Facility

Sempra Energy officially broke ground on the company’s Cameron liquefied natural gas (LNG) project on Thursday, just weeks after receiving final authorization from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) that cleared the way for it to export up to 1.7 Bcf/d of domestically produced LNG to non-free trade agreement (FTA) countries (see Daily GPI, Sept. 10).

Denver-based ARB Midstream LLC plans to build and operate a crude oil transloading terminal in the heart of the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin, it said Wednesday.

A Pittsburgh-based holding company plans to convert a shuttered cold rolling steel mill in Yorkville, OH, into an industrial services terminal to support oil and gas companies in Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania.

Sasol Ltd. said it plans to make a decision in the next two years on whether to construct a gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant in Louisiana, after the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) awarded the South African company a wetlands permit to build the plant and an ethane cracker.

Eight months after filing a request with the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) to build a $700 million natural gas-fired baseload combined-cycle (NGCC) and solar generation facility, Louisville Gas and Electric Co. (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU) have withdrawn the NGCC application, saying they will instead pursue a solar-only option.

A recent air quality permit application filed with Pennsylvania regulators by Shell Chemical Appalachia LLC for a multi-billion dollar ethane cracker gives an early glimpse of the project after years of speculation about the company’s plans.

A new truck-to-rail transloading facility has opened in Parkersburg, WV, that is capable of handling more than 150,000 bbl of crude oil condensate and natural gas liquids from the Marcellus and Utica shales.

U.S. Silica Holdings Inc. has received approval from the town of Fairchild, WI, to begin development of a 3 million ton/year hydraulic fracturing (fracking) sand mine and plant, which would deliver product to operators via Union Pacific Railroad.

General Electric Co. (GE) continues to make inroads into the U.S. energy industry, announcing Thursday a partnership with the University of Notre Dame and four public entities to build a research and test facility in Indiana for natural gas turbine engines used by commercial and military aircraft, power plants, and the oil and gas industry.