Facilities

Velocys Postpones Northeast Ohio GTL Facility, Citing Project Financing Challenges

United Kingdom-based Velocys plc said Thursday that it would postpone the development of its small-scale 5,000 b/d gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in Northeast Ohio, citing the commodities downturn and the effects it’s had on the company’s ability to raise capital for the project.

July 7, 2016
Trans-Pecos Pipeline Border-Crossing Facility Gets FERC Thumbs-Up

Trans-Pecos Pipeline Border-Crossing Facility Gets FERC Thumbs-Up

FERC has issued a presidential permit authorizing international border-crossing facilities near the city of Presidio in Presidio County, TX, and the Mexican city of Manuel Ojinaga in the state of Chihuahua for the Trans-Pecos natural gas pipeline.

May 9, 2016
Trans-Pecos Pipeline Border-Crossing Facility Gets FERC Thumbs-Up

Trans-Pecos Pipeline Border-Crossing Facility Gets FERC Thumbs-Up

FERC has issued a presidential permit authorizing international border-crossing facilities near the city of Presidio in Presidio County, TX, and the Mexican city of Manuel Ojinaga in the state of Chihuahua for the Trans-Pecos natural gas pipeline.

May 9, 2016
Tidewater Pays C$90.3M For AltaGas NatGas Processing Plants in Alberta’s Deep Basin

Tidewater Pays C$90.3M For AltaGas NatGas Processing Plants in Alberta’s Deep Basin

Tidewater Midstream and Infrastructure Ltd. plans to acquire eight natural gas processing facilities and related infrastructure in Alberta’s Deep Basin from two subsidiaries of AltaGas Ltd. in a cash-and-stock deal valued at C$90.3 million ($65.4 million).

February 4, 2016

FERC Begins Scoping For Delfin LNG Onshore Facilities

FERC has opened a scoping proceeding for the onshore, Commission-jurisdictional facilities of the Delfin LNG offshore terminal project in the Gulf of Mexico.

December 29, 2015

Tres Palacios Allowed to Offer Firm Gulf Coast Wheeling Services

FERC has approved Tres Palacios Gas Storage LLC’s plan to provide firm natural gas wheeling services at market-based rates utilizing its storage cavern and header facilities, which are connected to 10 Gulf Coast inter- and intrastate pipelines.

December 23, 2015

EPA Fines Small Appalachian Gas Processor For Failing to Prevent Possible Spills

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has reached a settlement with a small natural gas processing company for operations in Northern Pennsylvania and Southwest West Virginia, after regulators determined that it had violated federal law for failing to safeguard against leaks and spills.

November 24, 2015

EPA May Seek NatGas Processing Plant Emissions Data

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may add some natural gas processing plants to the list of facilities required to report emissions under its Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program, according to a letter signed by Administrator Gina McCarthy.

October 29, 2015
Texas-Mexico Border Crossing Gets Favorable FERC Review

Texas-Mexico Border Crossing Gets Favorable FERC Review

FERC staff issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) for the proposed U.S.-Mexico border-crossing facilities of Roadrunner Gas Transmission LLC, concluding proposed and staff-recommended mitigation measures would be sufficient to allow the project to proceed.

September 4, 2015

Dominion Exploring GTL Technologies in Utica/Marcellus Shales

A subsidiary of Dominion Resources Inc. said Thursday it has agreed with a biological engineering firm to explore gas-to-liquids (GTL) opportunities that could find it building, owning and operating facilities in the Appalachian Basin.

August 20, 2015