Environmental

Green groups in Mexico are urging regulators to throw out two environmental impact statements submitted by TC Energy Corp. for the proposed Southeast Gateway offshore natural gas pipeline. The 1.3 Bcf/d, $4.5 billion conduit is meant to shore up gas supply in central and southeast Mexico, including to state oil company Petróleos Mexicanos’ (Pemex) Olmeca…

Energy Transfer LP (ET) affiliates have reached a plea deal and accepted criminal charges related to the Mariner East 2 (ME2) and Revolution pipeline projects in Pennsylvania, resolving cases brought by state Attorney General (AG) Josh Shapiro since last year. ET affiliates pleaded no contest to 23 counts against both pipelines without admitting guilt. Another…

Restoration projects for the now canceled Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) and Supply Header Project (SHP), which would have carried 1.5 Bcf/d from Appalachia, are unlikely to cause significant environmental impacts based on the mitigation measures planned, according to FERC. Dominion Energy and joint venture partner Duke Energy last year canceled the 600-mile, 1.5 Bcf/d ACP,…

FERC plans to fine Energy Transfer Partners LP and subsidiary Rover Pipeline LLC $40 million over alleged violations during work on a 2017 horizontal directional drill (HDD) at the Tuscarawas River in Stark County, OH. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission handed down a show cause order during last week’s monthly meeting, formalizing its intent to…

Alberta’s oil and natural gas firms are set to make a C$2.3 billion ($1.8 billion) start to seal a backlog of 95,524 inactive wells over the next five years under rules enacted Wednesday by the province’s production watchdog agency. The requirements translate the more stringent environmental legislation into “tools we need to begin to move…

Diversified Energy Co. plc reported Tuesday that it is expanding methane emissions detection capability across its Appalachian upstream field operations. The independent said it would deploy another 500 methane emissions detection devices to its field operations team, building upon a 100-unit pilot project it has conducted in the region. The pilot project “proved to be…

Environmental groups have asked a federal court to order FERC to vacate its authorization for the proposed Alaska liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, arguing the Commission did not adequately review the development’s environmental impacts. In a petition filed last week in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (DC), the Center for…

A federal judge has halted oil and gas development in Ohio’s Wayne National Forest (WNF) after a ruling last year found the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) failed to adequately consider the impact of unconventional development when they opened the land for drilling. The U.S. District Court for the…

Enbridge Inc. won an environmental round in Michigan on Friday to keep its 540,000 b/d Line 5 oil pipeline running by securing state water permits to bury the pipe leg across the Straits of Mackinac. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) approved the $500 million conduit. Regulators said “the proposed tunneling…