natural gas pipelines

FERC plans to fine Energy Transfer Partners LP and subsidiary Rover Pipeline LLC $40 million over alleged violations during work on a 2017 horizontal directional drill (HDD) at the Tuscarawas River in Stark County, OH. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission handed down a show cause order during last week’s monthly meeting, formalizing its intent to…

Although investment in Mexico’s energy sector has slowed, the country’s demand for U.S. natural gas continues to rise, and its gas infrastructure continues to grow, albeit in fits and starts. NGI’s Mexico GPI has compiled a list of five pending projects to watch in 2022:

The Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) received a new water quality permit from Virginia regulators this week, a development that could prove critical in the embattled Appalachian natural gas conduit’s quest to overcome regulatory setbacks and finish construction. Virginia’s State Water Control Board, on the recommendation of staff from the state Department of Environmental Quality, on…

Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process. The opinions and positions expressed by Prud’homme do not necessarily reflect the views of NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index. A major new…

TC Energy Corp. sees “a wealth of untapped demand” for natural gas in Mexico to be unlocked over the next decade, said Stanley Chapman III, the firm’s president for U.S. and Mexico natural gas pipelines, on Wednesday. “As demand across our backbone system in the heart of Mexico continues to emerge, future in-corridor expansions will…

The Interstate Natural Gas Association of America (INGAA) recently unveiled updated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions commitments for members, part of a larger effort to achieve net-zero emissions from transmission and storage operations by 2050. INGAA said its 27 member companies have pledged several measures to reduce methane emissions from pipelines, pneumatic controllers, storage and compressor…

TC Energy Corp. is expanding the ANR Pipeline Co. natural gas system with a set of upgrades targeting the Midwest markets in the United States which have announced significant coal-fired and vintage natural gas generation retirements. The US$800,000 WR Project would add an incremental 157,000 Dth/d to the system while lowering emissions by around 30,000…

Enterprise Products Partners LP once again is seeking to expand its Acadian natural gas system in Louisiana amid increased activity among its producer customers in the Haynesville Shale. Enterprise is working to add 400 MMcf/d of capacity to the Acadian Gas Pipeline System, a 1,300 mile-long conduit linking Louisiana and Gulf of Mexico gas to…

In a move that favors greater state influence over permitting for natural gas pipelines, a California federal judge has vacated a Trump-era U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule designed to streamline Clean Water Act (CWA) approvals. U.S. District Judge William Alsup, overseeing the case in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California,…