natural gas pipelines

Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC (MVP), backed by Congress and the White House, has received FERC authorization to finish construction on its long-delayed natural gas conduit. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in an order issued late Wednesday cleared MVP to “move forward with all remaining construction” on the oft-challenged 303-mile, 2 million Dth/d Appalachian takeaway pipeline.…

Mexico’s state power company Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) and Esentia Energy Systems have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to jointly invest roughly $300 million to optimize and expand the country’s natural gas pipeline network. CFE, through subsidiaries CFE International LLC and CFEnergía, is Mexico’s largest importer and marketer of U.S. natural gas, which…

The Texas upstream oil and gas sector added 6,900 jobs in May versus April, bringing the job count above 200,000 for the first time in more than three years, according to the Texas Upstream Oil and Gas Association (TXOGA). The month/month growth in jobs to 206,000 was the highest sequential jump in the 33 years…

Mexico must cultivate a natural gas price index independent of U.S. benchmarks and develop a secondary market for pipeline capacity, according to experts who spoke last week in San Antonio, TX. Because of Mexico’s reliance on imports from the United States, natural gas in Mexico typically is priced using a U.S. index such as Henry…

Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC (MVP) developers got a boost with a new water permit that could help the long-delayed and contentious natural gas pipeline reach completion by the end of the year. West Virginia regulators last week said that after a thorough review, the project complied with state water quality requirements. The West Virginia Department…

Phillips 66 is collaborating with Bridger Photonics Inc. to explore ways to reduce methane leaks in natural gas infrastructure using laser-based technology. The partnership would focus on the midstream giant’s natural gas pipelines in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. Houston-based Phillips 66 operates one of the nation’s largest natural gas operations, including its expanded ownership…

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. Energy sector regulation is often unintelligible to the layman. Regulatory accounting, the rate of return on equity or the efficiency factor are…

Enbridge Inc. is advancing multiple expansion projects on its vast North American natural gas network ahead of expected growth in LNG and pipeline exports from the continent. During a call to discuss first quarter earnings, CEO Greg Ebel highlighted the recently announced acquisition of a 93.8% controlling interest in the Aitken Creek natural gas storage…

Construction of the Southeast Gateway and Coastal GasLink (CGL) natural gas pipeline projects is the top priority for TC Energy Corp. in 2023, management said. CEO François Poirier hosted a conference call in late April to discuss the Calgary-based pipeline giant’s first quarter earnings. In Mexico, the Southeast Gateway offshore pipeline remains on track to…