natural gas pipelines

Trump Administration’s Limits on Clean Water Scope Tossed as Revised Rule in Works

Trump Administration’s Limits on Clean Water Scope Tossed as Revised Rule in Works

A U.S. district judge has rebuffed Trump-era limits on the scope of the Clean Water Act (CWA), vacating a rule that the Biden administration had already targeted for revision as part of broader efforts to strengthen federal environmental protections. An order handed down by the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona Monday vacated…

September 1, 2021
Momentum Growing for Monterrey Index in Latest Mexico Natural Gas Market Survey

Momentum Growing for Monterrey Index in Latest Mexico Natural Gas Market Survey

Mexico’s industrial center Monterrey was once again picked as the best location for a domestic price index in the fifth survey of the natural gas market undertaken by NGI’s Mexico GPI. The survey, conducted in August, received 30 responses from buyers and sellers in Mexico, compared to 23 for the March survey. While most natural…

August 31, 2021
Mexico’s CFE Seeking Firm to Build Natural Gas Pipeline, LNG Export Terminal

Mexico’s CFE Seeking Firm to Build Natural Gas Pipeline, LNG Export Terminal

Mexico’s CFEnergía (CFE) is seeking formal expressions of interest from private sector firms to build and operate a natural gas pipeline and floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) terminal.  The 500 MMcf/d pipeline would span from Chinameca, Veracruz, to Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, supplying gas to a 430 MMcf/d or 3 million metric tons/year (mmty) FLNG terminal…

August 30, 2021
Argentina Natural Gas Output Rising Amid Impetus for Vaca Muerta-Brazil Pipeline

Argentina Natural Gas Output Rising Amid Impetus for Vaca Muerta-Brazil Pipeline

Natural gas production in Argentina rose for a second straight month in July as the country’s Plan Gas 4 tender scheme started to show results. “Thanks to Plan Gas 4, we are achieving great production results,” Energy Secretary Dario Martínez said. “We’re breaking production records and this allows us to continue growing the sector and…

August 30, 2021
WhiteWater Acquires Gateway Natural Gas Pipeline, Expanding Permian Footprint

WhiteWater Acquires Gateway Natural Gas Pipeline, Expanding Permian Footprint

WhiteWater Midstream LLC said Thursday it has acquired Sendero Midstream’s roughly 24-mile, 400 MMcf/d Gateway interstate natural gas pipeline. Gateway transports dry gas from processing plants in Eddy County, NM, to an interconnection with WhiteWater’s Agua Blanca intrastate pipeline system in West Texas. WhiteWater and partner MPLX LP recently completed a 1.8 Bcf/d expansion of…

August 27, 2021
COLUMN: Mexico Isthmus Project is Loved by Politicians, but Rife with Complications

COLUMN: Mexico Isthmus Project is Loved by Politicians, but Rife with Complications

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. Mexican politicians have…

August 20, 2021
AMLO Touts Isthmus Natural Gas Pipeline as U.S. Imports Swell

AMLO Touts Isthmus Natural Gas Pipeline as U.S. Imports Swell

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said a natural gas pipeline connecting the Atlantic and Pacific coasts is set to go ahead. The 320 MMcf/d Jaltipán-Salina Cruz pipeline would cross the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the narrowest strip of land in Mexico, between the two coasts. “A gas pipeline in the isthmus is planned to transport…

August 17, 2021
Column: Mexico LPG Price Meddling Could Squeeze Natural Gas Market Development

Column: Mexico LPG Price Meddling Could Squeeze Natural Gas Market Development

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. For most Mexicans, the word “gas” is not associated with natural gas, but with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), a fuel used in…

August 6, 2021
TC Energy, CFE Sign MOU to Advance Mexico Natural Gas Pipeline Projects

TC Energy, CFE Sign MOU to Advance Mexico Natural Gas Pipeline Projects

Mexican state power utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) said Sunday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with TC Energy Corp. to advance two natural gas pipeline projects and to “consolidate” several existing firm natural gas transport agreements between the firms. CFE said it has agreed “to take a more active role” in…

August 2, 2021
Natural Gas Pipeliners Tout Hydrogen Production, Blending Plans

Natural Gas Pipeliners Tout Hydrogen Production, Blending Plans

North America’s largest natural gas transporters and distributors are advancing projects to produce clean hydrogen and blend it into their mix to help achieve decarbonization goals. Managers from industry heavyweights including Enbridge Inc. and Williams gave updates on their progress at the LDC Gas Forums Northeast event this month in Boston. Although hydrogen offers “great…

July 29, 2021