Chemicals giant Dow Inc., one of Western Canada’s top natural gas customers, has sanctioned an integrated ethylene cracker and derivatives complex in Alberta, which it said would be the first of its kind to reduce direct and indirect carbon emissions to net zero. The estimated US$6.5 billion brownfield investment, dubbed Fort Saskatchewan Path2Zero, is expected…
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Targa Advancing Permian Projects, Betting on Continued Growth Despite Dip in Delaware Volumes
In the face of operational issues across its gathering and processing systems in the third quarter, Targa Resources Corp. is progressing projects in the Permian Basin to meet the infrastructure needs of producers anticipating strengthening export demand. Operations commenced at Houston-based Targa’s Greenwood plant in the Permian’s Midland sub-basin ahead of schedule in October and…

Enterprise Planning $3.1B in Capital Projects to Facilitate Permian Natural Gas, NGL Growth
Enterprise Products Partners LP said Tuesday it would spend $3.1 billion on four new projects in the Permian Basin to increase midstream capacity and meet growing demand for natural gas and other fossil fuels. The new projects include two natural gas processing plants in the Delaware and Midland sub-basins, a 550-mile Bahia natural gas liquids…

Natural Gas ‘A Bright Spot’ for Utility Bills Over Other Home Heating Fuels this Winter, Report Finds
Heating with natural gas could cost U.S. residential customers less than last year and may be more affordable than other heating fuels, according to the National Energy Assistance Directors Association (NEADA). NEADA, an organization led by state directors from the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, said in a report that while heating costs…

Western Midstream Betting $885M on Powder River Basin Natural Gas with Meritage Midstream Tie-up
Western Midstream Partners LP (WES) has signed a deal to acquire privately held Meritage Midstream Services II LLC in an all-cash, $885 million transaction. Denver-based Meritage owns and operates an extensive natural gas gathering and processing (G&P) business in the Powder River Basin (PRB) of Wyoming. The assets, located in Converse, Campbell and Johnson counties,…

Enterprise Adds More Natural Gas Capacity in Permian with Ramp Up at 300 MMcf/d Plant
Enterprise Product Partners LP has begun service at its Poseidon cryogenic natural gas processing plant in Glasscock County in West Texas. The company’s sixth plant in the Midland sub-basin has a nameplate capacity of 300 MMcf/d and can extract more than 40,000 b/d of natural gas liquids (NGL). Enterprise now is able to process 1.3…

Montney Gas Volumes Said Growing Even in Net-Zero Emissions Scenario
Montney Shale drilling in northeastern British Columbia (BC) would keep flowing liquid byproducts of natural gas even if the Canadian Liberal government hits its net-zero emissions targets, according to the developer of a C$350 million ($262 million) pipeline project. “Canada’s natural gas production is expected to be increasingly weighted towards the B.C. Montney,” says a…

Natural Gas Drilling Eases Lower in Latest Baker Count as U.S. Drops One Rig Overall
Amid a mix of regional changes to drilling activity, the U.S. natural gas and oil rig count finished one unit lower at 695 for the week ended Friday (June 9), according to the latest tally from Baker Hughes Co. (BKR). Domestic changes for the period included a two-rig decline in natural gas-directed drilling, which was…

AltaGas, Royal Vopak to Expand NGL Exports from BC Terminal
Canadian overseas sales of natural gas liquids (NGL) are poised to grow after AltaGas Ltd. and Dutch storage tank supplier Royal Vopak negotiated an expansion venture for a northeastern British Columbia (BC) shipping site near Prince Rupert. Calgary-based AltaGas said the planned addition, the Ridley Island Energy Export Facility, would include a bulk liquids terminal…

Oneok Touts Progress Toward FID on 2.8 Bcf/d Saguaro Connector Natural Gas Pipeline
Oneok Inc. is still targeting a final investment decision (FID) by mid-year on the proposed 2.8 Bcf/d Saguaro Connector natural gas pipeline, which would transport natural gas from the Waha hub in West Texas to the Mexico border. The pipeline, if sanctioned, would serve the Saguaro LNG export terminal proposed by Mexico Pacific Ltd. LLC…