Midyear International Pipeline Report
<em>P&GJ</em>’s 2013 international pipeline survey indicates 77,318 miles of pipelines are in various stages of construction and planned. Of these, 33,205 represent projects in the planning and engineering phase and 44,113 are in various stages of construction.
Utility Workers Fast Reaching Retirement Age Now What?
The Midwest Energy Association (MEA) Utility Leadership Academy hosted webinars on talent management and workforce planning earlier this year highlighted by some stunning statistics from Energy Workforce Development on retiring energy workers. The data showed the average utility work is older than 48 – and nearly half are age-eligible for retirement within the next five years.
E&P Companies Cite Insufficient Pipeline Capacity Among Fastest-Growing Potential Threats
According to a study released by BDO USA, LLP, 80% of the 100 biggest publicly traded exploration and production companies by revenue listed insufficient pipeline, storage or trucking capacity as among the potential risks to their business for 2013. The study was conducted on the companies’ SEC 10-K filings, which list possible threats to their financial performance.
Markey Reports Gas Pipeline Leaks in MA Led To $150 Million In Lost Gas Per Year
Sen. Edward J. Markey of Massachusetts released a report on Aug. 1 on the state of gas distribution pipeline leaks in that state, using it as a case study for the country as a whole. The report, prepared by congressional staff, found that $1.5 billion worth of natural gas was lost in Massachusetts between 2000-2011 and blamed leaky distribution pipelines for most of the loss.
Americas Newfound Power: What U.S. Should Do To Capitalize On Shale, Renewable Energy Revolutions
It was hard not to do a double take when the story broke last November: By 2017, the headlines read, the United States would overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest oil producer. And by 2025, the U.S. could be exporting more oil and gas than it imports.
Plains All American Touts Western Oklahoma Pipeline Extension
Plains All American (PAA) Pipeline LP is building a 95-mile extension of its Oklahoma crude oil system to service production from the Granite Wash, Hogshooter and Cleveland Sands producing areas in western Oklahoma and the Texas panhandle.
New Methodologies, Technologies Help Protect Pipelines
Good practice in reducing risks to pipeline integrity, and taking quick and effective action when potential threats develop, have long been part of sound pipeline operation. However, new technology trends, including social media, are amplifying public concern around how pipeline operators manage environmental, social and economic impacts.
Natural Gas Dominates Energy Pipeline Infrastructure
The planned natural gas pipeline additions around the world can be attributed to the rapidly increasing demand for natural gas worldwide.
Williams, Boardwalk Form Bluegrass Pipeline JV
Williams and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP have a joint venture agreement to continue the development process for Bluegrass Pipeline, a project to transport natural gas liquids (NGLs) from the Marcellus and Utica Shale plays to the petrochemical and export complex along the Gulf Coast as well as the developing petrochemical market in the Northeast.
UniversalPegasus International To Provide FEED For Peruvian Compressor
UniversalPegasus International (UPI) was awarded a contract to supply the Front End Engineering Design (FEED) for Repsol Exploración Perú Sucursal del Perú’s first compressor station in Peru, announced CEO Philip Luna. This award was made within the bounds of a previous umbrella agreement that could imply further work for UPI.
NOCK, IOCL Team Up For Kenya-Uganda Petroleum Pipeline
Kenya's state-run oil firm, the National Oil Corporation (NOCK), has linked up with Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. (IOCL) to express interest for the proposed 219-mile, 14-inch Kenya-Uganda Petroleum Products Pipeline Project that would run underground from Eldoret, Kenya to Kampala, Uganda, according to the <em>Global Times</em>.
Uneven Energy Transportation Infrastructure Delaying Full Global Benefits Of Shale Gale
Increased natural gas utilization, and to a lesser extent oil development, is being hampered by a lack of market liquidity and spot pricing for the commodities both domestically and abroad. Roadblocks include insufficient pipeline connectivity in North America and into Europe, a dramatic lack of international energy infrastructure in Asia, and the regulatory and environmental delays that prevent the necessary investments from going forward.
Punj Lloyd To Build Pipeline Offshore India
ONGC has contracted Punj Lloyd for construction of the B-127 cluster pipeline offshore western India.
Pipeline Project Between Iraq, Jordan To Get Underway
A double pipeline that will channel oil to Jordan from Iraq is expected to play a key role in the kingdom’s efforts to diversify and strengthen its energy sources.
Millennium Touts Completion Of Minisink Compressor Station
Millennium Pipeline Co.’s Minisink Compressor Station is now moving natural gas across the Northeast. On May 15 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted Millennium's request for authorization to start service at the site which took eight months to construct.
Australia Facing Hiatus In LNG Development
At APPEA 2013, Wood Mackenzie's head of Australia Upstream Consulting, Andrew McManus, warned Australia faces a hiatus in LNG projects as the focus of buyers has turned to the U.S., where he said customers can find potentially lower-cost, more flexible LNG and the opportunity to diversify supply portfolios.
- 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
