Infrastructure

FERC has issued a presidential permit and granted authorization for Valley Crossing Pipeline LLC to construct and operate a 2.6 Bcf/d cross-border natural gas pipeline between Texas and Mexico, where it will be used for power generation and industrial customers.

An incident on Monday that killed a maintenance worker at a Columbia Gas Transmission (TCO) system meter station in Northeast Ohio isn’t expected to have a “commercial impact,” a TransCanada Corp. spokesman said.

One day after traders saw unseasonable triple-digit temperatures combine with infrastructure constraints to drive SoCal Citygate to a record-high $12.57/MMBtu, cash prices in Southern California eased Tuesday, but ongoing supply constraints threaten more volatility for the region.

The floodgates opened wide as the public comment period for the Department of Energy’s (DOE) notice of proposed rulemaking (NOPR) to implement reforms on the reliability and resiliency of the electricity grid came to an end on Monday, with hundreds of filings submitted by states, cities, corporations, environmental groups, labor unions and individuals.

Houston-based Halliburton Co., the largest pressure pumping operator in North America, was “hitting on all cylinders” during the third quarter, and market conditions appear to be strengthening, CEO Jeff Miller said Monday.

Texas Eastern Transmission LP (Tetco) has filed for a FERC certificate for its proposed Texas-Louisiana Markets Project, a 157,500 Dth/d expansion targeting increased electric and industrial demand along the Gulf Coast.

Efforts to coordinate its natural gas and electricity efforts continue at PJM and will have positive impacts this winter and beyond, according to David Souder, director of operations planning for the grid operator.

A federal appeals court in Manhattan denied a petition by Constitution Pipeline LLC to rehear its lawsuit against regulators in New York State over their refusal to issue a crucial water permit for the embattled natural gas pipeline project, which would serve the Marcellus Shale.

Millennium Pipeline Co. LLC has again requested that FERC issue a notice to proceed (NTP) with construction of the company’s Valley Lateral Project as soon as possible, saying in its filing that the natural gas-fired power plant the pipeline would serve in New York is relying on the project to meet its February commissioning date.