Access

Three environmental organizations have asked the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to extend the public comment period on water quality permits for National Fuel Supply Corp.’s Northern Access 2016 pipeline project and related permits for Seneca Resources Corp. shale development.

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.

The developers of the proposed Access Northeast pipeline expansion are moving “full-speed ahead” despite a state supreme court ruling last week that invalidated the project’s capacity contracts in Massachusetts.

The Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts on Wednesday dealt a setback to the proposed Access Northeast pipeline project when it overturned a gas-electric harmonization plan approved by the state’s Department of Public Utilities (DPU).

Dakota Access LLC and Energy Transfer Crude Oil Co. LLC (ETCO) are holding a binding supplemental open season for their respective pipeline systems, seeking commitments from shippers for transportation service to bring production in the Bakken Shale and Three Forks formation to market.

Devon Energy Corp. achieved a better-than-expected price for its Access Pipeline system in Canada, freeing up funds to expand U.S. onshore exploration efforts.

Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP), sponsor of the 1,172-mile Dakota Access Pipeline to transport Bakken Shale crude oil, was accused by an Iowa regulator of not fulfilling some conditions imposed by the state in approving a route.

The proposed Access Northeast expansion by Algonquin Gas Transmission and Maritimes & Northeast pipelines is still in the prefiling stage with FERC, but groups are already weighing in on both sides of the project.

The Ohio-Louisiana Access Project of Boardwalk Pipeline Partners’ Texas Gas Transmission LLC was approved to enter full service last week as FERC allowed operations to begin at the greenfield Bosco Compressor Station in Ouachita Parish, LA.