natural gas pipelines

Another major natural gas pipeline is slated for Mexico, this one for the Northwestern part of the country and the states of Sonora and Baja California. On Monday, Mexican utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Carso Energy and Sempra Infrastructure. Carso Energy is a subsidiary of Grupo Carso,…

TC Energy Corp. has again upwardly revised the expected cost of the Coastal GasLink (CGL) natural gas pipeline in Western Canada, citing challenges on multiple fronts. TC now expects the project to cost C$14.5 ($10.9 billion), up from C$11.2 billion ($8.4 billion) forecasted in its third-quarter 2022 earnings report. “The project continues to face material…

Mexico’s state power company Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) is aiming to bring online 1.5 GW of natural gas-fired power generation capacity on the Yucatán Peninsula by summer 2024, CEO Manuel Bartlett said Monday. The combined-cycle plants in Mérida and Valladolid would have capacities of 499 MW and 1,020 MW, respectively, and run primarily on…

Bolivian gas was once the beating heart of South America’s natural gas production, with powerhouse neighbors Argentina and Brazil relying on the landlocked country’s pipeline shipments to keep the lights on. But this is seen coming to an end. Bolivian gas production will decline more rapidly than expected, falling from 1.4 Bcf/d in 2022 to…

The past year marked a renewed sense of collaboration between Mexico’s state power utility Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) and private sector energy firms, resulting in the sanctioning of new natural gas infrastructure projects and agreements to advance stalled ones. Meanwhile, Mexico’s pipeline natural gas imports from the United States were down year/year during summer,…

As the United States works toward casting a wider net on the global natural gas market via exports, key domestic markets could be turned upside down in 2023 as midstream bottlenecks leave gas stranded in producing basins. LNG developers on the Gulf Coast are in a race to boost liquefied natural gas exports to capitalize…

Earlier than expected, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) has released a draft version of an updated environmental review needed for the Mountain Valley Pipeline’s (MVP) proposed 3.5-mile crossing of the Jefferson National Forest along the Virginia-West Virginia border. Notice of the availability of the draft supplemental environmental impact statement (EIS) was published in the Federal…

Oneok Inc. is seeking a federal permit that would facilitate exports of Permian Basin natural gas to Mexico, the firm said Tuesday (Dec. 20). Oneok’s Saguaro Connector Pipeline subsidiary filed a Presidential Permit application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission “to construct and operate facilities for the exportation of natural gas at a new international…

Tulsa, OK-based midstreamer Williams said Thursday it has reached a deal to acquire MountainWest Pipelines Holding Co. from Southwest Gas Holdings Inc. in a $1.5 billion cash-and-debt transaction. MountainWest comprises about 2,000 miles of FERC-regulated interstate natural gas pipeline systems located mainly in Utah, Wyoming and Colorado, with roughly 8 Bcf/d of total transmission capacity.…