US Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette took aim at Russia on Thursday, claiming it has “weaponized” its oil and natural gas supply while portraying an increase in US LNG exports as Continue Reading
A massive work of infrastructure has just been brought online, and its geopolitical implications are explosive. Last week, the presidents of Russia and China jointly inaugurated one of the biggest Continue Reading
The US House and Senate armed services committees have agreed on a defence bill that would force the Trump administration to sanction companies that help Gazprom, the Russian state-owned gas Continue Reading
U.S. lawmakers have included sanctions on companies helping Russia’s gas giant Gazprom to complete the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project in the National Defense Authorization Act for the U.S. defense Continue Reading
Completion expected by mid-2022 WCS price discounts widens to allow more rail Calgary — Canadian government-owned Trans Mountain this week started the construction of its 590,000 b/d pipeline expansion, which Continue Reading
Switzerland-based Allseas — which has been integral to laying the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany — has started laying the Danish section of the link Continue Reading
Russia is the second-largest producer and the largest exporter of natural gas in the world. The country’s most important customers are in Europe where the bulk of its exports are Continue Reading
U.S. law enforcement agencies have prepared plans to respond to any new protests against the controversial Keystone XL pipeline “by any means,” The Guardian reports , citing internal documents. Among Continue Reading
From the moment that the U.S. re-imposed sanctions in earnest on Iran late last year, Pakistan has been looking at ways to resuscitate a deal that had been agreed Continue Reading
Russia’s gas giant Gazprom is rushing to hire an engineering contractor to have an underwater natural gas pipeline, which has broken off the seabed in the Arctic, fixed, Russian news Continue Reading
Moscow — The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline directly linking Russia and Germany via the Baltic will come online in the middle of 2020, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak Continue Reading
A leak in the Keystone Pipeline has released an estimated 383,000 gallons of oil – about the size of an Olympic swimming pool – into the North Dakota wetlands. The Continue Reading
The shutdown of one of Canada’s largest crude pipelines has shippers turning to rail to move their oil. (Bloomberg) — The shutdown of one of Canada’s largest crude pipelines has Continue Reading
TC Energy gave no estimate for restarting its 590,000 b/d Keystone oil pipeline during a third-quarter earnings call Friday, but an executive said there might be more clarity in two Continue Reading
This week’s shutdown of the TC Energy’s 590,000 b/d Keystone pipeline following a crude oil spill sent Canadian and Midcontinent crude values downward before rippling into refined product markets, pushing Continue Reading
This week, Denmark granted Gazprom approval for its Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, a project that is set to bring 55 billion cubic meters of Russian gas into Europe Continue Reading
The Keystone crude oil pipeline was shut following a spill in North Dakota, the third along the pipeline’s route in less than three years, roiling Canadian and U.S. oil markets. Continue Reading
The Keystone Pipeline oil leak affected land about three miles from Edinburg, N.D. (Taylor DeVries/North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality) Approximately 383,000 gallons of crude oil have spilled into a Continue Reading
The Keystone Pipeline was shut down this week after it ruptured and spilled in North Dakota. TC Energy – formerly known as TransCanada – said on Wednesday that it shut Continue Reading
Denmark’s decision to approve the Nord Stream 2 pipeline strengthens Russia and weakens Europe, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Thursday. The United States and several eastern European, Nordic and Continue Reading
Denmark has granted Russia’s state-controlled energy company Gazprom permission to build a controversial gas export pipeline through Danish waters. The October 30 approval removes the last major regulatory hurdle for Continue Reading
New gas link to bring Norwegian gas to Poland Pipeline to pass through 242 km of Danish waters Construction set for start of 2020 London — Denmark on Friday approved Continue Reading
The Trump administration’s effort to cut red tape and speed up major energy projects has backfired in the case of the three biggest U.S. pipelines now planned or under construction. Continue Reading
Gulf Coast Express ships natural gas from the Waha to Agua Dulce hubs. The new Gulf Coast Express Pipeline (GCX) has begun full commercial service, delivering natural gas from the Continue Reading
Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders has called for the controversial Line 5 oil pipeline to be shut down. Sanders became the second 2020 Democratic primary candidate to seek the closure Continue Reading
The Governor of Montana, Steve Bullock, has broken away from the Democrat’s strong pro-climate change stance and threw his support behind the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, according to the Associated Continue Reading
Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas link project company has withdrawn its 2017 request for a route through Danish territorial waters in an attempt to speed up the permitting process. The Continue Reading
The U.S. state of Michigan has filed a lawsuit asking for an Enbridge Inc oil pipeline that runs under the Straits of Mackinac in the Great Lakes to be decommissioned, Continue Reading
Thanks to booming US oil production, pipeline operators may be in the best position to expand into the water-handling business. (Bloomberg) — For companies that haul oil and natural gas, Continue Reading
President Trump continued his relentless offense against Russian gas in Europe this week by threatening to slap sanctions on Germany for its equally relentless support of the Nord Stream 2 Continue Reading
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he was considering sanctions over Russia’s Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project — which the United States has told European companies to avoid Continue Reading
Russian state gas giant Gazprom’s chief executive Alexey Miller said on Friday that construction of the Danish section of the Nord Stream-2 pipeline would take no more than five weeks, Continue Reading
New Jersey regulators on late Wednesday rejected key permits from Williams Cos Inc on building the Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania to New York, the Associated Continue Reading
Under the federal plan released Monday, protesters who block the construction of oil or gas pipelines could face up to 20 years in prison. (Bloomberg) — As Texas goes … Continue Reading
Highlights Pipeline buildout slowed dramatically Potential constraint on production growth, outflows Denver — The Appalachian basin has effectively become “de-bottlenecked” following a wave of pipeline project start-ups. But with virtually Continue Reading
Oil pipeline protesters who interrupt operations or damage equipment could face up to 10 years in prison under legislation approved by Texas lawmakers. Under a bill approved by both chambers Continue Reading
pipUnited States Energy Secretary Rick Perry said on Tuesday that a sanctions bill putting onerous restrictions on companies involved in the Nord Stream 2 project would come in the “not Continue Reading
Standing on the banks of the Keya Paha River where it cuts through his farm, Bob Allpress points across a flat expanse of sand to where a critical shut-off valve Continue Reading
A group of US senators on both sides of the aisle is set to introduce a bill that will seek to sanction the Nord Stream II gas pipeline, according to Continue Reading
The U.S. State Department will complete an environmental impact review for the now notorious US$8-billion Keystone XL oil pipeline even if a federal appeals court dismisses the November 2018 ruling Continue Reading
The Canadian government is likely to proceed with expansion of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline when it announces its final decision on the conduit next month, officials familiar with the Continue Reading
President Donald Trump’s executive orders will provide US pipeline companies with the certainty they need to advance their natural gas infrastructure projects through federal and state permitting reviews, the top Continue Reading
Magellan Midstream Partners LP believes a proposed Midland origin point will attract sufficient commitments from shippers to proceed with a long-haul crude pipeline from the U.S. oil storage hub in Continue Reading
An oil and gas building spree in the United States might have a serious boomerang effect that could hit the industry as hard as a changing fundamentals landscape hit the Continue Reading
Highlights Sur de Texas-Tuxpan marine pipeline to begin commissioning “soon” US exports to Mexico could see upside before June on earlier startup South Texas basis to see volatility as line-packing Continue Reading
Delhi Connector would connect points in Louisiana. LNG developer also plans pipelines serving Haynesville, Permian Tellurian launched a fourth natural gas pipeline project Monday as the Driftwood LNG export terminal Continue Reading
Michigan’s Attorney General Dana Nessel has threatened to “use every resource available” to shut down Enbridge’s Line 5 oil pipeline that runs under the Straits of Macinac, in a statement Continue Reading
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States on Friday of brazenly meddling in Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project. The Nord Stream 2 project, which aims to pump Continue Reading
President Donald Trump has signed an executive order seeking to limit states’ powers in the approval or rejection of new oil and gas pipeline projects. CNBC reports the signing was Continue Reading
Developers have been trying for six years to build a 124-mile natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania to New York. Despite winning a federal approval in 2014, the project is still Continue Reading
