Expansion

North Carolina Regulators Fail to Adequately Explain MVP Southgate Denial, Court Rules

North Carolina Regulators Fail to Adequately Explain MVP Southgate Denial, Court Rules

North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) did not adequately explain its decision to deny a water quality certificate for Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC’s (MVP) Southgate expansion project, a federal appeals court has ruled. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in a ruling handed down late last week granted a petition filed…

March 15, 2021
LNG Import Terminals in India, Europe to Add Capacity as Demand Grows

LNG Import Terminals in India, Europe to Add Capacity as Demand Grows

Belgian midstreamer Fluxys said Monday that it has made a positive final investment decision to nearly double the regasification capacity at its Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal after a successful open season.  The company said the full 6 million metric tons/year (mmty) of additional regasification capacity at the facility in Belgium was fully…

February 16, 2021
Cheniere Seeks OK to Ramp Third Corpus Christi LNG Train

Cheniere Seeks OK to Ramp Third Corpus Christi LNG Train

Cheniere Energy Inc. has requested FERC approval to place the third train in service next month at its Corpus Christi liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in South Texas, which would ramp up capacity by 4.5 million metric tons/year (mmty). The company requested permission in a letter filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on…

February 11, 2021
Qatar Sanctions Massive $30B North Field East LNG Project

Qatar Sanctions Massive $30B North Field East LNG Project

State-owned Qatar Petroleum (QP) is moving ahead with the largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project ever to be sanctioned, staking a claim to the world’s projected future demand. QP announced a positive final investment decision (FID) Monday for the North Field East (NFE) Project, which has been in the works for years and would…

February 9, 2021
FortisBC Moving Ahead with Another Expansion at Tilbury LNG Facility in Canada

FortisBC Moving Ahead with Another Expansion at Tilbury LNG Facility in Canada

Utility FortisBC Energy Inc. plans to double the truck loading capacity at its Tilbury Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Facility in Delta, British Columbia (BC), to meet growing customer demand. Tilbury has selected Clough as the general contractor to build two new loading bays at the terminal. The facility currently fills more than 1,000 LNG containers…

December 24, 2020
BWC Boosts Gulf Coast Liquids Storage Assets with Texas City Terminals Purchase

BWC Boosts Gulf Coast Liquids Storage Assets with Texas City Terminals Purchase

BWC Terminals is expanding its presence on the Gulf Coast, completing the $106 million acquisition of liquid storage assets in Texas City, TX. Houston-based BWC, a provider of bulk liquid storage and logistics services with terminals across 13 states in North America, purchased the Texas City terminal from NuStar Energy LP. The acquisition complements BWC’s…

December 9, 2020
Cheniere Loads First Cargo from Corpus Christi’s Third LNG Train Ahead of Schedule

Cheniere Loads First Cargo from Corpus Christi’s Third LNG Train Ahead of Schedule

Cheniere Energy Inc. said it has loaded the first commissioning cargo from the third train at the Corpus Christi liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal in South Texas.  The La Mancha Knutsen arrived at the facility on Sunday and departed Monday, nearly full with 168,000 cubic meters aboard, according to Bloomberg ship-tracking data. Cheniere, which…

December 8, 2020
Agua Blanca Expansion Nearing In-Service, Boosting Permian Natural Gas Takeaway

Agua Blanca Expansion Nearing In-Service, Boosting Permian Natural Gas Takeaway

WhiteWater Midstream and MPLX LP have substantially completed a major natural gas pipeline expansion in the Permian Basin, with commissioning expected to begin this month. The 1.8 Bcf/d Agua Blanca expansion is on track to be brought fully online in early 2021, according to the joint venture (JV) partners. The system is connected to almost…

November 11, 2020
NGTL’s 3.5 Bcf/d Expansion Gets Green Light for December Construction Start

NGTL’s 3.5 Bcf/d Expansion Gets Green Light for December Construction Start

Construction is scheduled to start in December on a 3.5 Bcf/d capacity expansion by TC Energy Corp.’s supply collection network in Alberta and British Columbia, Nova Gas Transmission Ltd. (NGTL). The Calgary pipeline conglomerate set the target date Tuesday for the C$2.3 billion ($1.7 billion) project, dubbed the 2021 NGTL System Expansion after the federal…

October 21, 2020
Transco Expansion Approved to Connect Marcellus, Utica Natural Gas to Eastern Markets

Transco Expansion Approved to Connect Marcellus, Utica Natural Gas to Eastern Markets

FERC last Friday approved the Williams Leidy South natural gas pipeline project that would connect Marcellus/Utica shale supply to demand markets along the Atlantic Seaboard ahead of the 2021-2022 winter. The 582,400 Dth/d pipeline, an extension of the massive Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line system, aka Transco, would source gas produced by Cabot Oil & Gas…

July 22, 2020