Transport

Oneok Partners LP is holding an open season through Nov. 20 for its Bakken Crude Express Pipeline, a proposed 1,300-mile pipeline with capacity to transport 200,000 b/d of light-sweet crude oil from multiple points in the Williston Basin’s Bakken Shale in North Dakota and Montana to the crude oil market hub in Cushing, OK (see Shale Daily, April 10). Construction is expected to begin in early 2014 and be completed by mid-2015. For information, visit the project website or contact Lisa Nishimuta at (918) 588-7730, lisa.nishimuta@oneok.com; or Tim King at (918) 732-1339, tim.king@oneok.com.

The nation’s natural gas resources, which have grown with the expanded potential of shale plays — including as much as 20 years supply from the Marcellus Shale — can be used to cost-effectively generate electricity, and any environmental burdens will come primarily from combustion when the fuel is used, not when it is extracted, according to a report from the Department of Energy (DOE).

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) and Phillips 66 on Thursday announced an agreement for Kinder Morgan to transport Eagle Ford crude and condensate to Phillips 66’s Sweeny Refinery in Brazoria County, TX, which will necessitate the construction of a $90 million, 27-mile, 12-inch diameter lateral pipeline to extend its Kinder Morgan Crude Condensate (KMCC) pipeline, along with related infrastructure.

Inergy Midstream LP, UGI Energy Services Inc. and Capitol Energy Ventures Corp., a unit of WGL Holdings Inc., are conducting a non binding open season for shippers to transport natural gas volumes on the proposed Commonwealth Pipeline, which would carry Marcellus and Utica Shale production to market.

Apache Corp. and its partners are “in the throes of negotiations…for a tenant to underpin” the KM LNG project, which would transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a terminal near Kitimat, BC, to Asia Pacific markets, CEO G. Steven Farris said last week.

Apache Corp. and its partners are “in the throes of negotiations…for a tenant to underpin” the KM LNG project, which would transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) from a terminal near Kitimat, BC, to Asia Pacific markets, CEO G. Steven Farris said Thursday.

The chief of Imperial Oil Ltd., which has been spearheading an effort to build the Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) to transport natural gas from Canada’s Arctic region, isn’t ready to throw in the towel despite the slump in prices and pressure from shale gas resources. It’s all about the long term, he said.

ExxonMobil Corp., ConocoPhillips and BP plc apparently are close to finalizing a deal with Alaskan officials to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal to transport natural gas to overseas markets.

ExxonMobil Corp., ConocoPhillips and BP plc apparently are close to a finalizing a deal with Alaskan officials build a liquefied natural gas export terminal to transport the state’s abundant natural gas to overseas markets.