Construction

TC Energy Corp. and the Alberta government on Tuesday announced a C$7.5 billion ($5.3 billion) financing agreement and immediate start on construction for the Keystone XL oil export pipeline into the United States.

High risk of Covid-19 infection in crowded places has led Husky Energy to suspend construction of a C$2.2 billion ($1.6 billion) expansion at its White Rose ocean oil production site, 350 kilometers offshore of Newfoundland.

Energy Transfer LP (ET) said Tuesday Pennsylvania has granted a waiver allowing it to conduct limited work on the Mariner East (ME) pipeline project during broader economic restrictions imposed by Gov. Tom Wolf to mitigate the spread of coronavirus.

Canada’s C$40 billion ($30 billion) inaugural natural gas export project on the west coast has remained on schedule despite the global Covid-19 outbreak, project managers said in an update.

Opponents of Kinder Morgan Inc.’s 2 Bcf/d Permian Highway Pipeline (PHP) to move natural gas supply to the Gulf Coast failed to show a level of harm to require a restraining order to halt construction, a U.S. district court judge said Friday.

Native pipeline opponents vowed this week to keep fighting TC Energy Corp.’s Coastal GasLink project across northern British Columbia (BC) despite a permanent court injunction and police enforcement order granted Dec. 31 against interference with construction.

EQM Midstream Partners LP (EQM) on Tuesday again said the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) would cost more to construct and take longer to enter service as legal issues continue to cause delays.

Enterprise Products Partners LP on Thursday pulled the trigger to build a second propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plant at its Mont Belvieu complex in Texas, in partnership with petrochemical giant LyondellBasell Industries NV.

The Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion plans to resume a year after an appellate court verdict required a second project review and approval by Canada’s National Energy Board (NEB) and federal cabinet.