Pipeline

Global investment firm KKR is buying a stake in a Sempra Energy business unit that manages liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in Mexico and along the U.S. Gulf Coast as it anticipates growth in North American energy infrastructure. Under the terms of the deal announced Monday, KKR will pay  $3.37 billion for a 20% non-controlling…

Tellurian Inc. subsidiary Driftwood Pipeline LLC (DWPL) is holding a binding open season through Friday (April 2) to test support for up to 4.6 Bcf/d on the proposed Line 200 and Line 300 expansion project in Louisiana. The expansion of the 4 Bcf/d Driftwood pipeline is part of a larger system network planned by Tellurian…

The long-delayed Northern Access expansion project, which would move more natural gas out of Appalachia, cleared a major legal obstacle Tuesday when a federal appeals court found New York state regulators waived their authority to issue a crucial water quality certification (WQC) for the pipeline. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld…

The long-delayed Northern Access expansion project, which would move more natural gas out of Appalachia, cleared a major legal obstacle Tuesday when a federal appeals court found New York state regulators waived their authority to issue a crucial water quality certification (WQC) for the pipeline. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld…

FERC has proposed that Energy Transfer Partners LP pay $20.2 million for allegedly misleading the Commission about its purchase and subsequent demolition of a historic property in Ohio that stood to slow the regulatory review of the Rover Pipeline. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in an order handed down during its monthly meeting Thursday gave…

Enbridge Inc. has asked the Canadian government for legal and diplomatic help to defend its 540,000 b/d Line 5 pipeline against Michigan attempts to shut it down. Enbridge Vice President Vern Yu disclosed the requests in testimony about the 68-year-old pipeline’s troubles before a House of Commons committee. Line 5 delivers oil and natural gas…

North Carolina’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) did not adequately explain its decision to deny a water quality certificate for Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC’s (MVP) Southgate expansion project, a federal appeals court has ruled. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in a ruling handed down late last week granted a petition filed…

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) did not violate the Endangered Species Act (ESA) in determining that a pipeline that would feed the Rio Grande liquefied natural gas (LNG) project will not significantly harm wild cats in South Texas. USFWS issued a biological opinion (BO) and incidental…

FERC Chairman Richard Glick has been outspoken in calling for more thorough reviews of natural gas projects under the Commission’s jurisdiction, particularly when it comes to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, but that doesn’t mean he’s against pipelines. The Democrat, promoted in January to chair the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by the Biden administration, said during…