Pipeline

Tennessee Gas Pipeline (TGP) and Southwestern Energy Co. have clinched an agreement to move certified natural gas supply to the Northeast beginning in November. Kinder Morgan Inc. subsidiary TGP, through its existing system, would transport Southwestern’s  Appalachia supply that is certified as responsibly sourced gas (RSG). Certified gas is produced and transported by companies whose…

Dakota Access LLC, operator of the eponymous crude oil conduit ensnared in a legal battle over its right to stay in operation after a federal judge vacated a critical easement, has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to weigh in on its case. The questions presented by counsel representing the 1,172-mile Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) could…

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP is boosting its footprint in Louisiana with the acquisition of natural gas pipeline assets from Varibus LLC. The Houston-based midstreamer said last week its newly formed subsidiary Boardwalk Louisiana Gas Transmission LLC acquired the assets for an undisclosed sum earlier this month. Details on the transaction were scarce, but Boardwalk said…

Mexico’s Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) will build alternate natural gas pipeline branches in an effort to get stalled projects in the country moving. Speaking at a press conference earlier this month, CFE Internacional and CFEnergía head Miguel Reyes said new routes would be developed for the Guaymas-El Oro pipeline and the Tuxpan-Tula line. The…

Gazprom PJSC has completed the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and said last week that it would work toward starting commercial operations on the system by the end of the year to move more supplies to natural gas-starved Europe.  The company tied together the final section of the system’s second leg between the German shore and…

Mexico’s CFEnergía (CFE) is seeking formal expressions of interest from private sector firms to build and operate a natural gas pipeline and floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) terminal.  The 500 MMcf/d pipeline would span from Chinameca, Veracruz, to Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, supplying gas to a 430 MMcf/d or 3 million metric tons/year (mmty) FLNG terminal…

Natural gas production in Argentina rose for a second straight month in July as the country’s Plan Gas 4 tender scheme started to show results. “Thanks to Plan Gas 4, we are achieving great production results,” Energy Secretary Dario Martínez said. “We’re breaking production records and this allows us to continue growing the sector and…

Undetected errors during construction and manufacturing led to the two largest spills in the history of TC Energy Corp.’s Keystone crude oil pipeline system in 2017 and 2019, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO). The 2,687-mile system has transported more than 3 billion bbl of oilsands crude from Canada to Gulf…

It’s likely that more U.S. natural gas will be liquefied for export this winter as two projects in Louisiana continue to advance.  Both the Calcasieu Pass export terminal and a sixth train at the Sabine Pass facility recently signaled that they could be up and running by the end of the year. Venture Global LNG…