Pipelines

Mexico has big plans to become an LNG export powerhouse, but it might not have the pipelines or available capacity to do so, according to experts. “Is there enough capacity and pipelines to support these projects? I don’t think so,” said the head of the Gadex consultancy, Eduardo Prud’homme, on Monday at the LDC Gas…

Tallgrass Energy Partners is set to install dozens of turboexpander systems capable of responding to variable temperatures, pressures and flow rates across its natural gas network in partnership with Sapphire Technologies Inc. and Evolve Holdings Ltd. The trio is expected to install more than 72 of Sapphire’s FreeSpin In-line turboexpanders (FIT) across the Tallgrass natural…

Click here to listen to the latest episode of NGI’s Hub & Flow. Spark Commodities CEO Tim Mendelssohn joins NGI’s Jamison Cocklin, editor of LNG Insight, to discuss the growing gap between the price of LNG landing in Europe and pipeline hubs on the continent like the Title Transfer Facility. The conversation also touches on…

A 23-tribe Indigenous investment agency agreed to pay C$1.12 billion ($840 million) for minority ownership of seven northeastern Alberta pipelines under an agreement with Enbridge Inc. Under the transaction, Enbridge would continue to operate the feeder conduits into its international Mainline oil system, while First Nations and Metis groups in newly created Athabasca Indigenous Investments…

Virginia Natural Gas (VNG) has cut methane emissions by more than 27% over the past decade through an ongoing pipeline modernization program, the Southern Company Gas-owned local distribution company (LDC) reported last week. “While our current system is safe and has performed well, as technology has advanced, it’s critical to continually upgrade our pipeline system,”…

Private equity-backed Momentum Midstream LLC said Thursday it is moving forward with the New Generation Gas Gathering (NG3) project in the Haynesville Shale. The project, which is meant to supply growing Gulf Coast and LNG export demand, is to have initial capacity of 1.7 Bcf/d, expandable to 2.2 Bcf/d. Momentum is a subsidiary of Encap…

Russia’s Gazprom PJSC again reported a slide in both natural gas production and exports as it has nearly cut off all deliveries to Europe in retaliation for sanctions against its war in Ukraine.  The state-owned company, which holds the world’s largest gas reserves and is among the largest exporters, said year/year deliveries to countries outside…

The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA) and a related promise for energy permitting reform may have improved the outlook for natural gas infrastructure, according to industry stakeholders. Speakers at LDC Forums’ Mid-Continent Forum in Chicago were under no illusions about the continued challenges facing newbuild projects, especially interstate pipelines. However, recent events have offered…

An overhaul of natural gas pipeline permitting by Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) is set to be included in a congressional spending package this week, but some House Democrats are balking at the measure to clear the path for Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Stopgap spending legislation, known as a continuing resolution (CR), is likely to be…