Project

Construction has begun on the US$2.1 billion undersea Sur de Texas-Tuxpan natural gas pipeline, a project of Infraestructura Marina del Golfo (IMG) — a joint venture (JV) of TransCanada Corp. and Sempra Energy Mexico unit IEnova.

Kinder Morgan Inc. cut the price for its initial public offering (IPO) of shares in its Canadian subsidiary after admitting the reason for the sale — expansion of oilsands export route Trans Mountain Pipeline — still faces serious political risks.

While part of Energy Transfer Partners LP’s Rover Pipeline Phase 1 remains on track for an early July start-up, the rest of Phase 1 is likely to get pushed back, a company spokeswoman said Thursday.

The Alaska LNG project — a pipeline and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal that would finally commercialize the state’s North Slope natural gas — is seeing its FERC docket expand with mounting environmentalist objections to the project.

TransCanada Corp.’s El Encino-Topolobampo Pipeline project in northwestern Mexico is nearly complete with the exception of a “small portion” that was delayed by negotiations with indigenous people.

A top contender to make the delayed launch of Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) overseas exports is seeking permission to keep on trying for another five years.

Responding to strong customer demand, California regulators on Thursday revised the state’s Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP), carrying implications for natural gas-assisted onsite generation and helping to counter the effects of the continuing closure of the state’s largest underground gas storage facility.

Over the next few years, Boardwalk Pipeline Partners LP has a “higher concentration” of capacity contracts coming up for renewal. But developments in the Gulf Coast-Midcontinent region offer the potential for new business.

Backers of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) in conference call with reporters Thursday re-emphasized “the urgent public need” for the project, pushing back against a public debate that has tended to focus on protests and regulatory procedure.