Delay

FERC said the 35-day partial shutdown of the federal government has forced it to delay by more than 40 days completion of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facility and the companion Pacific Connector Pipeline project in Oregon.

TransCanada Corp. has pushed back the targeted completion dates of its already delayed Tuxpan-Tula and Tula-Villa de Reyes natural gas pipeline projects because of an impasse with local authorities along the routes.

Parts of the Appalachia-to-Southeast Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) won’t start up until mid-2020, and the project will cost more than previously thought, backer Dominion Energy announced Thursday.

EQT Corp. said on Thursday the start of service on the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) would be delayed by three months, as the project’s sponsors work through a pending legal challenge from the Sierra Club and other opponents.

Continuing a decade-long trend, Florida Power & Light (FPL) this month pushed ahead with plans for natural gas-fired and solar electricity generation facilities, but it intends to delay plans for two units at an existing nuclear plant.

The American Petroleum Institute (API) asked a federal district court in San Francisco to allow it to weigh in on a pair of lawsuits filed last month regarding the Trump administration’s decision to postpone the compliance dates for rules governing associated natural gas flaring and venting on public and tribal lands.

Sempra Energy is doing its own due diligence as the joint venture (JV) it helped fashion to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) export facilities at its Cameron, LA, terminal site is grappling with construction delays that the contractor now estimates will push back the facility’s start to mid-2018, Sempra’s senior executives said Tuesday on a year-end earnings conference call.

FERC needs to approve the Rover Pipeline Project this week in order to avoid delays, project backers told the Commission in a filing earlier this month.

The Port of Vancouver, WA, Board of Commissioners on Tuesday approved a 10-year lease with a joint venture (JV) involving units of Tesoro Corp. and Savage Companies for a crude oil rail terminal at the port.