The U.S. Commerce Department recently granted a tariff exemption to oil major Chevron for its imports of 4.5-inch Japanese steel tubes for oil exploration. But the department rejected a similar Continue Reading
The ongoing expansion of the U.S.-Mexico cross-border natural gas pipeline capacity provides an additional outlet for the constrained Permian production in West Texas, but delays in some projects on the Continue Reading
The value of line space on Colonial Pipeline’s gasoline-only 1.37 million b/d Line 1 flipped to a positive position Thursday for the first time since August, which sources attributed to Continue Reading
An advisory council to Virginia Governor Ralph Northam recommended the Democratic governor to rescind Clean Water Act certifications and not issue any more permits for the up to $6.5 billion Continue Reading
Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project should stay out of politics and be protected from potential attacks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday, following a meeting between Russian Continue Reading
Canada’s energy regulator on Thursday said it had given the go-ahead for the construction of a large portion of the Trans Mountain expansion project, which will nearly triple capacity on Continue Reading
A U.S. federal judge ruled that the State Department must conduct a new environmental review of the project after the pipeline’s route was changed. The State Department is responsible for Continue Reading
The consortium managing the second leg of the Nord Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Europe said it has all the permits needed for Russian installation. Russian energy company Gazprom Continue Reading
A federal judge in Montana on Wednesday ordered the U.S. State Department to do a full environmental review of a revised route for the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline, a Continue Reading
U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal to double tariffs on steel and aluminum from Turkey could push up costs even further for domestic oil and gas pipeline projects, as energy executives Continue Reading
U.S. natural gas exports to Mexico hit all-time highs this month, but a slower-than-expected build out of pipelines inside Mexico has kept increases far below available capacity at the border. Continue Reading
Denmark, one of the last countries yet to sanction Russia’s Nord Stream pipeline, is reviewing new route plans, the country’s energy agency stated Friday. Ture Falbe-Hansen, a spokesman for the Continue Reading
U.S. energy regulators have told EQT Corp and other companies building the $3.5-$3.7 billion Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to Virginia to stop all construction. The action Continue Reading
For decades, the Friendship pipeline has delivered oil from Russia to Europe, heating German homes even in the darkest days of the Cold War. But a new pipeline that will Continue Reading
Tallgrass Energy on Wednesday joined a growing list of midstream companies that plan to directly load US crude onto supertankers by building an offshore pipeline. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber Continue Reading
The Keystone XL crude oil pipeline project cleared a hurdle on Monday as the Trump administration said in a draft environmental assessment that an alternative route through Nebraska would not Continue Reading
President Trump was right to criticize Chancellor Angela Merkel’s plan for a new pipeline carrying Russian natural gas to Germany. This project threatens European independence and the North Atlantic Treaty Continue Reading
Moscow — Russian energy minister Alexander Novak Friday described a US bill introduced by senator John Barasso, Republican-Wyoming, that would impose mandatory sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline as Continue Reading
U.S. President Donald Trump launched a sharp public attack on Germany on Wednesday for supporting a Baltic Sea gas pipeline deal with Russia, saying Berlin had become “a captive to Continue Reading
Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd said in a filing on Tuesday it is restarting construction in August on the Trans Mountain pipeline’s expansion after halting work in the spring due to Continue Reading
Germany has been assured by the United States that any sanctions imposed on Russia will not affect the building of a gas pipeline to bring Russian gas to Europe, a Continue Reading
The chances of a gas pipeline from Russia to South Korea through the territory of North Korea—a decade-old idea that was on hold due to North Korea’s hostilities—have now risen Continue Reading
The United States should help the natural gas industry overcome environmental challenges to new pipeline projects by adjusting regulations or adopting new laws favoring infrastructure, an executive at TransCanada Corp Continue Reading
The United States should help the natural gas industry push back against opposition by environmental groups to pipeline projects by adopting new regulations or laws that favor infrastructure, backers of Continue Reading
The Canadian government would like to see construction accelerate on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, but has no control over decisions to resume or start new work until it takes Continue Reading
TransCanada Corp.’s Keystone XL may be one pipeline too many for Canada, at least for now. Construction of the export line would supply Western Canada with more pipeline capacity than Continue Reading
Major U.S. energy companies including Plains All American Pipeline ( PAA.N ), Hess Corp ( HES.N ) and Kinder Morgan Inc ( KMI.N ) are among many seeking exemptions from Continue Reading
Expanding the capacity of the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea is a purely commercial ambition, a Kremlin spokesman said Monday. Sweden’s government became the latest to Continue Reading
Enbridge Inc on Friday endorsed either an underwater tunnel or trench to replace a section of its 65-year-old energy pipeline that travels under a stretch of the U.S. Great Lakes Continue Reading
Several major economies, including the U.S. and Canada, rely heavily on fossil fuel production and exports. But the surging market penetration of renewable energy technologies, energy efficiency improvements, and climate Continue Reading
TransCanada Corp said on Friday it cannot move natural gas until further notice through the section of its Leach Xpress pipeline in West Virginia that ruptured early Thursday until, prompting Continue Reading
Canada’s Enbridge Inc ( ENB.TO ) faces an indefinite delay to its biggest-ever capital project if a U.S. state regulator denies its preferred pipeline route through Minnesota, but a victory Continue Reading
Like father, like son. In 1975, Pierre Trudeau, Canada’s then prime minister, set up Petro-Canada, a national oil company. Four decades later his son Justin, the present prime minister, is Continue Reading
When Alaska’s governor Bill Walker headed with a trade delegation to China earlier this week, he must have hoped to bring back good news about an 800-mile gas pipeline project Continue Reading
Shell’s subsidiary in Canada said a transaction that gives Malaysian energy company PETRONAS a stake in a planned LNG facility isn’t a statement on timing. Shell and its equity partners Continue Reading
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission partly granted Rover Pipeline’s request to bring additional segments into service Thursday morning but held off on giving the go-ahead for two key laterals Continue Reading
Malaysia’s Petronas said on Thursday it had agreed to buy a 25 percent stake in the LNG Canada project. Petronas will buy the equity stake in the project in British Continue Reading
In a desperate bid to keep its last remaining proposed oil pipeline alive, Canada has decided to buy Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain Pipeline system for an estimated C$4.5 billion. Canada Continue Reading
Canada will buy Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd’s ( KML.TO ) Trans Mountain pipeline for C$4.5 billion ($3.5 billion), the government said on Tuesday, hoping to save a project that faces Continue Reading
Canada is likely to buy Kinder Morgan Canada Ltd’s Trans Mountain oil pipeline and its proposed expansion project in an attempt to ensure that it is built, Bloomberg reported on Continue Reading
A political row over Europe’s energy security is not hindering preparatory work for the subsea Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, with dredging work starting off the Continue Reading
ST PETERSBURG (Reuters) – The construction time line for the Nord Stream pipeline from Russia to Germany has not been affected by U.S. claims that the project could undermine Europe’s Continue Reading
While Germany tries to make sure Ukraine will not suffer too badly from the addition of Nord Stream 2 to the European natural gas pipeline network, a senior State Department Continue Reading
Justin Trudeau’s pipeline nightmare may be only getting started. As Kinder Morgan Inc. drives a hard bargain in Canada’s attempt to save the Houston-based company’s embattled Trans Mountain project, the Continue Reading
A close ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel issued a stark warning to the United States about the risks of placing “America First”, accusing Washington of seeking to block a Continue Reading
Construction on TransCanada Corp’s ( TRP.TO ) Coastal Gaslink pipeline will start in early 2019, pending a positive investment decision on the LNG Canada liquefied natural gas project, the head Continue Reading
A pipeline system running through northern Michigan waters was dented by an April maritime incident and requires reinforcement, pipeline company Enbridge said. Canadian pipeline company Enbridge operates a broad network Continue Reading
Progress on the second phase of the Nord Stream pipeline to Europe was the focus of talks with Austrian energy company OMV, Russia’s Gazprom said. The top brass at the Continue Reading
Vladimir Putin started his fourth term as Russia’s president by promising ambitious new social programs ( Kremlin.ru, May 7 ). He may be able to deliver on these promises because Continue Reading
Pressure restrictions on TransCanada Corp’s Keystone oil pipeline were lifted on Tuesday in a letter issued by U.S. pipeline safety regulators, a spokesman for the agency told Reuters on Thursday. Continue Reading
