Infrastructure

The pullback in U.S. drilling activity showed no signs of letting up for the week ended Friday, as the domestic rig count fell for the fifth consecutive week, according to data released by Baker Hughes Inc. (BHI).

Enterprise Products Partners LP said it may consider raising tariffs of its Seaway Pipeline, one week after a competitor, TransCanada Corp., told federal regulators that it wants to increase the temporary discounted spot rate for light crude from Cushing, OK, to Houston and Port Arthur, TX.

FERC on Tuesday gave Texas Eastern Transmission LP (Tetco) the go-ahead to begin partial service on Access South and Adair Southwest projects, two pipeline reversals targeting Marcellus and Utica shale production.

Do not fear the Grizzly Bear Spirit, legal armor against religious opposition that was granted Thursday by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Sempra Energy’s substantial investments in U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) and Latin America are generating buzz on Wall Street, but the San Diego-based company is, at its core, a utility holding company, with the California units primed for growth, CEO Debra Reed said.

A mainstay in the natural gas vehicle (NGV) fueling sector, Clean Energy Fuels Corp. said Thursday in its third quarter earnings report that it is closing 42 of its nearly 600 fueling stations, slashing support and seeking a partner for the compression equipment supplier.

A survey of Mexican natural gas shippershas revealed 4.62 Bcf/d of mostly new demand for firm transport capacity on the country’s main pipeline system, the Sistrangas.

As Canada’s eastern natural gas storage and trading hub put an expansion into action on its 75th anniversary, a surge of western production began flowing Wednesday with a boost from a deep cross-country pipeline toll cut.

Edison International’s Southern California Edison Co. (SCE) unveiled a strategy on Tuesday to virtually eliminate most natural gas use over the next three decades to meet California’s mandated goal to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 80% by 2050.