Infrastructure

With the announcement of a nuclear agreement with Iran, the question of how fast that oil/natural gas-rich nation will get back to full production was examined, and the answer is: Don't expect an impact on global energy markets anytime soon, according to an analysis by Fitch Ratings.

Sempra Energy's 81%-owned Mexican energy infrastructure company on Tuesday was awarded a $108 million natural gas transportation contract by state-owned Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE) for a power plant in Chihuahua scheduled for completion in early 2017.

FERC staff will prepare an environmental assessment for Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC’s (NGPL) Chicago Market Expansion Project, the Commission said in a notice.

House lawmakers blasted the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) for failing to implement all sections of a pipeline safety law enacted in 2011. They said two recent oil spills in California and Illinois illustrate the urgency the agency faces for enacting the remaining parts of the law.

The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has voted unanimously to approve distribution system improvement charges (DSIC) that would allow two UGI Corp. subsidiaries to recover costs from customers under their long-term infrastructure improvement plans.

Natural gas figures prominently in the Tennessee Valley Authority's (TVA) final 2015 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which calls for the addition of gas-fired generating capacity along with greater reliance on renewable energy and efficiency measures in the coming decades.

FERC staff on Monday released a favorable environmental assessment (EA) for a proposed 3.1-mile, 320 MMcf/d pipeline lateral to serve one of three newly proposed methanol production facility port projects in the Pacific Northwest.

FERC staff will prepare an environmental assessment for Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC's (NGPL) Chicago Market Expansion Project, the Commission said in a notice…

House lawmakers blasted the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) for failing to implement all sections of a pipeline safety law enacted in 2011. They said two recent oil spills in California and Illinois illustrate the urgency the agency faces for enacting the remaining parts of the law.