U.S. President-elect Joe Biden is planning to cancel the permit for the $9 billion Keystone XL pipeline project as one of his first acts in office, and perhaps as soon Continue Reading
The Keystone oil pipeline’s developer plans to announce a series of overhauls—including a pledge to use only renewable energy—in a bid to win President-elect Joe Biden’s support for the controversial project. Aides Continue Reading
German authorities gave permission Friday for work to resume on a subsea pipeline bringing natural gas from Russia that’s been the target of U.S. sanctions threats. The decision by the Continue Reading
Work will not resume laying the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Danish waters on Jan. 15, with the vessel approved to carry out pipelaying not yet at the site Continue Reading
Russia will restart construction of its Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany this week in the face of US sanctions that have paused construction for more than a year. Kremlin-controlled Continue Reading
Russia is stepping up work on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline before the U.S. tightens sanctions against the controversial project designed to feed more natural gas into Germany. Construction of the Continue Reading
Washington is preparing more sanctions against the Gazprom-led Nord Stream-2 natural gas pipeline project, Reuters reported , citing sources from the Trump administration. “We’ve been getting body blow on body Continue Reading
Pipe-laying for the Nord Stream-2 natural gas pipeline is set to restart in Danish waters, according to a local regulator, Reuters has reported . Construction of the pipeline on Danish Continue Reading
The developer of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline could resume pipelaying work in Danish waters as soon as Jan. 15, 2021, according to a notice to sea-farers published Dec. Continue Reading
The United States supports the EastMed pipeline project that is expected to deliver natural gas from offshore Israel via Greece and Cyprus to the wider European market, U.S. Secretary of Continue Reading
Monitoring and maintenance of pipelines costs energy companies approximately $1.4 billion every year . But what if innovative solutions could help rein in this cost by automating monitoring processes and Continue Reading
The controversial Russia-led gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 is likely to start delivering first gas to Germany by the end of 2021, Russian energy experts tell news agency TASS , Continue Reading
Uncertainty continues over when work might resume to lay the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Danish waters, with the project developer saying Dec. 15 it would provide an update Continue Reading
Work has resumed in Baltic Sea waters off the German coast on the controversial Nord Stream 2 natural-gas pipeline, project managers said in a statement on December 11. The statement Continue Reading
The German state where the controversial Russia-led natural gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 is planned to land has proposed the creation of a state-protected foundation that would hold the assets Continue Reading
The developer of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has resumed work to lay a small 2.6 km stretch of the link in German waters using the Fortuna pipelaying vessel, Continue Reading
As the Nord Stream 2 development company prepares to resume gas pipelaying work on the controversial project in German waters, the political row over the pipeline continues with the US Continue Reading
The developer of the almost-complete Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany is set to resume pipe-laying work in German waters next month, according to a notice to Continue Reading
For the past year, U.S. officials and Russia hawks on Capitol Hill have closely watched the peregrinations of a Russian ship, as it sailed from Russia’s Far East around Africa Continue Reading
The developer of the almost-complete Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany is set to resume pipe-laying work in German waters next month, according to a notice to Continue Reading
DNV GL, a Norwegian risk management and quality assurance firm, told Reuters on Thursday it had suspended work on the gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 to avoid sanctions under the Continue Reading
Highlights Had been engaged to verify technical integrity Follows new US guidelines on PEESA statute Latest setback for almost-complete pipeline London — Norway-based quality assurance company DNV GL will no Continue Reading
People gather in front of the White House during the Native Nations Rise protest on March 10, 2017 in Washington, D.C. Native tribes from around the US gathered for four Continue Reading
In remote northern Michigan a propane shortage in early 2014 caused prices to nearly double, squeezing about half of the families there who rely on the fossil fuel to heat Continue Reading
TC Energy Corp TRP.TO says it is continuing to advance its Keystone XL (KXL) oil pipeline, the $9 billion project that would move oil from the province of Alberta to Continue Reading
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer took legal action Friday to shut down a pipeline that carries oil beneath a channel linking two of the Great Lakes. Whitmer’s office notified Canadian company Continue Reading
Enbridge Inc.’s battle with Michigan escalated on Friday as the governor took new legal action to shut down a key pipeline that supplies Central Canadian refineries. Governor Gretchen Whitmer filed a complaint Continue Reading
Sanctions that could hinder one of Moscow’s most important projects in Europe, the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, have been included in the annual U.S. defense policy bill, two Continue Reading
The U.S. is drawing up additional sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project, the latest obstacle in the path of the 9.5 billion-euro ($11.2 billion) Russia-to-Germany link Continue Reading
German gas grid operators are “confident” that the country’s gas supply is secure for the upcoming winter despite the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline not being available, industry body FNB Continue Reading
The prolonged Nord Stream-2 saga has managed the unmanageable – industry watchers are becoming numb to the ever-changing prospects of the project and are becoming less and less likely to Continue Reading
Europe’s relationship with Russia has soured over the years due to diverging political views and crises such as Ukraine’s reorientation towards the West. Also, energy dependency has become a politically Continue Reading
The U.S. is broadening the sanctions against service providers and those funding vessels involved in the construction of Nord Stream 2 in a fresh attempt to prevent the Russia-led gas Continue Reading
Highlights Nord Stream 2 to announce its plans in due course US broadened scope of sanctions threat on Oct. 20 Seen to put pressure on Akademik Cherskiy retrofit work London Continue Reading
The US State Department on Oct. 20 widened the scope of sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline and warned companies involved in the final installation that they Continue Reading
Illinois approved this week the plan for the Dakota Access Pipeline to double its capacity from 570,000 bpd to 1.1 million bpd, thus becoming the last state along the pipeline’s Continue Reading
Poland’s antitrust watchdog slapped a $7.6 billion fine on Gazprom PJSC over the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, opening a new front in the bitter political battle over the natural gas project. Wednesday’s Continue Reading
Poland’s anti-trust authority has imposed a fine of more than Zloty 29 billion ($7.61 billion, Eur6.47 billion) on Russia’s Gazprom for building the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline without its Continue Reading
Denmark cleared on Thursday the final hurdle to Nord Stream 2 potentially starting operations in Danish waters, while the U.S. continues its attempt to stop the Russia-led natural gas pipeline Continue Reading
Some of the largest pipeline operators in the U.S. have started to offer sweeter deals for crude oil shipment to producers as the midstream sector vies to curb its losses Continue Reading
Russia and the US continue to clash over the future of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, with Moscow hitting out at calls from Washington for the creation of a Continue Reading
The United States is building a coalition aimed at preventing the completion of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that will substantially increase the flow of Russian gas into Europe, the Continue Reading
Gazprom chairman Alexey Miller told Russian president Vladimir Putin in a working meeting that design and survey work on the 50 billion cu m/year Power of Siberia 2 natural gas Continue Reading
Germany tried to dissuade the United States from following through on its threat to impose additional sanctions on the Russia-led gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2 by telling the U.S. Continue Reading
As Angela Merkel weighs up the arguments for scrapping a Russian pipeline project, a cornerstone of the German chancellor’s carefully crafted energy strategy is at stake. Merkel is coming under increasing Continue Reading
Poland is ready to offer Germany access to the 10 Bcm a year Baltic Pipe that will deliver gas from Norway if Berlin halts construction of the controversial Nord Stream Continue Reading
Abandoning the nearly complete Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany could create a legal mess and nudge up energy costs for European households but Germany would cope Continue Reading
German politicians are divided on whether action on the almost complete Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline should be considered in response to the poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Continue Reading
Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday faced growing pressure to reconsider Germany’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline project with Russia following the suspected poisoning of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny. Defence Minister Annegret Continue Reading
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has asked an appeals court to reverse a lower court’s ruling vacating the permit of the Dakota Access oil pipeline to operate, arguing that Continue Reading
