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Army Corps begins environmental review of Dakota Access oil pipeline; public comments sought – 9/12/20
The federal agency has kicked off a 45-day public comment period on the scope of the environmental review. The Army Corps of Engineers launched an extensive review of the Dakota Access Pipeline this week — the latest in a winding legal battle. Following a federal judge’s order in July, the Corps began its evaluation of […]
Morrison Successfully Completes Pipeline Installation in Gulf of Mexico Shelf, Achieving Milestone – 9/11/20
Morrison, a leading energy service company for the oil, gas and renewables industries, successfully completes the installation of Byron Energy Limited’s South Marsh Island Blocks 58 & 59 oil and gas sales pipelines, which marked more than 5.5 million feet of pipe laid by Morrison in the Gulf of Mexico. The most recent 60,720 foot […]
Enterprise and Customers Amend Crude Oil Agreements; Enterprise Cancelling Midland to Echo 4 Pipeline – 9/10/20
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced that it and certain of its customers have amended agreements that provide Enterprise the ability to use the partnership’s existing pipelines to support its crude oil transportation agreements and to cancel the 450,000 barrels per day Midland-to-ECHO 4 crude oil pipeline project (“M2E4”). Generally, the amendments provide for the reduction […]
XTO cancels plan for NM gas-processing plant – 9/10/20
XTO Energy has decided to cancel plans for a natural gas processing facility in the Permian Basin in southeast New Mexico. Reports indicate that the company has withdrawn its application for a permit to build and operate the facility in Eddy County, citing future infrastructure needs in the area of the Delaware Basin. The application […]
Primoris Services Corporation Expands Pipeline Repair Capabilities
Primoris Services Corporation – Earlier this month Primoris Services Corporation and Raedlinger Primus Line, Inc. officially completed a Joint Marketing Agreement. The signing of this agreement gives Primoris an internal pipeline rehabilitation product to offer to its customers as well as gives distribution and installation services to Primus Line’s products throughout North America. Primoris is […]
Primoris Services Corporation Announces Pipeline Awards Valued Over $75 Million – 9/4/20
Primoris Services Corporation announced three new pipeline awards with a combined value over $75 million. The contracts were secured by the Pipeline & Underground segment. The awards are for the installation of over thirty miles of various diameter pipeline in Texas. Work is scheduled to commence in the third quarter of 2020, and completion is […]
Williams – Clean Energy Starts Today
To meet the world’s growing energy demand while simultaneously addressing the risks of climate change, we must execute practical, immediate solutions. We are proud to share our climate commitment, which sets a near-term objective of 56% absolute reduction from 2005 levels in company-wide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030. This puts Williams on a positive […]
Mountain Valley Pipeline files request with FERC to allow two-year extension – 9/2/20
Mountain Valley Pipeline, LLC (MVP) has requested that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) grant a two-year extension to complete the pipeline. In its Aug. 25 request, MVP noted that, due to unforeseen litigation and permitting challenges with the U.S. Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S. Fish and Wildlife […]
Texas Authorities “Neutralize” Suspicious Package Removed From Pipeline Site In Texas – 9/2/20
On September 1, 2020, authorities removed a suspicious package at a site in rural Texas where Kinder Morgan Inc is building a controversial energy pipeline through wetlands. The $2.3 billion pipeline project has faced challenges from local officials and environmentalists opposed to its path through sensitive wetlands and areas occupied by endangered species. Crews drilling […]
Pipeline contractor Otis Eastern acquired by Atlanta corporation – 9/2/20
Pipeline contractor Otis Eastern Service of Wellsville will be acquired by Artera Services of Atlanta, a large provider of infrastructure services to natural gas and electric industries, in a deal announced Wednesday. Otis Eastern has been in operation since 1936 as a contractor of pipelines for midstream and utility companies throughout the Northeast and Appalachian […]
Energy Transfer Announces Completion of Lone Star Express Pipeline Expansion Project Expansion – Adds Over 400,000 barrels per day of NGL Capacity Out of the Permian and Delaware Basins – 9/1/20
Energy Transfer today announced the completion of its Lone Star Express Pipeline expansion project, which was a major part of Energy Transfer’s 2020 capital program. The project was delivered on budget and ahead of schedule. The pipeline adds over 400,000 barrels per day of Natural Gas Liquids capacity to Energy Transfer’s existing Lone Star NGL […]
Phillips 66 Partners Announces Open Season for Gray Oak Pipeline – 8/31/20
Phillips 66 Partners announces that its subsidiary Gray Oak Pipeline, LLC is launching an open season to solicit shipper commitments for services from West Texas on the Gray Oak Pipeline. The open season will provide an opportunity for interested shippers to secure long-term crude oil transportation with Gray Oak under binding transportation services agreements. There […]
Oil majors begin offshore evacuations as storms take aim at Gulf of Mexico
BP, Shell and Chevron Corp on Friday said they had begun evacuating offshore oil facilities, with two tropical cyclones heading toward the U.S Gulf of Mexico as the already active 2020 Atlantic hurricane season heats up further. BP said it had begun the process of evacuating personnel from offshore platforms and drilling rigs, while also […]
U.S. energy regulators approved Kinder Morgan Inc.’s request to put in service the ninth liquefaction train at its nearly $2 billion (1.53 billion pounds) Elba Island liquefied natural gas (LNG) export plant in Georgia – 8/11/20
Kinder Morgan said Train 10 would be ready for service on Aug. 10, according to a filing with the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Trains 1-6, 8 and 9 were already available for service, with Train 1 entering service in October 2019 and Train 9 in July 2020. Each train is capable of liquefying […]
Appeals Court Cancels Order To Shut Down Dakota Access Pipeline – 8/6/20
A federal appeals court has overturned last month’s order from a lower judge to shut down the Dakota Access Pipeline while an environmental review is conducted, in a partial victory for owner Energy Transfer L.P. as it goes through what will be a lengthy appeals process. A three-judge panel on the U.S. Court of Appeals […]
Whistler Pipeline Secures Financing – 8/4/20
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) has made a $325 million investment in the Whistler Pipeline project. The project is a natural gas pipeline to transport supplies from the Permian Basin’s Waha hub to the Agua Dulce market in South Texas. The project’s owners include MPLX LP, Whitewater Midstream and a joint venture between Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners […]
Equitrans confirms early 2021 startup for Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline – 8/4/20
U.S. pipeline company Equitrans Midstream Corp announced it still expects to complete the $5.4 billion Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to Virginia in early 2021. Mountain Valley is one of several U.S. oil and gas pipelines delayed by regulatory and legal fights with environmental and local groups that found problems with federal […]
TC Energy announces US $4 billion Elwood Power/ANR Horsepower Replacement Project – 7/30/20
TC Energy Corporation announced it will proceed with the Elwood Power/ANR Horsepower Replacement Project that will replace, upgrade and modernize certain facilities along a highly utilized section of its ANR Pipeline Company (ANR) natural gas transmission system. Under a long-term agreement, ANR would provide up to 125,000 Dth/d of firm transportation service to an existing […]
Department of the Interior Announces Approval of Permits for Alaska LNG Pipeline – 7/27/20
The Department of the Interior announced decisions for the Alaska Liquified Natural Gas (Alaska LNG) Pipeline Project, approving the issuance of rights-of-way permits across federal lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and National Park Service (NPS). These decisions, which adopt the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) environmental impact statement (EIS), establish the […]
Why Canceling Pipeline Projects Could Cost Farmers $1 Billion – 7/26/20
According to a new release posted by AgPro, canceling pipeline projects could cost farmers $1 billion. In June, a Supreme Court ruling cleared the way for several pipeline projects, but excluded the expansion of the Keystone XL pipeline. Another federal judge ordered Dakota Access to halt oil shipments pending a new environmental review. While an […]
Permian Highway Pipeline Nears Completion – 7/26/20
Kinder Morgan’s highly anticipated Permian Highway Pipeline Project is now nearly mechanically complete. The company also noted that mainline compression on the project is almost complete. Inspectors with the Railroad Commission of Texas are continuing critical inspections of the Permian Highway Pipeline. Pipeline Safety inspectors have conducted multiple inspections of pipeline installation and pipe yards. […]
Pilot LNG Announces Galveston Bunker Port – 7/17/20
Pilot LNG announced the filing of regulatory applications for development of a LNG bunker terminal to be located on Pelican Island in Galveston, Texas. Pilot LNG has filed regulatory applications with the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) as the lead permitting agency. The company expects a Final Investment Decision on the project in the […]
Enterprise Co-Loads Export Vessels at Houston Ship Channel Terminals in Industry First – 7/16/20
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced that it has successfully loaded combination cargoes of natural gas liquids (“NGL”) and Olefins on the same vessel. During the month of July, Enterprise completed the simultaneous loading of propane and polymer grade propylene into separate compartments on a VLGC at the Enterprise Houston Ship Channel terminal, as well as […]
Court Halts Dakota Access Pipeline Shutdown As Legal Fight Goes Forward – 7/15/20
The Dakota Access Pipeline may continue to pump crude oil through South Dakota after a federal appellate court on Tuesday temporarily blocked a shutdown ordered by a lower court that was to begin next month. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit issued an administrative stay that will be in effect […]
Trump Weakens Major Conservation Law to Speed Construction Permits – 7/15/20
Today, President Trump unilaterally weakened one of the nation’s bedrock conservation laws, the National Environmental Policy Act, limiting public review of federal infrastructure projects to speed up the permitting of freeways, power plants and pipelines. In doing so, the Trump administration claimed it would save hundreds of millions of dollars over almost a decade by […]
Judge denies Dakota Access Pipeline request to stop closure – 7/13/20
A federal judge rejected a request from the operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline to halt an order to shut down the oil pipeline during a lengthy environmental review. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg denied the company’s request, effectively sending the case to a panel of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the […]
From Energy Transfer – Energy Transfer Statement On Dakota Access Pipeline
We believe that the ruling issued this morning from Judge Boasberg is not supported by the law or the facts of the case. Furthermore, we believe that Judge Boasberg has exceeded his authority in ordering the shutdown of the Dakota Access Pipeline, which has been safely operating for more than three years. We will be […]
Reported by Bloomberg – Dakota Access Oil Line to Be Shut by Court in Blow for Trump
The Dakota Access pipeline must shut down by Aug. 5, a district court ruled Monday in a stunning defeat for the Trump administration and the oil industry. The decision, which shuts the pipeline during a court-ordered environmental review that’s expected to extend into 2021, is a momentous win for American Indian tribes that have opposed […]
Targa NGL Pipeline Company Launches Open Season – 7/6/20
Targa Resources Corp. announced that Targa NGL Pipeline Company LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, has launched an open season commencing July 1, 2020 and closing July 31, 2020 to gauge shipper interest in committed interstate transportation service for natural gas liquids (“NGLs”) from a planned interconnection with upstream pipeline facilities in Kingfisher […]
Dominion cancels Atlantic Coast Pipeline – 7/6/20
Dominion Energy has made the decision to cancel the proposed Atlantic Coast pipeline. Dominion wants to focus on its regulated electric and natural gas utilities and its push to net zero carbon emissions, chairman and chief executive officer Thomas Farrell said Sunday, announcing the $9.7 billion sale of Domion’s gas pipeline operations to Warren Buffett’s […]
Enterprise Enters Into Long-Term Agreement for PDH 2 Facility – 6/30/20
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced that one of its affiliates has executed a long-term agreement with Marubeni Corporation to supply polymer grade propylene (“PGP”) from the partnership’s second propane dehydrogenation plant (“PDH 2”), which is currently under construction. Marubeni Corporation is a major Japanese integrated trading and investment business conglomerate and the world’s largest olefins […]
Thigpen Solutions and Blue Roads Solutions join together in commitment to offer leading mobile and off-pipe natural gas solutions nationwide – 6/29/20
New company to be called Sapphire Gas Solutions BP Energy Partners (BPEP) announced today it is merging Dallas, TX-based Blue Roads Solutions, and Conroe, TX-based Thigpen Solutions, creating an innovative, full-service, leading player in the virtual pipeline industry. The name of the newly combined firm will be Sapphire Gas Solutions. Sapphire will be based in […]
Reports indicate that Tellurian delays final investment decision on Driftwood LNG to 2021
According to reports, Tellurian Inc. has delayed a final investment decision on the Driftwood LNG facility in Louisiana to 2021 with the plant beginning operations in 2024, not in 2023 as had been planned. A final investment decision was been expected later this year. Full operations would begin at the giant plant near Lake Charles, […]
Harvest Midstream Company Announces the Completion of the New Ingleside Pipeline – 6/23/20
Harvest Midstream Company has announced the completion of the new Ingleside Pipeline and provided an update on the Harvest Midway Terminal’s construction schedule. “As a result of the successful and timely completion of the Ingleside Pipeline, Harvest customers will receive direct access to all three Ingleside terminals. This is one of the fastest growing export […]
Dominion requests 2-year extension for Atlantic Coast Pipeline; FERC approves Mountain Valley Pipeline – 6/22/20
Construction on the 600-mile Atlantic Coast Pipeline won’t be complete until 2022, Dominion Energy told federal regulators last week in its request for a 2-year extension. Dominion and Duke Energy, co-owners of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, originally projected construction would be finished in 2019.Many legal challenges and permitting issues have added to the delays, as […]
Extension of Mountain Valley Pipeline gets federal approval – 6/19/20
More than two years into the arduous task of building a natural gas pipeline through West Virginia and Virginia, Mountain Valley Pipeline has won approval for an extension into North Carolina. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorized the company to build what it calls MVP Southgate, which would start at the 303-mile pipeline’s terminus in […]
Mirage Energy Corporation and Northern Hemisphere Logistics, Inc. Sign $4 Billion Debt Financing With Bluebell International, LLC for Development of Three Projects Including Pipelines, Natural Gas Storage and Isthmus Corridor Project – 6/19/20
Mirage Energy Corporation / Northern Hemisphere Logistics Inc. announced it has signed a $4 Billion debt facility with the family office of Bluebell International, LLC’s (BBI) family office, (www.bluebellfunding.com) for the development of natural gas pipelines, underground natural gas storage and the Isthmus Corridor Project. The company’s pipeline, interconnected with Whitewater Whistler, provides an inexpensive […]
Black Bear Transmission Selects Quorum Software to Manage All Pipeline and Measurement Needs – 6/19/20
New Pipeline Company entrusts Quorum to manage its growing operations and satisfy both state and FERC regulatory requirements. Quorom Software, a leader in digital transformation for the oil and gas industry, announced that Black Bear Transmission LLC has selected Quorum gas pipeline software, gas measurement software, and measurement services to support its growing operations. To […]
Great News! Just in! – Atlantic Coast Pipeline Clears Hurdle – 6/15/20
The Supreme Court sided with energy companies and the Trump administration today in reinstating a critical permit for a the proposed Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline that would cross under the Appalachian Trail. The justices ruled 7-2 to throw out a lower court ruling that had canceled the permit for the pipeline. The pipeline would […]
Dakota Access Pipeline – 6/11/2020
Illinois regulators have rejected a request from environmental groups to delay a decision on that state’s permits for the proposed expansion of the Dakota Access pipeline. The groups Save Our Illinois Land and the Sierra Club had argued there is less need to expand the pipeline since a pandemic has crushed worldwide oil demand, forcing […]
Illinois rejects bid to delay decision on Dakota Access Pipeline expansion
Illinois regulators have unanimously rejected a request by environmental groups to delay a decision on Energy Transfer LP’s Dakota Access Pipeline expansion due to the coronavirus pandemic. Save Our Illinois Land and Sierra Club, which oppose the expansion, told the Illinois Commerce Commission the oil price downturn caused by the pandemic lessened a need for […]
Trans Mountain pipeline expansion work starts in Kamloops
Trans Mountain has kicked off pipeline construction in British Columbia with work beginning in Kamloops. Construction preparation has begun for the Kamloops Urban Area pipeline section that is 7-km in length and will take about seven months to complete. Trans Mountain Corporation chief executive Ian Anderson said the start of the construction in Kamloops is […]
County Commission Okays Variance for Keystone XL Pipeline labor camp near Faith, SD – 5/28/20
In late May 2020, Meade County commissioners approved a variance request to extend a building permit to construct a workforce camp for TransCanada Keystone Pipeline/TC Energy with a stipulation of increased building fees. The Opal Temporary Workforce Camp will be located near Faith in northeastern Meade County next to the Cheyenne River Reservation. Plans for […]
Oryx Launches Binding Open Season Related to a Proposed Expansion of the Oryx Delaware Oil Transport Pipeline System – 5/24/20
Oryx Delaware Oil Transport LLC (ODOT) announced the launch of a binding open season to obtain volume commitments to support a proposed expansion of a portion of ODOT’s pipeline system. Specifically, the company is proposing an expansion of capacity on the ODOT system from ODOT’s Crane Station in Crane, Texas to the destination point at […]
FERC Authorizes Alaska LNG Project
On May 21, 2020 the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorized the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation (AGDC) to liquefy and export liquefied natural gas (LNG) produced in the North Slope of the State of Alaska. The Commission granted a Section 3 Natural Gas Act authorization, with conditions, to the AGDC – an independent, public corporation of […]
First piece of disputed Keystone XL pipeline finished – 5/23/20
TC Energy has built the first piece of the disputed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline across the U.S. border and started work on labor camps in Montana and South Dakota but has yet to set a date to occupy them. Environmentalists and Native American tribes are bitterly opposed to the line because of worries over […]
Ellwood Compressor Station turns 80
Posted by TC Energy On May 31, 1940, more than a year before the U.S. entered World War II, Manufacturers Light and Heat Company purchased nine acres of land along Connoquenessing Creek in Ellwood City, Pa., around 40 miles north of its Pittsburgh headquarters. The plan was to build a 1,000-hp compressor station to support the […]
FERC Provides Guidance to Oil Pipelines During COVID-19 Emergency – 5/14/20
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission today pledged to act expeditiously on certain waiver and tariff requests from interstate oil pipelines to address unforeseen circumstances resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Commission issued a policy statement today in which it pledged to act expeditiously on any oil pipeline requests for temporary waivers of or extensions of […]
Williams Announces Agreement on Deepwater Gulf Project – 5/8/20
Williams announced today that it has reached an agreement with Chevron and its co-owner, Total E&P USA, Inc., to provide offshore natural gas transportation services to the Anchor development. Anchor is located 140 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Green Canyon area of the Gulf of Mexico. Chevron plans to drill multiple wells […]
Freeport LNG Train 3 Begins Commercial Operation – 5/4/20
McDermott International, Inc. with its partners, Chiyoda International Corporation and Zachry Group, today announced the beginning of commercial operation of Train 3 of the Freeport LNG project, owned by Freeport LNG Development, L.P. “Congratulations to the entire team for upholding the high safety and quality standards for which we’re known,” said Mark Coscio, McDermott’s Senior […]
Ritchie Bros. sells US$43+ million of equipment in Houston, TX
8,600+ people from 62 countries participated in the two-day, online-only auction This week in Houston, TX, Ritchie Bros. sold more than 4,400 equipment items and trucks for US$43+ million. The April 21 – 22, 2020 auction, which was conducted with online-bidding only due to state gathering restrictions, attracted 8,600+ registered bidders from 62 countries. U.S. […]
Alyeska Pipeline cuts TAPS back 50,000 barrels a day as oil stockpile builds
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. announced it will reduce the amount of crude oil moving through the Trans Alaska Pipeline System by 50,000 barrels a day, or 10 percent, to help bring down crude oil inventory in storage tanks at the Valdez Marine Terminal. The Alaska Department of Revenue reported 3.91 million barrels of crude oil […]
Midship Pipeline Begins Service to Meet LNG, Gulf Coast Demand – 4/23/20
Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Midship Pipeline has entered service to move more natural gas from the Midcontinent to Gulf Coast and Southeast markets, including the company’s Corpus Christi liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in South Texas. Midship Pipeline Co. LLC earlier announced that construction was complete and requested FERC approval to place the 200-mile system […]
McDermott and Chiyoda Introduce Feed Gas into Cameron LNG’s Final Train – 4/22/20
McDermott International, Inc. and its joint venture partner, Chiyoda International Corporation, a U.S.-based wholly-owned subsidiary of Chiyoda Corporation, Japan, announced that Train 3 of the Cameron project, located in Hackberry, Louisiana, has reached the final commissioning stage. This includes the introduction of feed gas into Train 3 of the liquefaction export facility, the precursor for […]
Enterprise Offers Storage on Seaway Pipeline – 4/16/20
Enterprise Products Partners is opening the northbound capacity of its Seaway pipeline, offering U.S. oil producers struggling to place their oil near the Gulf Coast to ship their barrels to the primary storage hub at Cushing, Oklahoma. With the current crude oil turmoil in the United States due to the coronavirus pandemic, there is strong market […]
Marcus Hook Industrial Complex – 4/13/20
Marcus Hook Industrial Complex (MHIC) is quickly becoming a world-class natural gas liquids hub to store and transport the energy we use to make everyday products, heat our homes and blend with gasoline. Development and progress at MHIC have been a vital part of the region’s economy, providing jobs for 5,000 individual workers and contributing […]
API welcomes OPEC+ agreement to cut global oil production – 4/13/20
American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Mike Sommers issued the following statement regarding the announcement of a historic OPEC+ agreement to cut global oil production beginning in May. “We welcome today’s announcement of an agreement by other producing nations to follow the lead of the global marketplace – and U.S. producers – to reduce supply […]
CenterPoint Energy completes sale of Miller Pipeline and Minnesota Limited to PowerTeam Services – 4/9/20
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. today announced the close of its previously announced sale of Miller Pipeline and Minnesota Limited to PowerTeam Services, LLC for $850 million in cash, subject to customary purchase price adjustments. The net proceeds of the sale will be used to repay a portion of outstanding CenterPoint Energy debt. “The close of this […]
EIA expects the United States will return to being a net importer of crude oil and petroleum products – 4/7/20
The product described in this press release was prepared by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the statistical and analytical agency within the U.S. Department of Energy. By law, EIA’s data, analysis, and forecasts are independent of approval by any other officer or employee of the U.S. Government. The views in the product and press […]
API joins White House meeting on state of the energy industry – 4/4/20
American Petroleum Institute President and CEO Mike Sommers issued the following statement regarding today’s meeting between President Trump, administration officials and executives representing U.S. natural gas and oil companies. Sommers attended the meeting with API member companies. “We appreciated the opportunity to meet with President Trump today and thank him for his leadership during these […]
Great news! – TC Energy to Build Keystone XL Pipeline – 3/31/20
TC Energy Corporation today announced that it will proceed with construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline Project, resulting in an investment of approximately US$8.0 billion into the North American economy. “We appreciate the ongoing backing of landowners, customers, Indigenous groups and numerous partners in the U.S. and Canada who helped us secure project support and […]
Shells Backs Out of Lake Charles LNG Project Amid Market Concerns – 3/31/20
Royal Dutch Shell plc said Monday, March 30, 2020 that it was backing out of the Lake Charles liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project under development in Calcasieu Parish, LA, due to deteriorating market conditions, leaving Energy Transfer LP (ET) to move ahead on its own. ET said it remains committed to the project and […]
Driftwood LNG and Pacific Connector Pipeline Receives FERC approval
Jordan Cove Energy Project, L.P. and Pacific Connector Gas Pipeline, LP (PCPG) has received approval from the FERC for their proposed LNG and Terminal Pipeline. The project is designed to create a new LNG export point on the Oregon coast to serve overseas markets particularly around the Pacific Rim. The LNG Terminal would be capable […]
Energía Costa Azul LNG receives US Non-FTA approval for liquefaction-export infrastructure project in Mexico
Authorizes the Export of US LNG From Both ECA LNG Phase 1 and Phase 2 North American West Coast Location Provides Direct Access to US Natural Gas to Markets in the Pacific Rim ECA LNG Is 1 of Sempra Energy’s 5 Strategically Located LNG Projects in Development Sempra Energy announced that its subsidiary Energía Costa Azul (ECA) LNG […]
Louisiana – Stay-at-home order: Oil & Gas industry exempt? – 3/24/20
On March 22, Gov. John Bel Edwards issued a proclamation declaring that “all individuals within the state of Louisiana are under a general stay-at-home order and are directed to stay home unless performing an essential activity.” Essential oilfield workers appear exempt from the proclamation, which can be accessed here.
Chevron Announces Actions in Response to Market Conditions – 3/24/20
Chevron Corporation today announced several steps it is taking in response to market conditions. “With an industry leading balance sheet and a flexible capital program, we believe Chevron is resilient and positioned to withstand this challenging environment,” said Chevron Chairman and CEO Michael Wirth. “Given the decline in commodity prices, we are taking actions expected […]
FERC Approves Index 99 Expansion – 3/20/20
FERC has issued approval for Gulf South Pipeline Co., LP for the Index 99 Expansion Project. The project would include the construction of the following facilities: installation of approximately 22 miles of new 30-inch-diameter pipeline (Index 99L), including cathodic protection along the proposed pipeline, beginning in San Augustine County, Texas and terminating in Sabine County, […]
Superior Pipeline Secures Large Stack Play Acreage Dedication – 3/18/20
Superior Pipeline Company, L.L.C. announced today that it has entered into a long-term, fee-based natural gas gathering and processing agreement with an active producer in the STACK play. The agreement replaces a prior contract with Superior, expanding the producer’s dedication area to approximately 345,000 gross acres. The Cashion system includes two cryogenic processing plants located […]
Online participation expected to increase at Ritchie Bros. auctions in wake of COVID-19 concerns – 3/16/20
Ritchie Bros. making temporary changes to its onsite auctions to increase online participation Information is moving fast and so is Ritchie Bros. With concerns about large gatherings growing around the world due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many trade shows and events have been cancelled. Thanks to its industry-leading online bidding system and mobile application, Ritchie […]
Energy Transfer Announces Binding Supplemental Open Season for the Bayou Bridge Pipeline System – 3/14/20
Energy Transfer LP announced that its subsidiary, Bayou Bridge Pipeline, LLC (“Bayou Bridge”), launched a Binding Supplemental Open Season (“Open Season”) to solicit additional shipper commitments for transportation service from Nederland, Texas to Lake Charles, Louisiana through the Bayou Bridge Pipeline System. Bayou Bridge anticipates that incremental capacity on the Bayou Bridge Pipeline System will […]
Oneok announces adjustments on future expansion projects – 3/14/20
ONEOK has made adjustments for planned capital expenditures and is suspending the following announced expansion projects: The 100,000 barrel per day (bpd) additional expansion of the West Texas LPG pipeline in the Permian Basin; and The 200 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d) expansion of the Demicks Lake natural gas processing facility, the Demicks Lake […]
Tallgrass Energy Announces Supplemental Open Season on Pony Express Pipeline for the Carpenter Expansion – 3/14/20
Tallgrass Energy, LP, through its affiliate Tallgrass Pony Express Pipeline, LLC , announced on March 3, 2020 that due to continued interest in its Carpenter Expansion it is launching a supplemental open season to solicit binding shipper commitments for crude oil transportation from a new origin near Carpenter, Wyo., to Pony Express destinations in Colorado. […]
TC Energy signs letter of intent to acquire Pioneer Pipeline – 3/12/20
TC Energy Corporation announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL), has executed an exclusive letter of intent with Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Inc. and TransAlta Corporation to purchase the Pioneer Pipeline for $255 million. The Pioneer Pipeline consists of 131 km of operating pipeline that, upon closing of the transaction, will […]
Report indicates that US prep work for the Keystone XL pipeline begins – 3/11/20
According to reports, a Canadian company has reported that it has started preliminary work along the route of the proposed Keystone XL oil sands pipeline through the U.S. in anticipation of starting construction next month, as opponents await a judge’s ruling on their request to block any work. It was reported that moving equipment this […]
Oil prices rebound after previous session’s steep sell-off – 3/10/20
On Tuesday, March 10, 2020, oil prices climbed recovering a modest portion of their steep losses from the previous close. The West Texas Intermediate increased 3.23 U.S. dollars, or 10.38 percent, to settle at 34.36 dollars a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange, while Brent crude closed at 37.22 dollars a barrel on the […]
McDermott, Chiyoda and Zachry Group Introduce Feed Gas to Train 3 at Freeport LNG Project – 3/11/20
– Feed gas marks transition from construction to startup – Project makes strides toward full completion – Team maintains focus on safety and quality as it delivers Train 3 McDermott International, Inc., with its joint venture partners, ChiyodaInternational Corporation and Zachry Group, announced today that Train 3 of the Freeport LNG Liquefaction project onQuintana Island […]
Remarks by API President and CEO on U.S. energy and markets – 3/10/20
Opening Statement as Prepared for Delivery API President and CEO Mike Sommers As the world grapples with Coronavirus, the news out of the OPEC + Russia meeting over the weekend added more market instability to an already challenging picture. Many global players are threatened and have voiced concerns about the U.S. energy revolution, and their […]
NACE International Postpones CORROSION 2020 in Houston – 3/7/20
NACE International’s annual conference and expo CORROSION 2020, scheduled to take place in Houston, March 15-19 is postponed until June 14 – 18, 2020. Following recent reports of six cases of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the Houston area, NACE International has postponed its annual CORROSION 2020 conference and expo until June 14-18, 2020. NACE will […]
Pe Ben praises Lytx’s ability to customize a solution to help solve their specific challenges – 3/6/20
Lytx®, a leading global provider of machine vision and artificial intelligence-powered video telematics solutions for commercial, public sector and field services fleets, today announced a 192-vehicle deployment with leading pipeline construction company Pe Ben USA. Pe Ben, which specializes in stockpiling and stringing large-diameter line pipe, signed on with Lytx to gain a clearer picture […]
Sempra Energy Subsidiary Port Arthur LNG And Bechtel Sign EPC Agreement – 3/4/20
Sempra Energy and Bechtel announced that their respective subsidiaries, Port Arthur LNG, LLC and Bechtel Oil, Gas, and Chemicals, Inc., have signed a fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for the Port Arthur LNG liquefaction project under development in Port Arthur, Texas. “Building new export infrastructure in the U.S. is critical to providing overseas […]
Texas Eastern proposed Cameron Extension Project receives a Revised Environmental Assessment from the FERC – 3/1/20
Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P. has received a Notice of Revised Environmental Review for its proposed Cameron Extension Project. The project would provide 750 million cubic feet per day of firm transportation service. Texas Eastern proposes to construct and operate a new compressor station (East Calcasieu Compressor Station) in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. The new compressor station […]
60,000Mcf/d Natural Gas Cryogenic Processing Plant to be built in Martin County, Texas – Feb. 25, 2020
Amarillo Midstream, an ArcLight Fund V portfolio company and Rattler Midstream’s affiliate have announced a 50/50 joint venture to own and operate natural gas gathering and processing assets in the Midland Basin in Texas. The JV, named as Amarillo Rattle, now owns and operates the Yellow Rose gas gathering and processing system as well as […]
Canada Energy Regulator approves NOVA natural gas pipeline expansion
The Canada Energy Regulator has recommended approval NOVA Gas Transmission’s (NGTL) natural gas pipeline expansion project. The 2021 System Expansion project includes construction of around 344-km of natural gas pipeline in eight loops and three compressor station unit additions. The pipeline is expected to start near Grande Prairie in Alberta, Canada and end just north […]
Phillips 66 Partners Acquires Interest in Liberty Pipeline – Feb. 24, 2020
Phillips 66 Partners LP has reached agreement with Phillips 66 to acquire its 50% interest in the Liberty Pipeline project for approximately $75 million. The transaction is expected to close on March 2, 2020, with an effective date of March 1, 2020. “The Liberty Pipeline is a great addition to the Phillips 66 Partners portfolio,” […]
Williams Halts Investment in the proposed Constitution Pipeline – Feb. 24, 2020
Williams, with support from its partners, Duke, Cabot and AltaGas, has halted investment in the proposed Constitution project. While Constitution did receive positive outcomes in recent court proceedings and permit applications, the underlying risk adjusted return for this greenfield pipeline project has diminished in such a way that further development is no longer supported. “Natural gas […]
Again Transco is Seeking Permits for the Northeast Supply Enhancement Project – Feb, 21, 2020
The Northeast Supply Enhancement Project , a contested proposal to build a pipeline to take natural gas to customers in New York City and Long Island is back before New Jersey regulators. The Northeast Supply Enhancement Project would add to the existing Transco pipeline and would carry enough gas to heat 2.3 million homes. It […]
Columbia Gas gets partial Notice to Proceed with portion of the Buckeye Express Project
Columbia may begin contractor mobilization and site preparation activities within the upland portions of the contractor yard/staging area sites and associated access roads, identified in its Notice to Proceed Request. The requested contractor yard/staging area sites and associated access roads would have limited to no ground disturbance and no tree clearing. FERC has authorized Columbia’s […]
Mountain Valley Pipeline extension through Southside into North Carolina passes FERC review
The Southgate project to extend the Mountain Valley Pipeline through Southside into North Carolina is moving forward. The project would run 70 miles from Chatham towards Interstate 40 into North Carolina. A release from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission says there will be some adverse environmental impacts from the project, including soil erosion, but those […]
Lawyers Anticipate that the Permian Highway Pipeline will be Approved Soon – Feb. 14, 2020
According to reports, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is expected to give Kinder Morgan the go-ahead to clear land for the Permian Highway Pipeline portion that would traverse through the Texas Hill Country. There will be one more meeting that will need approval also. Opponents of the planned 430-mile pipeline from the West Texas oil patch […]
Weiler Abrasives Expands Flap Disc Offering to Include New Sizes and Styles
Weiler Abrasives Expands Flap Disc Offering to Include New Sizes and Styles Products enhance an abrasives and brushes portfolio designed for 5-and 6-inch grinders Weiler Abrasives, a leading provider of abrasives, power brushes and maintenance products for surface conditioning, has expanded its Tiger® and Wolverine® flap disc offering. The expansion includes 4.5-inch high density discs […]
TC Energy Announces $1.3 Billion of System Expansions – Feb, 14, 2020
TC Energy announces $1.3 billion of system expansions to connect Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin supply to incremental market demand TC Energy Corporation announced that it has approved two new expansion projects totaling $1.3 billion on its wholly-owned natural gas pipeline systems. The $0.9 billion 2023 NGTL Intra-Basin System Expansion will deliver natural gas from the […]
Port of Corpus Christi Awarded $17M Federal Grant for First Phase of Avery Point Terminal Redevelopment – Feb. 14, 2020
The Port of Corpus Christi has received a federal grant of more than $17 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation – Maritime Administration to expand Oil Dock 3 as the first of four phases in the redevelopment of the Avery Point Terminal (Avery Point). Located on the Corpus Christi Ship Channel’s Inner Harbor, Avery […]
NextDecade and Enbridge Sign Definitive Agreement Regarding Rio Bravo Pipeline – Feb. 13, 2020
NextDecade Corporation and Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge) announced today that they have entered into a definitive agreement whereby Enbridge will acquire Rio Bravo Pipeline Company, LLC (RBPL) from NextDecade for a cash purchase price not to exceed $25 million, with $15 million paid at closing and the balance paid upon NextDecade’s reaching a positive final investment decision […]
Seaway to Extend Open Season – Feb. 12, 2020
Seaway Crude Pipeline Company LLC has announced an extension of a binding open season currently under way for committed service on expansion capacity of its system originating in Cushing, Oklahoma and extending to the Texas Gulf Coast. The open season, which began December 16, 2019 with the intent to close on February 14, 2020, is […]
BJ Services Commences Field Trials of Its Next-Generation Natural Gas Fueled Fracturing Technology – Feb. 10, 2020
BJ Services announced it has reached a key milestone with the advancement of field trials for its next-generation fracturing pump platform, the TITAN™ – the backbone of the Company’s next-generation fleet. The TITAN is powered by a direct drive natural gas-fired turbine capable of providing over 5,000 Horsepower, and delivers one of the most efficient […]
Enbridge begins permitting for it’s proposed Line 5 Replacement in Wisconsin – Feb. 9, 2020
Enbridge Inc. has announced it is beginning the permitting process to reroute its Line 5 pipeline in northern Wisconsin. Line 5 carries up to 23 million gallons of oil and natural gas liquids per day from Superior to Sarnia, Ontario. Enbridge has been exploring alternative routes for Line 5 since the Bad River Band of […]
Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Clears Hurdle with Canadian Court – Feb. 7, 2020
Canada’s Federal Court of Appeal has cleared the way for a major expansion to the Trans Mountain Pipeline by ruling against four different challenges from First Nations groups concerned about the environmental impacts of the project. The Trans Mountain expansion, which would add more than 600 miles to the pipeline and increase its capacity from […]
Minnesota Endorses Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project – Feb. 6, 2020
Minnesota Endorses Line 3 Pipeline Replacement Project A Minnesota regulator has endorsed the revised Environmental Impact Statement for Enbridge Inc’s proposed Line 3 pipeline replacement project. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission’s approval decision of the project is a leap forward for Canadian oil producers, who have been forced to reduce production in Alberta due […]
Del-Mar Energy Pathway Project gets FERC green light
Eastern Shore Natural Gas has received approval from the FERC to construct, own, operate and maintain the Del-Mar Energy Pathway Project. The project includes .9 miles of 16-inch looping pipeline (Kent County, DE), 7.39 miles of 8-inch extension pipeline and new M&R (Sussex County, DE), 0.35 miles 10-inch pipeline extension and upgrade Millsboro pressure control station […]
Grand Chenier Xpress Receives Environmental Assessment from FERC
ANR Pipeline Company has received a Notice to Prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) from the FERC for the Grand Chenier Xpress Project. The proposed project includes facilities in Acadia, Jefferson Davies, and Cameron Parishes, Louisiana: modifications of ANR’s existing Eunice Compressor Station in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, to increase the total certificated horsepower (hp) from 24,000 […]
FERC Approves Annova LNG Brownsville
FERC has issued approval for the Annova LNG Brownsville Project. Annova LNG Common Infrastructure, LLC; Annova LNG Brownsville A, LLC; Annova LNG Brownsville B, LLC; and Annova LNG Brownsville C, LLC are planning to construct, and operate a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in Cameron County, Texas. The project will include a new LNG […]
Columbia Gulf Files FERC Application for the Louisiana Xpress Project
Columbia Gulf Transmission, LLC has filed an application with the FERC to construct and operate the Louisiana XPress Project. Issuance of the Environmental Assessment from the FERC is expected February 7, 2020 with a final EA decision slated for May 8, 2020.The project will create 493,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of incremental mainline capacity on […]
Enterprise and Enbridge Sign Letter of Intent to Jointly Develop Deepwater
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and Enbridge Inc. announced that certain of their affiliates have executed a letter of intent (LOI) to jointly develop a deepwater crude oil terminal in the Gulf of Mexico capable of fully loading Very Large Crude Carriers (VLCCs). Enterprise and Enbridge agreed to focus commercial development efforts on Enterprise’s Sea Port […]
Dakota Access Oil Pipeline Pursuing Expansion
A regulatory hearing was recently held to determine whether Dakota Access LLC can nearly double the flow of its oil pipeline through North Dakota. The projected project has reignited an argument with the nearby Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The North Dakota Public Service Commission will decide at a later date whether owner Dakota Access LLC, […]
