Transportation

Honeywell UOP LLC process technology unit and engineering/contractor Black & Veatch (BV) formed an alliance Tuesday to develop liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities for supplying the rail, vehicle and marine transportation sectors.

A high-octane consortium with deep fueling and financing on Wednesday said it had formed Eagle LNG Partners to develop a network of U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) production facilities.

North America should find plenty of outlets for its copious natural gas reserves, but some questions need to be clarified soon, such as whether to allow manufacturers to dictate how much supply remains onshore, or whether the free market fuels an export revolution, according to Statoil ASA’s chief economist.

FERC Monday issued a favorable environmental assessment (EA) of Texas Eastern Transmission LP’s (Tetco) expansion project for existing facilities that would pave the way for the delivery of 600,000 Dth/d of Marcellus gas to the pipeline’s market areas in New Jersey and New York.

Global natural gas demand is forecast to grow faster than total energy demand, on average by 1.6% a year until 2040, resulting in a “moderate” increase in market share, according to Statoil ASA’s chief economist.

FERC Thursday approved Tallgrass Interstate Gas Transmission LLC’s (previously Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC) proposal to sell a 432-mile mainline segment to affiliate Tallgrass Pony Express for the purpose of converting it to transport crude oil from the Bakken and Denver-Julesburg/Niobrara shales.

FERC Thursday approved Gulf Crossing Pipeline Co. LLC’s proposal to build and operate lateral facilities that would provide firm transportation services to a natural gas-fueled, combined cycle power plant that is under construction in Sherman, TX, which is 60 miles north of Dallas and near the Barnett Shale.

While there is still much bullishness toward natural gas as a transportation fuel, industry leaders cast some doubts over its relative role in building demand for gas at LDC Gas Forum Mid-Continent in Chicago on Monday.

Responding in part to the derailment and explosion of a crude-laden tanker in Quebec in July, the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has proposed a rule aimed at improving the safety of the rail transportation of hazardous materials by tanker cars, as well as the rail transportation of shale oil.