Provincial disputes over plans to expand the capacity of the existing Trans Mountain oil pipeline could have U.S. consequences, analysis shows. A Kinder Morgan -led consortium planned to expand the Continue Reading
Shares of Canadian pipeline operator Enbridge Inc dropped more than 4 percent on Tuesday after a Minnesota judge agreed the Line 3 oil pipeline replacement project was needed but rejected Continue Reading
With certain conditions, a judge in Minnesota backed a plan by Canadian oil shipper Enbridge to replace an aging oil pipeline with a bigger one. Enbridge is proposing an overhaul Continue Reading
Kinder Morgan does not seem very upbeat about the prospects of its US$5.9-billion Trans Mountain pipeline project despite a pledge by the Alberta and federal Canadian government to support the Continue Reading
Two out of three Canadians now feel that the British Columbian government is wrong in its stance against Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline, according to a new poll by Angus Continue Reading
Alberta introduces law allowing it to cut exports to B.C. Premier Notley confident province won’t need to use new power Barbed wire fencing stands at the Kinder Morgan Inc. Trans Continue Reading
In a shot across the bow of its western neighbor, Alberta’s provincial government said it proposed legislation that could block cross-border oil and gas flows. A consortium led by pipeline Continue Reading
Canada’s internal fight over Kinder Morgan Inc.’s Trans Mountain pipeline escalates. (Bloomberg) — Canada’s internal fight over Kinder Morgan Inc.’s Trans Mountain pipeline escalated as the nation’s top two oil-producing Continue Reading
The very word pipeline these days seem to put a lot of people on edge. It has somehow become a synonym of evil. Yet pipelines are simply infrastructure for transporting Continue Reading
In the past few weeks at least seven natural gas pipeline operators were the victims of hackers that targeted third-party communications system Latitude Technologies, causing service disruptions and breakdowns in Continue Reading
The Canadian government on Monday said it was considering all its options on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, including a possible investment of public funds to ensure construction goes ahead Continue Reading
“Germany hooks up a pipeline into Russia, where Germany is going to be paying billions of dollars for energy into Russia. And I’m saying, ‘What’s going on with that?”’ President Continue Reading
Kinder Morgan is close to pulling the plug on a planned expansion of its Trans Mountain crude oil export pipeline, designed to provide the land-locked province of Alberta with opportunities Continue Reading
Four gas pipeline operators in the U.S. have had to shut down their communications systems after breakdowns caused by cyberattacks, fueling fear of more hostile cyberactivity to come. Energy Transfer Continue Reading
A third U.S. pipeline company reported its electronic system for communicating with customers has stopped working, a day after a cyberattack resulted in a similar shutdown. The Department of Homeland Continue Reading
Even with some European countries lining up behind the project, getting approval for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is a work in progress, Moscow said. The German government last week Continue Reading
A system that digitally processes customer transactions for a major pipeline network in the U.S. was shut down Monday after a cyber attack. An electronic data interchange provided by third-party Continue Reading
The bright afternoon January sun offers little respite from the minus 40C temperature for the pipeline construction workers crunching through the snow in Russia’s Far East region. In the sprawling Continue Reading
EU lawyers gave cautious support this week to a proposal by the bloc’s executive to extend its energy market rules to regulate offshore pipelines including Russia’s planned 9.5-billion euro gas Continue Reading
Germany approved on Tuesday the construction and operation of the Russia-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in its territorial waters, thus issuing all necessary permits for the German section of Continue Reading
Denmark is under pressure to rule on whether a new Russian pipeline supplying gas to Germany can be built near its Baltic coast, a decision that puts it in the Continue Reading
U.S. energy pipeline developers say they intend to pursue exemptions to the Trump Administration’s proposed steel tariffs, as concerns grow for those companies and from key exporters to the United Continue Reading
Most of the new supply will come in the form of light sweet and ultra-light oil. But because refineries along the Gulf Coast are largely equipped to handle medium and Continue Reading
By reducing the thickness of the type of oil found in Alberta, government officials said they expect volumes through a limited network of pipelines to improve. The provincial government of Continue Reading
A federal judge in Louisiana on Friday revoked a permit for Energy Transfer Partners’ Bayou Bridge crude oil pipeline, halting work on a portion of the project following protests by Continue Reading
Canadian activists have requested an American judge to subpoena the U.S. government for all files related to the Trump administration’s approval of the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, according to emerging Continue Reading
Canada’s National Energy Board has given Kinder Morgan the go-ahead to start construction work on a tunnel entrance in British Columbia’s Burnaby Mountain that will be part of the Trans Continue Reading
Poland wants the United States to impose sanctions on the planned Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in a newspaper interview published Continue Reading
The United States opposes the planned Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline that would connect Russia and Germany, believing it would undermine Europe’s energy security, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Continue Reading
TransCanada Corp’s Keystone crude pipeline is still operating at 20 percent reduced pressure, a spokesman for the company said on Tuesday, more than two months after a leak forced the Continue Reading
Perhaps in the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon spill, BP attained similar levels of public oversight. Nevertheless, defying most trends, 2017 will go down in history as one of Gazprom’s Continue Reading
The unplanned shutdown in December of Britain’s biggest oil pipeline, Forties, which shut off supplies for more than two weeks and fired up global oil prices, had an unlikely cause: Continue Reading
Pipeline company TransCanada said Thursday that commercial commitments for about 60 percent of the capacity for its Keystone XL pipeline is enough to proceed. The company said it concluded the Continue Reading
TransCanada still needs easements from landowners in the state and must secure water-crossing permits from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. TORONTO— TransCanada Corp. TRP 0.25% said on Thursday it Continue Reading
An effort by Energy Transfer Partners LP to expand its Mariner East 2 pipeline ran into local resistance, and Pennsylvania authorities halted construction earlier this month. Some of North America’s Continue Reading
Claims by Nebraska landowners for compensation from pipeline company TransCanada on Keystone XL -related costs rests with the state’s highest court, advocates say. Bold Nebraska, an organization that’s steered a Continue Reading
Sunoco received a halt construction order from Pennsylvania environmental officials on Wednesday for a natural gas pipeline the southern half of the state due to a myriad of spills and Continue Reading
The Forties Pipeline System is now fully operational following repair work on the asset, Ineos has confirmed. All restrictions on the flow of oil and gas from platforms feeding into Continue Reading
Several oil pipeline companies this month agreed to move ahead on multi-billion-dollar projects that would link Texas shale fields to Gulf Coast export hubs, offering new outlets for burgeoning output Continue Reading
Any limitations to the flow of oil and natural gas from the North Sea to the Forties pipeline system are now lifted, system operator Ineos said Thursday. Ineos shut down Continue Reading
Flows through Britain’s most important oil pipeline, Forties, have recovered to around half the normal rate, a trading source said on Wednesday, suggesting a steady return to normal operations after Continue Reading
U.S. refiners and pipeline companies are likely to embark on a capital spending spree in the next year, fueled by a provision in the recently-passed U.S. tax bill that rewards Continue Reading
Alexei Miller, head of Russian gas giant Gazprom, said in a conference call on Tuesday that its European partners in the Nord Stream-2 pipeline project have fulfilled their financing obligations Continue Reading
Energy independent Ineos, the operator of the Forties pipeline, said it has started doing pressure tests on the pipeline after it was repaired. Full flow will resume in early January, Continue Reading
A final investment decision has been made to move forward with a 1.9 Bcf/d pipeline being jointly developed by Kinder Morgan, DCP Midstream and Targa Resources that would allow more Continue Reading
Production plans and start-ups in Norway, Europe’s largest oil producer, and a restart date for a North Sea pipeline network sent oil prices lower Thursday. “Based on current estimates the Continue Reading
Flow through the Forties pipeline system from the North Sea, idled since Dec. 11, should be back to normal in early January, the operator said Thursday. Pipeline operator Ineos said Continue Reading
Repair work on the Forties Pipeline System is scheduled to complete around Christmas based on current estimates. Ineos revealed Thursday that repair work on the Forties Pipeline System (FPS) is Continue Reading
Nebraska regulators on Tuesday denied TransCanada Corp’s request to amend its route application for the proposed Keystone XL pipeline through the U.S. state, a potential setback for the company as Continue Reading
Nearly a decade has passed since TransCanada first proposed in 2008 to build the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Alberta in Canada to Nebraska and the U.S. Gulf Continue Reading
