natural gas pipelines

EnLink Midstream LLC continues to see signs of an increasing need for natural gas, with the Permian Basin poised for significant growth ahead following a record quarter. Dallas-based EnLink reported that average natural gas gathering volumes in the Permian were about 6% higher sequentially and 15% higher than the prior-year quarter. Average natural gas processing…

Equitrans Midstream Corp. management remains upbeat about the long-term fundamentals underpinning the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP) despite recently postponing the project’s expected in-service date and upwardly revising its projected cost.  Canonsburg, PA-based Equitrans has moved the targeted start-up date for the embattled 2 Bcf/d natural gas conduit to early 2024 from late 2023, and the…

FERC on Thursday granted final approval for TC Energy Corp.’s Gas Transmission Northwest Xpress (GTN Xpress) project.  The project is designed to add 150,000 Dth/d of transport capacity through upgrades to compressor stations in Athol, ID, Starbuck, WA, and Kent, OR, along the existing Gas Transmission Northwest (GTN) system.  GTN Xpress is fully subscribed under…

Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC (MVP) has pushed back the in-service date of its 303-mile, 2 million Dth/d natural gas conduit from late 2023 to early 2024, citing unexpected setbacks since resuming construction this summer. Project co-sponsor Equitrans Midstream Corp. in a Form-8K filing this week with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) pointed to “unforeseen…

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…

North Carolina’s Republican-majority lawmakers on Tuesday overturned Gov. Roy Cooper’s (D) veto of House Bill 600, which would streamline water quality requirements for the extension of the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). The move gives a boost to MVP’s extension plans, known as the MVP Southgate Project. North Carolina regulators denied a water quality permit for…

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. As New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE) prepares to start operations on its floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) unit offshore Tamaulipas, Mexico is…

Oneok Inc. is waiting on the sanctioning of a proposed LNG export terminal on Mexico’s Pacific Coast before proceeding with the 2.8 Bcf/d Saguaro Connector pipeline out of the Permian Basin, management indicated Wednesday. CEO Pierce Norton and his team discussed the midstreamer’s North America plans during the Barclays CEO Energy-Power Conference in New York.…

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co., the nation’s largest natural gas interstate pipeline system, is partnering with Duke Energy Corp. on a methane monitoring project in North Carolina with about $1 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy.  Duke’s Methane Monitoring Platform Extension project would expand on the company’s established monitoring system to work…