Pipelines

MDU Resources Group Inc. senior executives earlier this month promised to expand the midstream pipeline and construction business units following a “solid” performance in 2018 by all of the businesses.

Tallgrass Energy LP (TGE) and Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) on Tuesday agreed to boost crude oil takeaway capacity in the Power River and Denver-Julesburg basins, where increased interest in the plays has spurred a host of new infrastructure projects to relieve growing constraints in the region.

A rebel wing of the Canadian political right has set out to forge an industrial missing link aimed at breaking through environmental disdain that blocks hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and pipeline construction in the eastern half of the country — financial motivation.

Enbridge Inc. has unveiled a $1.8 billion growth budget for its oil and natural gas pipelines, with additions at the northern and southern ends of the network in Alberta and the Gulf of Mexico region.

Tulsa-based pipeline giant Williams said Thursday it has sold some pipeline systems in the Gulf Coast area to Easton Energy LLC for $177 million.

FERC should set aside plans to limit climate reviews when considering natural gas pipeline project applications, according to a court filing by six states and the District of Columbia (DC).

Canadian supply gluts and price slumps, attributed by many to obstructed oil pipeline projects, prompted appeals for help Wednesday to the country’s railways and the federal government.

In its latest Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO), the Energy Information Administration (EIA) nudged down is Henry Hub natural gas price forecast for this year and next and predicted that coal-fired power plants will retain their recent gains over gas-fueled facilities. The gas production outlook held steady with last month’s STEO.

Spectra Energy’s Texas Eastern Transmission LP is offering capacity on its Gulf Market Expansion Project, which would give Marcellus and Utica Shale gas access to growing Gulf Coast markets in Louisiana and Texas, including for future export of liquefied natural gas (LNG).