Pipeline
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 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.
- 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
