Pipeline
Williams Purity Pipeline Conversion Project
Wood Group Mustang was selected by Williams to provide survey, engineering, design and program management for its Purity Pipeline projects.
California Dreaming? Could The Monterey Be Road To Oil Future?
“I think there is lots of opportunity. It is whether or not the economics can line up with the technology to get it out of the ground.” <em>– oil executive in Bakersfield</em> Between federal numbers crunchers, and a university and think tank-based report that surfaced earlier this year, California’s venerable Monterey Shale is stirring renewed dreams of California gold – black gold in the form of heavy crude.
Emerson Opens Americas HQ For Valve Automation, Technologies
Emerson Process Management has opened its new $30 million Americas headquarters for valve automation technologies and a new, highly automated and sophisticated manufacturing facility in Houston to expand its services for the oil and gas and petrochemical industries.
Crosstex Holds Open Season For NGL Pipeline Project
NGL Pipeline, L.P., an affiliate of Crosstex Energy companies, held a binding open season for volume commitments for interstate common carrier transportation service on the proposed Crosstex NGL Pipeline that will transport unfractionated NGLs produced in the Permian Basin, Barnett Shale, Eagle Ford Shale and other areas from the Mont Belvieu area to NGL fractionation facilities in Acadia and Ascension parishes, LA for one year and to NGL fractionation facilities in Acadia and Iberville parishes thereafter.
Editor's Notebook: Once A Pipeliner, Always A Pipeliner
I love to tell stories that combine two of my passions: baseball and pipelines. I happened to turn on a Phillies game against Milwaukee just as the Brewers were honoring Johnny Logan, the standout shortstop on the 1957 World Series champion Milwaukee Braves. I had an abiding interest in Mr. Logan because he was a native of Endicott, NY where I was a reporter for several years.
WBI Energy Plans $700 Million, 400-mile Pipeline
WBI Energy, Inc., a subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, Inc., has proposed a natural gas pipeline stretching from far western North Dakota to western Minnesota where it would connect with Viking Gas Transmission Company’s pipeline system.
Avista Ready To Ramp Up Infrastructure Replacement Program
Headquartered in Spokane, WA with a service area of more than 30,000 square miles in eastern Washington, northern Idaho and parts of southern and eastern Oregon, Avista Utilities is embarking on a 20-year program to systematically replace 714 miles of plastic main piping and install transition tubing at the identified steel tees at a cost of about $10 million a year. The investor-owned utility serves about 323,000 natural gas customers and another 158,000 electric customers.
Crestwood, Inergy Merge To Form $7 Billion Midstream JV
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP, Crestwood Holdings LLC and Inergy LP, Inergy Midstream LP have signed definitive agreements to create a fully integrated midstream partnership valued at $7 billion.
Koch Pipeline Launches Bakken Pipeline Project Non-Binding Open Season
Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. has announced that it will conduct Phase I of an open season for the Dakota Express Pipeline, a proposed pipeline to transport Bakken crude oil from western North Dakota to Hartford, IL and Patoka, IL.
Sheehan Touts 110 Years Of Success In Pipeline Construction
Sheehan Pipe Line Construction Co. (SPLCC), started in 1903, is the oldest pipeline construction company in the U.S. and is celebrating 110 years in business in 2013. The Tulsa, OK-based company has designed a new logo to commemorate the anniversary and will be creating collector items and memorabilia to celebrate their success.
Feds see twofold jump in Bakken, Three Forks oil, gas resources
The United States Geological Survey (USGS) has released an updated oil and gas resource assessment for the Bakken Formation and a new assessment for the Three Forks Formation in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana, showing the formations contain an estimated mean of 7.4 Bbbl of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil.
Shale Plays Should See Added Capacity Next 2 Years
While the federal Energy Information Administration (EIA) may have first logged shale gas development and production as far back as the mid-1990s, it has only been in recent years that shale plays have become universally recognized as a game-changer for the energy industry.
Atlas Energy Buys Eagle Ford Midstream Business For $1 Billion
Atlas Energy LP’s midstream subsidiary, Atlas Pipeline Partners (APL) LP, has a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the equity interests of TEAK Midstream LLC for $1 billion.
Construction Starts On Pioneer Project
Dakota Plains Holdings Inc. and joint venture partner, Petroleum Transport Solutions LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of World Fuel Services Corp., report construction is underway for the Pioneer Project.
MarkWest To Provide Midstream Services In Utica Shale
MarkWest Utica EMG LLC, a joint venture between MarkWest Energy Partners LP and The Energy and Minerals Group, has agreements with PDC Energy Inc. to provide gathering, processing, fractionation, and marketing services in the Utica Shale in Ohio.
United Metallurgical Company Opens U.S. Pipe Plant
Russian firm United Metallurgical Company (OMK) held a grand opening ceremony for its new Houston tube pipe plant on Feb. 26 with more than 150 people, representing construction companies, suppliers of equipment, managers and plant employees on hand.
Chesapeake Awards Contract For Eagle Ford Production Facility
Strategy Engineering & Consulting LLC was awarded a contract by Chesapeake Energy to design a Central Production Facility (CPF) in the Eagle Ford Shale.
Crude Oil/Frac Sand Terminal Planned In New Mexico
Rangeland Energy expects to invest more than $150 million in a terminal and supporting infrastructure in Loving, NM. The company has contracts to purchase 770 acres near Loving and plans to begin development of a terminal facility capable of handling crude oil, frac sand, pipe and other products.
Continental Resources Bakken Crude Supply Agreement
Continental Resources Inc. has agreed to supply PBF with Bakken crude oil, which will be delivered by rail to PBF’s double-loop track at its refinery in Delaware City, DE.
ONEOK Completes Multibillion-Dollar Projects On Time, On Budget
ONEOK Partners, L.P. has completed three projects that are part of its previously announced $4.7-5.3 billion growth program through 2015, including:
TransCanada Exec: Oil Lines Safer Than Rail
A TransCanada executive said opponents of the Alberta-to-Texas Keystone XL pipeline should consider one consequence of delays in building the oil pipeline - an increase in dirtier and more dangerous rail transport. Alex Pourbaix, president of energy and oil pipelines at the Calgary-based pipeline company, said although rail has an important role to play in moving oil sands crude to market, there are downsides to consider.
North America: An Energy Rocket Ship If Mexico Gets Aboard
A panel discussion was recently waged by a Canadian, an American and a Mexican talking about North America’s energy future as the new Middle East for the rest of the world. Hyperbole was cheap, but chances of the provocative scenario becoming a reality ride squarely on the shoulders of Mexico. And everyone was OK with this.
Investment and Production Reach New Highs In Eagle Ford, Pipelines Lag Behind
The Eagle Ford Shale, stretching from the mid-south of Texas just shy of Corpus Christi north nearly to San Antonio and west to the Mexican border, continues to attract massive investments from energy companies. It’s not hard to see why. The play contains economically recoverable light crude oil and natural gas liquids in high proportion to currently low-priced gas.
Environmental Groups Challenges To Natural Gas Infrastructure Projects
Without question, the growing abundance of natural gas and the hydraulic fracturing process that has made it available have been a “game changer” for the energy industry - and have generated increased ire from the environmental community.
Ensuring Optimum Efficiency In Subsea Pipeline Design
As the distance of large-scale offshore tie-backs continue to extend, this presents fresh challenges in terms of pipeline design. As pipelines and flowlines are custom-designed, this provides opportunities for re-thinking during the concept, front-end and pre-feed stages of a project. This early investment in overall system design will help avoid nominal design ratings and “standard” designs – which can result in over design - a problem which is all too common.
Crude Oil Trans-loading Terminal Planned In Powder River Basin
Enserco Midstream, LLC, a subsidiary of Twin Eagle Resource Management, LLC, plans to build and operate a crude oil trans-loading terminal to serve producers in the Niobrara and Bakken Shale formations and Canada.
Regency Energy Partners Expands Footprint In Permian Basin
Regency Energy Partners L.P. will acquire Southern Union Gathering Co. LLC, the owner of Southern Union Gas Services Ltd. (SUGS), from Southern Union Co., a jointly owned affiliate of Energy Transfer Equity L.P. and Energy Transfer Partners L.P. The $1.5 billion acquisition will significantly expand Regency’s presence the Permian Basin.
UGI, Tenaska Resources Sign Marcellus Shale Development Agreements
UGI Corp. has entered into agreements with Tenaska Resources LLC to jointly develop gas resources in the Marcellus Shale region in north-central Pennsylvania.
Southcross Completes Bee Line Pipeline
Southcross Energy Partners, L.P. has completed its 57-mile, 20-inch Bee Line pipeline that will transport liquids rich gas from the central Eagle Ford Shale to Southcross’ Woodsboro and Bonnie View processing and fractionation complex in Refurio County. The pipeline has capacity of 320 MMcf/d.
Crosstex Energy Consortium Creates E2 To Serve Utica Shale
The Crosstex Energy companies, Crosstex Energy L.P. and Crosstex Energy Inc., joined with the former management of Enerven Compression Services to form a new company (E2) that will provide services for producers in the liquids-rich window of the Utica Shale.
- 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
