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Marcellus To The Rescue
Growing up in Pennsylvania, there was one thing you were sure of: you had to go elsewhere for a job that paid decently. I grew up in a small town in the once-bustling Lehigh Valley – an industrial powerhouse typified by its biggest employer, the now defunct Bethlehem Steel Corp.
TexStar Midstream Expansion To Handle Eagle Ford Shale Play
TexStar Midstream Services LP is expanding its 125-mile low pressure gathering system in Frio and LaSalle counties in Texas in order to handle future expected Eagle Ford and Buda gas volumes.
Gas Gathering, Treating Services Planned In South Texas
Meritage Midstream Services and Swift Energy Company have agreed to provide natural gas gathering and treating services in the Eagle Ford shale region of South Texas.
Texas-Based LNG Facility Commissioned
At the time of P&GJ’s deadline, the Golden Pass LNG terminal in Port Arthur, TX was awaiting the delivery of its first cargo to be used for commissioning. The cargo is scheduled to arrive from the Port of Ras Laffan in Qatar aboard a Q-Flex LNG tanker, one of the largest LNG carriers in the world.
Simulation Of An Oil Leaks Path To The Gulf Of Bohai Sea In China
PetroChina Pipeline R&D Center has developed an environmental impact assessment model called the 3F Model for oil and gas pipelines. The name is an abbreviation for Flood-Flow-Forecast (3F). The Flow sub-model, as a part of 3F Model, is used to identify the oil leak paths and evaluate their impact on rivers or seas. The Flow sub-model is based on DEM, and some factors, such as soil absorption and evaporation, are also considered.
Western Energy Security: Will There Be A Gas OPEC?
Russia, the world’s top producer and exporter of natural gas, is spearheading Gas Exporting Countries Forum’s (GECF) efforts to inflate its profile and mission amid a global gas glut. Russia and fellow member countries Iran and Qatar form a troika that controls over half of global reserves. The troika is looking to extend trilateral cooperation and wants to ensure gas prices are vulnerably linked to those of oil.
Enterprise To Provide Anadarko Midstream Services In Eagle Ford Shale
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. has entered into agreements with Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to provide natural gas transportation and processing, and natural gas liquids fractionation and transportation services that will facilitate Anadarko’s growing liquids-rich natural gas production in the prolific Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas.
Commencement of Majorsville Processing Complex Announced
NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage (NGT&S) and MarkWest Liberty Midstream & Resources, L.L.C., and The Energy & Minerals Group, have begun operations of jointly developed natural gas gathering, processing, and transmission projects in Majorsville, WV.
Baker Hughes Opens Marcellus Shale Repair and Maintenance Center
Baker Hughes announced Oct. 21 the opening of its Hempfield Township, Pennsylvania, repair and maintenance center. The facility will support natural gas well drilling, completion and production operations in the Marcellus Shale.
Energy Transfer Partners To Construct Two Eagle Ford Shale Pipelines
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. announced October 18 that it will construct two natural gas pipelines to provide transportation services from the prolific Eagle Ford Shale located in South Texas.
Approvals For TransCanada Tar Sand Pipeline Gets Sticky; Plus PMHSA Low-Stress Tug-Of-War And FERC Posting Edict
Despite criticism of his company's proposed nearly 2,000-mile pipeline through six states, Robert Jones, vice president, Keystone Pipelines, TransCanada Corporation, is very confident the U.S. State Department will approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline.
Enterprise To Provide Services For EOG Resources In Eagle Ford Shale
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. has signed long-term agreements with EOG Resources, Inc. to provide a comprehensive package of midstream energy services that will service EOG's growing crude oil and associated liquids-rich natural gas production in the prolific Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. Enterprise will use its existing assets and build additional infrastructure to provide EOG with a full range of midstream services for its Eagle Ford production, including crude oil transportation, storage and exchange; natural gas transportation, treating and processing; and natural gas liquids (NGL) transportation and fractionation.
McJunkin Acquiring Dresser Oil Tools & Supply Assets
McJunkin Red Man Corp. will acquire operations and assets from Dresser Oil Tools & Supply as part of its strategic focus to increase its presence and commitment to customers in the active shale basins across North America. The operations and assets to be purchased relate to the business of the sale and distribution of pipe, valves and fittings (PVF), oilfield production and drilling supplies and related products.
Project To Improve Marcellus Producers Access To High-Value Markets
NiSource Gas Transmission & Storage and UGI Energy Services Inc. are partnering to develop a natural gas pipeline to provide Marcellus Shale producers in Pennsylvania improved access to high-value markets.
Enbridge Plans Montana, North Dakota And Canadian Expansions
Enbridge Energy Partners L.P. (EEP) and Enbridge Income Fund (ENF) are proceeding to expand crude oil pipeline capacity to accommodate growing production from the Bakken and Three Forks formations in Montana, North Dakota, Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Koch Pipeline and Arrowhead Pipeline Add to South Texas Crude Oil Capacity
Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. and Arrowhead Pipeline, L.P. have announced an agreement and joint tariff to increase the amount of Eagle Ford crude transported to Corpus Christi via the Arrowhead pipeline.
Koch Pipeline and Arrowhead Pipeline Add to South Texas Crude Oil Capacity (1)
Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. and Arrowhead Pipeline, L.P. have announced an agreement and joint tariff to increase the amount of Eagle Ford crude transported to Corpus Christi via the Arrowhead pipeline.
Koch Pipeline and Arrowhead Pipeline Add to South Texas Crude Oil Capacity (2)
Koch Pipeline Company, L.P. and Arrowhead Pipeline, L.P. have announced an agreement and joint tariff to increase the amount of Eagle Ford crude transported to Corpus Christi via the Arrowhead pipeline.
GTI and Zeus Development Publish New Encyclopedia of World LNG Industry
Gas Technology Institute (GTI) and Zeus Development Corporation have published the fifth edition of the World LNG Source Book, the most comprehensive report on global LNG facilities. This resource provides detailed information on more than 125 LNG baseload export and import terminals worldwide, including those that are operating and under construction.
New Products: September 2010
Descriptions and details of new products offered from Burckhardt Compression, Bishop Lifting Products, TechCorr, Sick Maihak, Inc., CRC-Evans, Flowserve, Lincoln Electric, R&M Energy Systems, BFX Equity Partners, Dresser Pipeline Solutions, Hammersmith Mfg., Flow Management Devices, American Public Gas Association, Sullair Corporation and Huntingdon Fusion Techniques.
Identifying Pipe Joints With Low Mechanical Properties
During field hydrostatic tests on some new U.S. pipelines constructed during 2007 and 2008, a small number of pipe joints were detected that had expanded well beyond the dimensional tolerance limits of the pipe manufacturing specification (API Specification 5L).
Bigger Dry Seals for Super-Size LNG Compressors
The increased global demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is having a significant impact on companies that both produce and supply equipment to this market, resulting in rapid advances in machine design, capacity and efficiency. In the LNG process, natural gas is converted to liquid form, making the gas easier to store and transport. When the LNG is needed for use, it is regasified and distributed as pipeline natural gas.
Enterprise to Provide Crude Oil and Natural Gas Midstream Services, Build Pipeline in Eagle Ford Shale
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced Sept. 1 that its operating subsidiaries have entered into long-term agreements with EOG Resources, Inc. to provide a comprehensive package of midstream energy services to EOG’s growing crude oil and natural gas production in the prolific Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas.
Update On The Development Of International Standards For Pipeline Coatings
A new international standard for pipeline concrete coatings - ISO 21809-5:2010 - Petroleum and natural gas industries - External coatings for buried or submerged pipelines used in pipeline transportation systems - Part 5: External concrete coatings – was published on March 18, 2010, by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Williston Basin Interstate Announces Expansion
Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline Co., the wholly owned natural gas transmission pipeline subsidiary of MDU Resources Group, Inc., plans to expand its existing natural gas pipeline capacity by 33% in the Bakken production area in northwestern North Dakota.
Costs Of Building, Operating Oil & Gas Facilities Bottoming Out
The costs of building and operating upstream oil and gas facilities — which fell drastically in Q1 2009 after a prolonged period of escalation — hit bottom and were beginning to show signs of an upward trend at the end of Q1 2010, according to two cost indexes developed by IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates (IHS CERA).
Enterprise Trinity River Lateral pipeline completed
Enterprise Products Partners announced July 28 that construction of the southernmost segment of its Trinity River Lateral pipeline, consisting of 31 miles of 30-inch diameter pipe, is now complete and available to accept shipments of natural gas.
Inergy Midstream Carving Gas Storage Niche In Marcellus
As we all know by now, it’s the midstream sector of the natural gas industry that is driving forward much of the activity in America’s energy sector, fed by the tax advantages offered through master limited partnerships. They come in all sizes, shapes and mixtures of businesses, which can often change on a moment’s notice or at an executive’s whim.
Recovering Nations Counting On LNG For Critical Fuel
The value of internationally traded LNG that can be efficiently stored and transported by ships is expected to grow by an average of 17% per year from $73 billion in 2009 to over $180 billion in 2015.
Coriolis Mass Flowmeters Used To Measure Bulk Condensate In Gas Field
Natural gas production creates a byproduct of natural gas liquids (or NGL), often referred to as “condensate.” The physical properties of condensate vary with the hydrocarbon constituents and differing fluid vapor pressures depending on the deposit at the location from which they are drawn. This constituent variation and the presence of water or natural gas in the flow stream discharge from the separator compromises the integrity of the measurement.
- 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
