Pipeline

After a 29-day interruption to repair a leak in Kansas, oil flows resumed Thursday to all destinations on Keystone Pipeline for up to 600,000 b/d of Canadian exports into the United States. TC Energy Corp. said added precautions enabled the restart, including a reduction to a high operating pressure previously allowed by a special permit…

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

With the aim of better serving West Coast natural gas markets, midstreamer Tallgrass said Friday it has agreed to purchase Houston-based Ruby Pipeline LLC, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March. Tallgrass said the acquisition of the 1.5 Bcf/d line checks two boxes in the company’s current strategy. In addition to enhancing natural gas…

Spire STL Pipeline LLC has been reissued a permanent certificate by FERC to operate its 65-mile long Spire STL system that carries natural gas to the St. Louis area from Illinois.  The estimated $286 million gas pipeline began operating in 2019, but soon after came under scrutiny from environmental groups and the certificate was vacated.…

Partial oil deliveries through Illinois on the Keystone Pipeline resumed late Wednesday after a nearly week-long outage as TC Energy Corp. revived the network’s Canadian exports and continued cleanup work. A brief TC progress report said that after parts of the southbound leg to the Texas coast were shut Dec. 7 following the discovery of…

The International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates the European Union (EU) could have to address a natural gas supply shortage in 2023 due in part to few additional LNG projects coming online and increased competition with Asia for cargoes. In a new report released Monday, the IEA modeled how the EU could manage a shortfall of…

Midstream giant Williams has reached agreements with Coterra Energy Inc. and Dominion Energy Inc. to deliver certified low-carbon natural gas from the wellhead to Dominion’s Virginia business through 2023. The arrangement to deliver next generation or “next gen” natural gas “highlights the low-carbon benefits of Coterra’s production in Northeast Pennsylvania and Williams’ gathering and transmission…

Although Gulf Coast LNG exports are expected to drive the bulk of U.S. natural gas demand growth in the coming years, Mexico and Arizona could play vital roles in easing natural gas takeaway constraints out of the Permian Basin, according to NGI’s Patrick Rau, director of strategy and research. As evidenced by Waha spot prices…

Argentina’s YPF SA is aiming to sanction an LNG export project by the end of 2023, according to CFO Alejandro Lew. YPF and Malaysian national oil company Petronas signed a memorandum of understanding on Sept. 1 to study the potential for an integrated liquefied natural gas export project in Argentina, home of the Vaca Muerta…