Gazprom still eyeing Nord Stream 2 completion by end-2020/start-2021: report
Construction of the 55 Bcm/year Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany is still set to be completed at the end of 2020 or the start of 2021, Continue Reading
Blocking The World’s Most Controversial Pipeline
Nord Stream 2 is now 93 percent complete and there is no realistic way that the project can be stopped Washington is still determined to delay the pipeline for as Continue Reading
Denmark to make decision on Nord Stream 2 permit request ‘within four weeks’
Highlights Nord Stream 2 applies to use anchored ships to finish line Anchored ships not part of Danish permit from October 2019 Threat of more US sanctions against 55 Bcm/year Continue Reading
Supreme Court Removes Hurdle for $8 Billion Atlantic Coast Pipeline
The Supreme Court removed a legal barrier to the construction of an $8 billion pipeline that would deliver natural gas from West Virginia, ruling the project could run under a Continue Reading
New U.S. Sanctions Unlikely To Derail Nord Stream 2
It is difficult to surprise anyone in today’s world with another set of sanction-slapping. A bipartisan group of US senators has expressed its intent to put another spoke in the Continue Reading
Will America’s Pipeline Operators Survive The Oil Crisis?
When shale drillers in the world’s largest oil producer started shutting in oil wells that had suddenly become uneconomical, many in the industry breathed a sigh of relief. That would Continue Reading
China Begins Consolidation Of $100+ Billion Oil & Gas Pipeline Industry
China has required the three biggest state-held oil corporations to transfer the management of half of their liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals to the newly created state-controlled midstream firm, Caixin Continue Reading
Trump seeks to use ‘economic emergency’ order to speed pipeline approvals
The Trump administration aims to speed federal approval of energy pipelines, mines, highways and other infrastructure by asserting that a national “economic emergency” warrants that agencies waive long-standing environmental rules, Continue Reading
U.S. States Just Lost Pipeline Veto Rights And That’s A Big Deal For Oil
The oil and gas industry in the United States scored a big win this week after the EPA narrowed the focus of a rule that up until now, allowed states Continue Reading
Enbridge Line 3 Project May Stall on Permit Delays
Minnesota regulators plan to conduct a longer, contested process for granting the project a key permit. (Bloomberg) — Enbridge Inc.’s replacement and expansion of its Line 3 crude-oil pipeline faces Continue Reading