Construction

Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) is planning compression expansions on its Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) and Gulf Coast Express (GCX) natural gas pipelines in order to alleviate takeaway constraints in the Permian Basin expected to mount by 2023. “Combined, the two expansions can add 1.2 Bcf per day of capacity out of the Permian,” CEO Steven…

After weathering delays from the Covid-19 pandemic, construction preparations are starting for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal on the Pacific Coast of British Columbia (BC) developed by Woodfibre LNG Ltd.  The Vancouver-based unit of Pacific Energy Corp Ltd. reported it has given the project’s contractor McDermott International Ltd. a limited notice to proceed on…

The utility Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District (SRP), which has proposed expanding its natural gas-fired power plant in Pinal County, AZ, hit a regulatory roadblock for the project Tuesday with the Arizona Corporate Commission (ACC). In a 4-1 vote, the ACC denied SRP a certificate of environmental compatibility (CEC) that would authorize…

Local natural gas distribution companies are showing signs of becoming more collaborative in developing greenfield infrastructure projects, a representative of storage tank specialist Cashman Preload Cryogenics (CPC) said at the LDC Gas Forum Southeast in Savannah, GA last month. Traditionally, a local distribution company (LDC) would own, operate, and invest in greenfield projects, CPC’s Jeff…

Enterprise Products Partners LP once again is seeking to expand its Acadian natural gas system in Louisiana amid increased activity among its producer customers in the Haynesville Shale. Enterprise is working to add 400 MMcf/d of capacity to the Acadian Gas Pipeline System, a 1,300 mile-long conduit linking Louisiana and Gulf of Mexico gas to…

Construction on the first phase of the Royal Dutch Shell plc-led liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility in British Columbia, known as LNG Canada, has hit the halfway point, with activity to accelerate in the coming months. In a notice posted on the LNG Canada website Wednesday, management said the project had “just surpassed the…

The environment for North American liquefied natural gas (LNG) final investment decisions is looking brighter in 2022, with buyer interest in long-term contracts on the rise amid record-high spot prices. While the Covid-19 pandemic caused global demand to soften and resulted in project delays in 2020 and 2021, a handful of North American projects are…

San Diego-based Sempra is advancing plans to expand the Energia Costa Azul (ECA) liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in Mexico, CEO Jeffrey Martin said during a recent earnings call. Subsidiaries Sempra LNG and Infraestructura Energética Nova (IEnova) late last year sanctioned the 3.25 million metric ton/year (mmty) ECA LNG Phase 1 liquefaction project. The…

An MDU Resources Group Inc. subsidiary has started construction on nearly 100 miles of new natural gas pipeline and other infrastructure that would boost takeaway capacity from the Bakken Shale in northwestern North Dakota. FERC on July 8 gave the all-clear for WBI Energy Inc. to begin work on the 250 MMcf/d North Bakken Expansion…