Infrastructure

A Bakken Shale natural gas pipeline project is expected to increase North Dakota’s efforts to raise production and reduce flaring, according to the director of the state’s Pipeline Authority. MDU Resources Group Inc.’s pipeline unit, WBI Energy Inc. earlier this month received approval for an expansion project to build the North Bakken pipeline. Construction should…

Tallgrass Pony Express Pipeline LLC has launched a binding open season to gauge interest from crude oil shippers in securing expansion capacity on a section of the 830-mile pipeline. Pony Express has a capacity of roughly 400,000 b/d, and sources crude from the Williston, Denver Julesburg and Powder River basins. The system stretches from Guernsey,…

A Chinese-backed methanol export plant proposed for the Port of Kalama in Washington has effectively been canceled after the sponsor said it would terminate its lease. Northwest Innovation Works (NWIW) notified port officials on Friday that it would end efforts to develop a project. Port officials blamed the “state’s regulatory and political environment for killing…

Houston-based EagleClaw Midstream LLC has joined its midstream peers in announcing plans to reach net-zero emissions by no later than 2050. “We are grateful to have incredibly talented and committed employees, suppliers and customers who all share our vision of working together to collectively stem the impacts of climate change for future generations,” CEO Jamie…

Canada oil and gas infrastructure giants Pembina Pipeline Corp. and TC Energy Corp. on Thursday agreed to partner in the Alberta Carbon Grid (ACG) to create a commercial pathway to  reduce and store greenhouse gases. The Calgary-based pipeline companies proposed building a northern pipeline network and storage hub capable of collecting and disposing of up…

With New York City aiming by 2040 to achieve net-zero electricity emissions, along with using 100% renewables and a ban on fossil fuel use in all new buildings, the Big Apple’s largest utility, Consolidated Edison Inc. (ConEd), has begun to make big adjustments, CEO Timothy Cawley said Tuesday. Our Energy Policy, an energy issues nonprofit,…

Natural gas could help determine whether Mexico can shrink the economic gap between its industrialized north and developing south, according to a new report published by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. Through his Program for the Development of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec (PDIT), President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is aiming to succeed where…

Natural gas use is set to grow in Ontario with boosts from both the provincial government and industrial demand. The government recently announced it would allocate more than C$234 million ($191 million) to add 43 rural, northern and native communities to the distribution network in Canada’s most populated province. It authorized 28 projects to connect…

After a five-day rally fueled by blistering heat and surging cash prices, natural gas futures faded on Tuesday as export volumes retreated, technical resistance loomed and traders took profits. The July Nymex contract dipped 11.2 cents day/day and settled at $3.240/MMBtu. August slid 11.1 cents to $3.256. NGI’s Spot Gas National Avg. shed 13.5 cents…