Infrastructure

Horizontal directional drilling (HDD) operations for Sunoco Pipeline LP’s Mariner East (ME) 2 project may resume across Pennsylvania after the company reached a settlement with environmental groups and agreed to a series of additional safeguards.

Spain’s Gas Natural Fenosa (GNF) has kicked off the constructionof a natural gas distribution system in the municipality ofCajeme, as part of a plan to expand its network in northwesternMexico.

The United States is officially emerging as a net natural gas exporter in 2017, with exports exceeding imports in three of the first five months of the year, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) said Tuesday.

New FERC Commissioner Neil Chatterjee officially was sworn in Tuesday, less than a week after his nomination was confirmed by the Senate.

Train 4 at Cheniere Energy Inc.’s Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminal achieved first LNG production late last month and is expected to produce its first commissioning cargo later this week, management for the Houston-based company said Tuesday.

As it moves forward with plans to complete the Atlantic Sunrise expansion by next year, which would bring some relief to the still-constrained Appalachian Basin, management at Williams and the pipeline partnership have renewed hope for the embattled Constitution Pipeline.

Wasting no time following the Senate’s confirmation Thursday of FERC nominees Robert Powelson and Neil Chatterjee, Nexus Gas Transmission LLC on Friday requested immediate action on its project application now that the Commission’s quorum has been restored.

Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) resumed natural gas injection operations at its Aliso Canyon storage facility near Los Angeles on July 31, and summer heat, as well as a pipeline maintenance project, soon could necessitate withdrawals, the Sempra Energy utility said.

The first liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from Sempra Energy’s Cameron, LA, facility have been pushed to 2019 because of issues related to engineering, procurement and construction (EPC), executives said Friday.