Pipes

The American Petroleum Institute (API) has issued new guidelines for U.S. pipeline operators to help raise public awareness of their pipe systems and the potential hazards caused by third-party digging.

Mirroring an earlier complaint brought against Trunkline Pipeline, a group of natural gas producers and marketers called on FERC last week to order El Paso’s Tennessee Pipeline and Columbia Gulf Transmission to “discontinue immediately” their alleged practice of using multi-year “critical notices” to enforce tougher quality specifications on the gas that they will accept into their systems.

Canadian pipelines and their customers stand warned, by the United States National Petroleum Council, to expect wide swings in excess capacity and associated pressure on tolls as the North American natural gas market struggles to stay in balance through 2025.

Two Duke Energy gas pipeline affiliates have asked FERC to give them the green light by Wednesday to place their expansion projects in service in time to provide increased Canadian supplies to the gas-hungry New England market this winter heating season.

As is already required of hazardous liquid pipelines, the Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) has enacted revised safety standards that call on natural gas transmission and distribution pipelines to use the same level of protection against atmospheric corrosion on their facilities despite the vintage.

Two Duke Energy gas pipeline affiliates have asked FERC to give them the green light by next Wednesday to place their expansion projects in service in time to provide increased Canadian supplies to the gas-hungry New England market this winter heating season.

As is already required of hazardous liquid pipelines, the Department of Transportation’s Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) has enacted revised safety standards that call on natural gas transmission and distribution pipelines to use the same level of protection against atmospheric corrosion despite the vintage of their pipe facilities.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said it plans to hold a public workshop on Nov. 4 to “develop a basis for evaluating [the] adequacy of liquidity” and reliability of published index natural gas prices referenced by interstate gas pipelines in their tariffs.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission said it plans to hold a public workshop on Nov. 4 to “develop a basis for evaluating [the] adequacy of liquidity” and reliability of published index natural gas prices referenced by interstate gas pipelines in their tariffs.