natural gas pipelines

Kinder Morgan Inc. is prepared to invest more in the near term as it aims to grow its market share of natural gas deliveries to U.S. LNG export facilities. During a Wednesday call with investors, CEO Steven Kean said Kinder has around 7 Bcf/d currently contracted on its pipelines to serve liquefied natural gas export…

Federal regulators last week delayed for one year the enforcement of safety rules for some smaller gathering pipelines that transport natural gas from the wellhead. The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) said in its July 8 ruling that it would refrain from taking enforcement action until May 17, 2024, for gas gathering lines…

Mexico’s Energy Ministry Sener has announced it will appeal the decision by a district judge that pauses a proposed change to the rules of the game in Mexico’s natural gas market. The changes pushed by Sener would mean that all users of the natural gas pipeline network Sistrangas would have to use imported gas sourced…

Argentine officials have unveiled the companies vying for the right to construct the 24 MMm3/d Néstor Kirchner pipeline natural gas pipeline. The companies that presented bids were Btu SA, Esuco SA, Transportadora de Gas del Sur SA, and two consortia: Techint SA-Sacde SA and Contreras Hermanos SA-Víctor Contreras SA. If the offers qualify, economic bids…

A federal appeals court has upheld FERC’s approval of the Appalachia-to-Midwest Nexus Gas Transmission pipeline, siding with the Commission’s assessment of the public benefits of exported gas as part of its certificate decision. Responding to a challenge filed by the City of Oberlin, OH, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit…

Natural gas futures hovered in a narrow range early Friday before creeping lower and ultimately finishing firmly in negative territory, as traders determined the prior day’s nearly 80-cent rally was overcooked. The August Nymex gas futures contract settled at $6.034/MMBtu, down 26.3 cents day/day. September shed 29.5 cents to $5.967. At A Glance: Markets mull…

North American natural gas prices bounced around the $6.00/MMBtu mark this week as the storage and production picture failed to come into focus. On Wednesday, the August New York Mercantile Exchange gas futures contract fell for a second straight day and settled at $5.510/MMBtu. A lower-than-expected injection into U.S. storage on Thursday then shot prices…

Energy Transfer LP on Thursday shut in a 0.2 Bcf/d capacity, 24-inch diameter natural gas transmission line, which moves supply from the Permian Basin, after a fire was reported before noon in a rural area of Fort Bend County, near Houston. A company spokesperson confirmed to NGI that the fire occurred around 11:15 a.m. CT,…

Amid a global energy crunch, Mexico is set to go all in on natural gas with numerous public-private projects announced over the past week. Speaking at the launch of the Olmeca refinery in Dos Bocas, Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CRE) head Manuel Bartlett said the utility would partner with the local subsidiary of Canada’s TC…