Infrastructure

Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline LP and an employee were indicted by a California grand jury Monday on 46 total criminal counts for allegedly violating state laws in connection with an oil pipeline leak last year near Santa Barbara.

Predicting long-term low natural gas prices and declining costs of solar energy, researchers at the Brattle Group have concluded that gas-fired and renewable-sourced generation can satisfy Texas’ future electricity needs.

Chesapeake Utilities Corp. subsidiary Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co. has submitted a request to FERC to begin the pre-filing review process for the company’s 2017 Expansion Project to meet additional market demand in its Delaware service territory.

Private equity-backed Navitas Midstream Partners LLC agreed Tuesday to expand its natural gas pipeline system in the Permian Basin, initially for Encana Corp., in a long-term agreement that would give it combined processing capacity of 155 MMcf/d in the Midland sub-basin.

Two Appalachia-to-Southeast takeaway projects continue to encounter obstacles as they plot routes through rural stretches along the border between West Virginia and Virginia.

The oil and gas industry and its organized labor allies in the construction sector believe the public is approaching the realization that the nation’s energy infrastructure needs will only be met through a fair regulatory process at all levels of government, and predict obstacles to some critical projects will eventually be overcome.

Predicting long-term low natural gas prices and declining costs of solar energy, researchers at the Brattle Group have concluded that gas-fired and renewable-sourced generation can satisfy Texas’ future electricity needs.

Chesapeake Utilities Corp. subsidiary Eastern Shore Natural Gas Co. has submitted a request to FERC to begin the pre-filing review process for the company’s 2017 Expansion Project to meet additional market demand in its Delaware service territory.

Private equity-backed Navitas Midstream Partners LLC agreed Tuesday to expand its natural gas pipeline system in the Permian Basin, initially for Encana Corp., in a long-term agreement that would give it combined processing capacity of 155 MMcf/d in the Midland sub-basin.