Pipelines

Canada’s top natural gas users, Alberta oilsands producers, are challenging toll hikes sought by the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion (TMX) to cover construction cost increases to complete the project. Since 2017, the construction surcharge has jumped by $3.84/bbl to $4.86, according to filings by 14 industry participants with the Canada Energy Regulator (CER). TMX applied…

Mexico is at a pivotal moment as it gears up for an election next year amid a global rearrangement of supply chains. Ensuring reliable and affordable energy is key to the nation’s success and proposed LNG exports plans, but requires more progress, said participants at the Mexico Gas Summit in San Antonio, TX last week.…

Supply preparations are accelerating for LNG deliveries overseas from British Columbia (BC) after TC Energy Corp. secured approval for a pipeline connection. With exploration and production support, the Calgary-based midstream giant also has proposed a special export toll for liquefied natural gas. The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) finalized TC’s Willow Valley Interconnect, which would link…

Xcel Energy has tasked Worley Ltd. with determining whether its U.S. natural gas pipeline network could inject and blend hydrogen into its system. Australia-based Worley and consultant Advisian Ltd. are reviewing the systems for Xcel, headquartered in Minnesota. Xcel has natural gas infrastructure in Colorado, Michigan, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas and…

Weak natural gas prices and inflation are likely to be big topics as North American producers and midstream operators unveil their quarterly results in the coming weeks. SLB Ltd., which has its fingers on the pulse of exploration and production (E&P) customers, has revised its North American outlook for 2023 because of languishing natural gas…

Kinder Morgan Inc.’s (KMI) renewable diesel (RD) hub projects in California are in full commercial operation, which may be the first to transport the alternative fuel by pipeline to inland destinations. “We are confident that the best way to serve markets during this energy evolution is through an all-of-the-above energy mix,” said KMI’s Dax Sanders,…

Natural gas futures flipped lower Thursday, snapping a modest two-day winning streak after the latest government inventory data confirmed robust supplies heading into the shoulder season and forecasts pointed to benign weather through most of April. Cash prices slid in tandem. The May Nymex gas futures contract shed 14.4 cents day/day and settled at $2.011/MMBtu.…

Though lingering chilly weather may bolster demand in some parts of the country in April, stubbornly high production and unseasonably strong storage inventories sent natural gas bidweek prices tumbling. NGI’s April Bidweek National Avg. dropped 69.0 cents month/month to $2.180/MMBtu. Some of the biggest decreases were seen in the western United States, where losses of…

Against a consistent backdrop of lackluster natural gas demand, robust production, lagging exports and unseasonably solid storage inventories, forward prices continued to crumble during the March 16-22 period, according to NGI’s Forward Look. Natural gas fixed prices declined more than 30.0 cents on average for April, with several U.S. locations recording even steeper decreases for…