Construction
Intertek to Provide Inspection Services to the Jemena Northern Gas Pipeline Development
Intertek has been selected to provide third party inspection services to support the procurement of Jemena’s Northern Gas Pipeline (NGP) Project. The 623 km planned pipeline will connect Northern Australia’s vast gas fields to the east coast gas market, running from Tennant Creek in the Northern Te..
Spectra Energy Awarded $1.5 Billion Nueces-to-Brownsville Pipeline Project
Spectra Energy Corp’s subsidiary, Valley Crossing Pipeline, LLC, has been awarded a 168-mile intrastate natural gas pipeline project by the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) – Mexico’s state-owned utility serving 37 million customers – to provide natural gas transportation services begi..
Natural Gas Pipeline Proposed for Eastern ND, Western MN
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Bismarck-based energy company says it wants to build a roughly 38-mile pipeline to deliver natural gas supply to eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota. WBI Energy Inc. said Monday that the expansion would cost an estimated $50 million. The company, a subsidiary of M..
TransCanada Partnership Awarded Contract to Build $2.1 Billion Sur de Texas-Tuxpan Natural Gas Pipeline in Mexico
TransCanada Corporation today announced that its joint venture with IEnova, Infraestructura Marina del Golfo (IMG), has been chosen to build, own and operate the $2.1 billion Sur de Texas-Tuxpan natural gas pipeline in Mexico. The project will be supported by a 25-year natural gas transportation ser..
Pipeline Work Begins in Iowa, Protesters Vow Nonviolent Acts
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Work has begun in Iowa on an oil pipeline despite repeated attempts by landowners and environmental groups to stop it, a spokeswoman for the Texas company building the pipeline said Thursday. The Iowa Utilities Board signed a final order Wednesday allowing construction on th..
Plains All American Pipeline Project Gets OK in North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators have approved a short crude oil pipeline project in Mountrail County. The Bismarck Tribune reports that the 10-mile pipeline will be able to move up to 1 million gallons per day at full capacity. Cost is estimated at $9 million. Officials with Ho..
Hydratight Completes Pipeline Upgrade Project in Western Australia
Joint integrity specialist Hydratight has completed an upgrade project on a section of subsea pipeline on the North West Shelf of Western Australia. Contracted by Western Australia-based Quadrant Energy on behalf of the John Brookes Joint Venture, Hydratight engineered, manufactured, delivered and ..
EnLink Midstream to Expand in the Core of Permian’s Midland Basin with New Crude Oil Gathering System
A subsidiary of EnLink Midstream Partners, LP and EnLink Midstream, LLC will construct a new crude oil gathering system, the Greater Chickadee crude oil gathering project, in Upton and Midland counties in the Permian Basin. It will cost approximately $70 million to $80 million to build Greater Chick..
Iowa Board Votes to Allow Pipeline Work to Begin in State
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A Texas company may begin construction on an oil pipeline in areas for which the company has approval but is not under federal jurisdiction, the Iowa Utilities Board said Monday despite opposition from environmental and citizen action organizations and landowners who are suin..
Pembina Now Fully Contracted for Duvernay I Gas Plant
Pembina Pipeline entered into agreements with a multinational firm to construct infrastructure relating to its previously announced Duvernay I, a 100 MMcf/d shallow cut gas plant. The construction work includes condensate, gas and water field handling, a gas gathering trunk line and a fuel line, val..
NEB Says Mackenzie Gas Project Still in Public Interest
The National Energy Board (NEB) will move the sunset clauses for the Mackenzie Gas Project’s Mackenzie Valley Pipeline and Mackenzie Gathering System to Dec. 31, 2022. The extension to the sunset clause for the pipeline does not come into effect until it is approved by the federal government. In a ..
Kinder Gains Federal Approval for LNG Export Project
Kinder Morgan subsidiaries Elba Liquefaction Company and Southern LNG Company received FERC authorization for the $2 billion Elba Liquefaction Project. The project, supported by a 20-year contract with Shell, will be constructed at the existing Elba Island LNG Terminal near Savannah, GA. The first ..
Sierra Club Files Suit Against New Construction of Bakken Pipeline
The Iowa branch of the Sierra Club has filed a lawsuit against the state’s Utilities Board (IUB) and Dakota Access LCC in an effort to block the construction of a pipeline that would connect North Dakota’s energy resources to the southern half of the United States. Wally Taylor, a lawyer for the na..
Iowa Board Moves Toward Allowing Pipeline Project to Begin
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Utilities Board moved closer Wednesday to allowing a Texas oil pipeline company to begin construction in Iowa in areas for which it has landowner approval and permits, though construction still will have to wait in zones that are under federal jurisdiction. The thre..
Iowa Utilities Board to Meet Wednesday on Pipeline Project
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – The Iowa Utilities Board has called a meeting for Wednesday to consider allowing construction to begin on an oil pipeline in areas outside federal jurisdiction. Houston-based Dakota Access LLC wants to begin digging the Iowa portion of a 1,150-mile pipeline from North Dakota..
Baltimore Gas and Electric Continues to Accelerate Natural Gas Infrastructure Replacement
Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) continues to modernize the natural gas system serving customers in central Maryland, replacing more than 52 miles of gas mains in the first two full years under the company’s Strategic Infrastructure Development and Enhancement (STRIDE) plan. Another 45 miles of ga..
Canada Regulators OK Pipeline Expansion Project
SEATTLE (AP) — Canada energy regulators on Thursday recommended approval of a pipeline-expansion project that would dramatically increase the number of oil tankers moving through the waters between the U.S. and Canada. The National Energy Board recommended the federal government conditionally appro..
Construction Underway in 3 States on $3.8 Billion Dakota Access Oil Pipeline
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Construction is underway in three of four states on a $3.8 billion pipeline that will carry oil from western North Dakota to Illinois. Work on the Dakota Access Pipeline has begun in North Dakota, South Dakota and Illinois, spokeswoman Lisa Dillinger told the American News (ht..
Oryx Launches Open Season for Extension of Trans Permian System
Oryx Midstream Services subsidiary Oryx Southern Delaware Oil Gathering and Transport launched an additional binding open season to secure volume commitments and acreage dedications in support of the extension of the Oryx Trans Permian (OTP) pipeline system. The crude oil gathering and transportati..
Work Starts on Pipeline Bringing Azeri Gas to Italy
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Construction work is starting on a new pipeline project bringing Azeri gas through northern Greece and Albania to Italy, reducing Europe’s energy dependency on Russia. The Trans Adriatic Pipeline will run for 878 kilometers (550 miles), from Greece’s border with Turkey t..
FERC Issues Draft EIA for Golden Pass LNG
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has prepared a draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Golden Pass LNG Export Project. Proposed by Golden Pass Products, LLC and Golden Pass Pipeline, LLC, the project includes construction, modification and operation of facilities in Texas..
Companies Win TAP Contracts
Trans Adriatic Pipeline AG awarded Spiecapag, a subsidiary of Entrepose (VINCI Group), the EPC contract for three legs of the onshore Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project. One, in Greece between Kipoi and Kavala, is 185 km, while two, between Bilisht and Topoje in Albania, total 215 km. Also, Hill..
3 Workers Hurt in N.J. Gas Line Explosion
An explosion in Bayonne, NJ on March 30 injured three contractors installing a new gas main on a street named to honor Korean War veterans. Public Service Electric & Gas said the workers were testing the pipe with air, which is standard practice, when the incident occurred on Chosin Few Way in a s..
Explorer Achieves 1 Bcf/d of Send-Out Capacity
Excelerate Energy’s upgraded floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) Explorer recently completed its send-out performance tests and reached a send-out capacity of 1 Bcf/d – an unprecedented milestone for an FSRU. The FSRU is under long-term charter to the Dubai Supply Authority (DUSUP) at th..
Penspen Wins Consultancy Contract in UAE
Penspen was named project management consultant to Abu Dhabi Marine Operation Company (ADMA-OPCO) for the ongoing work on Das Island in the UAE. Penspen will be involved in the upgrade or replacement of various pipeline networks, studies on an oil spill response hub to serve Das Island and offshore..
Punj Lloyd Wins Pipeline Contracts in Oman
Punj Lloyd won an EPC contract valued at $404 million from the Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company and Oman Gas Company (OGC), which are owned by the government of the Sultanate of Oman and Oman Oil Company SAOC. The contract awards, reported by Gulf Oil & Gas, indicated the scope ..
Constitution Pipeline Updates In-Service Date
Cabot Oil & Gas announced the Constitution Pipeline Co. has pushed back its projected in-service from the fourth quarter of 2016 to the second half of 2017. The adjustment is to ensure compliance with the environmental conditions of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Fish and W..
Duke Wins Approval for Florida Gas Plant
All required regulatory approvals and permits have been received for Duke Energy’s combined-cycle natural gas plant in Citrus County, FL. Fluor has started hiring workers and crews are clearing the land and building the site up 8 feet for flood protection. The plant’s first 820 MW is expected to com..
Medallion Begins West Texas Expansion
After a successful binding open season, Medallion Pipeline is moving forward on an expansion of its West Texas crude system. The project involves 49 miles of new pipeline in Howard County to an interconnect on Medallion’s Wolfcamp connector mainline in Glasscock County to transport 45,000 bpd of cru..
Methanol Plant Planned in Marcellus Shale Region
Primus Green Energy plans to deliver a 160 measured tons per day (MT/d) methanol plant to a manufacturing site in the Marcellus Shale. Production from the plant is scheduled to begin in 2017 for regional distribution, with three additional trains added in coming years, which are expected to increase..
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- 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. Appeals Court Blocks Kinder Morgan’s Tennessee Pipeline Permits
- Malaysia’s Oil Exports to China Surge Amid Broader Import Decline
- 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
