Pipeline
ONEOK Gathering & Processing Predates Shale Plays
In this interview, David Scharf, president of ONEOK Natural Gas Gathering & Processing, notes that ONEOK is certainly no stranger to the shale play.
Genesis Energy To Expand Upper Texas Coast Footprint
Genesis Energy plans to expand its crude oil pipeline and terminal capabilities on the upper Texas Coast and to expand its refinery services operating footprint with a new sour gas processing facility by year-end.
Crosstex Energy: Neighbor To Barnett, Haynesville Shales
With its strategic location near the site of some of the nation’s most prolific gas plays – the Barnett and Haynesville shales – Crosstex Energy of Dallas has become a leading players in the midstream natural gas industry, specializing in the gathering, transmission, processing and fractionationof natural gas and natural gas liquids in North Texas and Louisiana.
Crestwood Midstream Acquires Fayetteville Shale, Granite Wash Assets
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP has completed acquisition of midstream assets in the Fayetteville Shale and the Granite Wash plays from Tulsa, OK-based Frontier Gas Services LLC for $338 million.
New Oil, Gas Production Technologies Do More Than Affect Production
New technologies used to squeeze oil and natural gas from tight formations like shale do more than just convert barren areas to large producing reservoirs. Production is the sweet smell of success but is really only a part of the overall transformation. Because of this metamorphosis of turning barren areas into producing locations, the total infrastructure comes into play.
Shale Play Litigation: A Study Of The Various Risks
Although hydraulic fracturing has been around for decades, the law related to this revolutionary technology is in its infancy and varies from state-to-state. In particular, there are open questions about whether subsurface hydraulic fracturing of a natural gas well that extends into another’s property constitutes a trespass for which the value of gas drained as a result of the fracturing may be recovered as damages and/or injunctive relief.
Three Legend Partnerships Merged Into Single Holding Company
The Legend Natural Gas partnerships, composed of Legend Natural Gas II, LP, Legend Natural Gas III, LP and Legend Natural Gas IV, LP, along with their equity sponsor Riverstone Holdings LLC, executred several transactions aimed at increasing reserves and production, improving operational and administrative efficiencies and positioning Legend for future growth.
Energy Transfer Partners Announces Eagle Ford Expansion
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. announced April 21 that it has entered into long-term fee-based agreements with multiple producers, including Rosetta Resources Operating LP, SM Energy Company, and a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation to provide natural gas gathering, processing, and liquids services from the prolific Eagle Ford Shale.
UGI Storage Reports Successful Open Season For Pennsylvania Storage
UGI Energy Service’s affiliate, UGI Storage Company, commenced service on April 1 for winning bidders of its initial open season to sell firm storage service from its natural gas storage assets located in north-central Pennsylvania.
Enterprise To Build Pipeline For Eagle Ford Crude Producers
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. has entered into a 10-year agreement with two producers in the Eagle Ford Shale play of South Texas to provide firm crude oil transportation and marketing services.
Encana To Acquire Interest In Kitimat LNG Terminal
This proposed Kitimat LNG export development is intended to open new market opportunities in the Asia-Pacific region for abundant supplies of Canadian natural gas.
Eagle Ford Shale Generated $3 Billion In Revenue For South Texas
In less than three years of development, the Eagle Ford Shale already accounts for over 6% of the Gross Regional Product for the 24-county South Texas area it encompasses, according to a study by the Center for Community and Business Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio Institute for Economic Development.
Crestwood Acquiring Midstream Assets In Fayetteville Shale
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP has signed an agreement to acquire midstream assets in the Fayetteville Shale and the Granite Wash plays from Frontier Gas Services, LLC, headquartered in Tulsa, for $338 million, with an additional $15 million to be paid to Frontier if certain operational objectives are met within six months of the closing date.
Greenes Energy Group Expands Into Bakken Region
Greene’s Energy Group has bought the assets of Specialized Oilfield Services, which is based in Minot, ND and services the Bakken region.
Hearing Slated For Bakken Pipeline Project
Canada’s National Energy Board plans to hold a public hearing to consider an application submitted by Enbridge Bakken Pipeline Company Inc. for the proposed Bakken Pipeline Canada Project.
MarkWest To Provide Midstream Services In Marcellus To Statoil
MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, L.L.C. has signed a long-term agreement with Statoil Natural Gas LLC, an existing producer customer of MarkWest Liberty and a wholly owned subsidiary of Statoil ASA, to provide additional natural gas midstream services for Statoil’s rich-gas Marcellus acreage in northern West Virginia.
IPSCO Adds Pipe Threading Line To Meet Growing Demand
TMK IPSCO's premium pipe threading facility in Brookfield, OH recently began a two-week commissioning phase for its second thread line, which will allow the facility to thread pipes up to 13 5/8-inch diameter, up from the previous size range of 4-7 5/8-inch.
Testing Downstream Of Marcellus Treatment Plants Shows Water Safe
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection said results of in-stream water quality monitoring for radioactive material in seven rivers showed levels at or below the normal naturally occurring background levels of radioactivity.
BHP Billiton Buys Chesapeakes Fayetteville Shale Interests
BHP Billiton will acquire all of Chesapeake Energy Corp. interests in the Fayetteville Shale, including the midstream pipeline system, for US$4.75 billion.
Millenium Launches Open Season
Millennium Pipeline announced April 1 a binding open season beginning April 1st and running through April 15th for shippers seeking firm transportation capacity commencing July 1, 2011, to support mainline expansions.
Momentum Announces Appalachia Gathering System In Marcellus Shale
M3 Midstream LLC, known as Momentum, announced March 31 that it has signed long-term gas gathering agreements with Chesapeake Energy Marketing, Inc. and Statoil Natural Gas LLC as anchor customers on its Appalachia Gathering System.
Enterprise to Provide 10-Year Crude Oil Transportation Services For Eagle Ford Producers
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced March 22 it has entered into a 10-year agreement with two producers in the Eagle Ford Shale play of South Texas to provide firm crude oil transportation and marketing services.
Project Mariner Expands To Transport Marcellus Ethane to Canadian Markets
MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, LLC, and Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. announced March 22 the development of Project Mariner West, a pipeline project to deliver Marcellus Shale ethane from MarkWest Liberty’s Houston, Pennsylvania processing and fractionation complex to Sarnia, Ontario, Canada markets.
BENTEK: Libyan Conflict Continues to Shut Down Gas Pipeline Deliveries to Europe
As internal violence continues to destabilize Libya, deliveries of pipeline gas to European markets from that North African nation have ceased altogether.
Golden Pass LNG Terminal Begins Commercial Operations
The Golden Pass LNG Terminal LLC and Golden Pass Pipeline LLC has been granted in service authority by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and has commenced commercial operations.
Kitimat LNG Project Moves Ahead
Kitimat LNG partners, Apache Canada Ltd. and EOG Resources Canada Inc., have awarded KBR the FEED contract for a liquefaction and export facility on British Columbia’s west coast.
Gas Production May Reach 80 Bcf/d By 2020
Ziff Energy released a report which provides a production outlook for the major gas supply basins in North America.
Petroleum Liquids Pipelines Continue To Increase Transported Volumes
Pipelines are continuing to boost their share of the hydrocarbon liquids transportation market, according to the latest annual report released by The Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL).
Port Dolphin Energy Gets Key Florida Permits For Deepwater LNG Port
Port Dolphin Energy, LLC received key environmental permits from the State of Florida to allow construction of onsite components for its offshore LNG terminal.
Natural Gas Production To Test Limits Of Infrastructure In 2011
U.S. natural gas production growth is expected to cap at 5% as oversupply volumes test the limits of storage and pipeline capacity later this year, according to a new market alert from BENTEK Energy. <em>The Sky Is the Limit? U.S. Shale Gas Soars!™</em> says that until mid-2011, improvements in drilling efficiency, vestiges of $5-6/MMBtu hedging programs, held-by-production (HBP) drilling and the attractive economics of rich (high-Btu) gas, among a host of other factors will drive further production increases.
- 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
