Access

New Hampshire, the Granite State, has been impenetrable to Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC’s Access Northeast Project, and the rest of New England hasn’t been too hospitable to new pipe in the ground either. Liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage might not be the answer to Maine’s energy woes, according to a recent Navigant Consulting Inc. report. But more natural gas would serve the Northeast well, wrote analysts at S&P Global Ratings.

FERC has issued a certificate authorizing Texas Eastern Transmission LP (Tetco) to construct and operate a trio of projects that would reverse flow on its mainline to transport 622,000 Dth/d of natural gas from the Marcellus and Utica shales to Midwest and southeastern markets.

The would-be developer of a major new refinery complex in South Texas aims to come between Eagle Ford Shale crude supply and Mexico’s demand for gasoline and other fuels. The project would be the first major Texas refinery built in decades.

Spectra Energy Partners LP management is rethinking the Access Northeast project, with plans to add local distribution companies (LDC) to its customer mix after some New England states have effectively nixed contracts with electric distribution companies (EDC). The company also might pursue a legislative fix in at least one state.

A three-judge panel in a federal appellate court in Washington, DC, on Sunday denied a request from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe for an injunction to block ongoing construction of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access oil pipeline. Backers of the four-state project hailed the court action, and the Native American opposition vowed to continue their fight.

Contrasting action took place on the North Dakota plains and inside a federal appellate court in Washington, DC, on Wednesday, and none of it resolved the controversy surrounding the $3.8 billion, four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline project now under construction.

U.S. District Judge James Boasberg of the District of Columbia on Tuesday rejected an emergency filing by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe for a temporary restraining order (TRO) to prevent ongoing construction of the four-state, nearly 1,200-mile Dakota Access Pipeline project.

FERC on Wednesday rejected a blanket capacity release waiver sought by Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC, a potential setback for parent company Spectra Energy’s proposed Access Northeast expansion project.

The Aug. 17 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) ruling that invalidated contracts on the Access Northeast pipeline expansion has set off a new round of debate as the project’s backers vie for FERC approval of a crucial tariff revision.