Infrastructure

Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) is advancing numerous projects across its vast Lower 48 natural gas pipelines footprint as LNG and Mexico export demand continues to rise, management said Wednesday. The midstream giant kicked off the third quarter earnings season touting robust volumes and demand across its gas network during the period. “This quarter, KMI continued…

The Grand River Dam Authority (GRDA) selected Mitsubishi Power Americas Inc. to install a second 500-MW simple-cycle gas turbine at the Grand River Energy Center to support energy generation while wrapping up coal retirements for Oklahoma’s largest public power utility.  Florida-based Mitsubishi Power and GRDA agreed to install the turbine at the Chouteau, OK-based facility.…

Northern Mexico needs additional natural gas infrastructure to meet rising energy demand, energy lawyer Alain Duthoy told NGI’s Mexico GPI.  “The recent announcements of more natural gas capacity and supply are positive, but there is still a lack of infrastructure in place to distribute it to the companies and industries that need it,” he said.…

Winter Storm Elliott, which slammed the East Coast in late 2022, made it “abundantly clear” that major improvements have to be made to the natural gas and electric grid systems, FERC Chair Willie Phillips said Thursday. Speaking during a regular Federal Energy Regulatory Commission meeting, Phillips said improvements must be made to the grid to…

North Dakota achieved record natural gas production of 3.29 Bcf/d in July, up 1.3% from June, according to the state’s Department of Mineral Resources (DMR). Producers managed to capture and put to market 96% or 3.15 Bcf/d of the output, also an all-time high, highlighted DMR’s Lynn Helms, Oil and Gas Division director. He hosted…

Louisville Gas & Electric Co. (LG&E) and Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU) have filed a joint application requesting approval by the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) to retire and replace three natural gas simple-cycle combustion turbines and four coal-fired electric generating units.  Under the proposal, the utilities would replace the retired facilities with two natural gas…

Natural gas-fired power plants would continue to be a reliable energy supplier for Canada under proposed revisions to the nation’s electricity regulations. Under draft rules issued Thursday, thermal generation including natural gas would be accepted if the operations include removing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions using carbon capture and storage (CCS). Federal and provincial incentives would…

Targa Resources Corp. said it is building two cryogenic natural gas processing plants in the Permian Basin to meet the infrastructure needs of producers that have maintained record levels of activity in anticipation of strengthening export demand. Houston-based Targa, in conjunction with its second quarter earnings release earlier this month, announced the construction of a…

Mexico has been importing record volumes of natural gas from the United States this summer, with most signs pointing to continued growth over the coming years, according to a panel of experts. Sectors including power generation, heavy industry and LNG exports all are poised to drive increased demand for gas in Mexico as new infrastructure…