Pipeline
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.
DCP Midstream Secures Agreements With Shale Producers
DCP Midstream LLC has signed long-term agreements with Pioneer joint venture partners -- Pioneer Natural Resources USA Inc., Reliance Eagleford Upstream Holding LP and Newpek LLC.
Capano To Increase NGL Handling Capacity
Copano Energy, L.L.C. has executed agreements increasing the company’s capability to handle natural gas liquids (NGLs) associated with growing natural gas volumes from the Eagle Ford Shale.
Partnership To Provide Midstream Services In West Virginia
MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources has executed a long-term agreement with affiliates of Chesapeake Energy Corporation to provide additional natural gas midstream services for Chesapeake’s substantial Marcellus acreage in northern West Virginia.
Studies To Test Viability Of Barents Sea Pipeline
Partners in the Snøhvit license, located in the Barents Sea, off Norway, will undertake studies of possible concepts for building a new LNG plant at Melkøya in Hammerfest.
Dominion To Build Gas Processing And Fractionation Facility
Dominion has reached an agreement with PPG Industries on an option for Dominion to purchase land at PPG's Natrium, WV site for the construction of a natural gas processing and fractionation facility.
Plains All American Announces Expansions
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. (PAA) has announced two planned expansion projects.
Cheniere Hires Financial Advisor To Move LNG Project Forward
Cheniere Energy Partners, has engaged SG Americas Securities, LLC, as financial advisor to Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC in connection with the development and financing of liquefaction facilities at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal.
Contract Awards For Bonaparte LNG Project
GDF Suez Bonaparte, operator of the Bonaparte LNG project, has awarded the contracts for pre?front end engineering and design to Granherne, a wholly owned subsidiary of KBR, (upstream) and DORIS Engineering (midstream).
Water Reclamation Services For Marcellus Shale Producers
STW Resources Holding Corp., a water reclamation services company, has signed an agreement with Aquatech International of Canonsburg, PA.
Spectra Energy Holds Open Season For AIM Project
Spectra Energy Corp.'s Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC recently held a non-binding open season for the Algonquin Incremental Market (AIM) project.
$16 Billion Gladstone LNG Project Approved
Santos announced that the Gladstone LNG (GLNB) partners approved development of the US$16 billion, 7.8 million ton per annum (mtpa) project in Queensland, Australia.
Linde Corporation To Build Marcellus Shale Gathering System
The Linde Corporation is constructing Laser Northeast Gathering Company LLC’s Susquehanna Gathering System in New Milford, PA.
Gas Advocates Step Back, Look Forward
The Gas Technology Institute (GTI) holds an unusual position in the natural gas industry: although it is a nonprofit, its business plan is based around an intense focus on the market. And although it advocates for natural gas, it’s looking for long-term innovation, not short-term politics.
Capital Prompting Investment In New Technology And Talent
According to a study by BDO USA, LLP, an accounting and consulting organization, capital is flowing back into the oil and gas exploration and processing industry – more than half (56%) of CFOs report their ability to access capital and credit is either the same or better than last year.
NGL Transport and Fractionation Services For Eagle Ford Shale
Targa Resources Partners LP has finalized an agreement with TexStar Midstream Services, LP and TEAK Midstream, LLC for development of a new y-grade natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline in the Eagle Ford shale.
- 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
