- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 27, 2020
Court backs ACE review of Bayou Bridge Pipeline
A federal judge in Louisiana has ruled that the environmental review of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) was sufficient, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 27, 2020
Energy Transfer gets Pa. waivers for Mariner East 2 work
Pennsylvania has approved six waivers to allow Energy Transfer and subsidiary Sunoco to continue construction on its Mariner East 2 pipelines, Kallanish Energy reports The waivers, approved on Wednesday, allow the company to continue working at 15 construction sites across the state.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 26, 2020
South Dakota toughens up on pipeline rioters
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem has signed legislation to toughen the state’s riot laws with criminal and civil penalties for those who urge rioting against pipeline projects, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 25, 2020
Market conditions threaten US petchem projects
The U.S. and global chemical investment wave is set to slow “considerably” in the coming years, as companies slash their capex to preserve cash, ICIS said this week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 20, 2020
FERC approves Jordan Cove LNG in Oregon
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday issued a certificate of approval for a liquefied natural gas (LNG) facility in Oregon, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 20, 2020
Wintershall Dea’s production up 9%, costs down 20%
German independent gas and oil producer Wintershall Dea reported this week a 9% increase on its output in 2019 and a 20% reduction on its production costs, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 19, 2020
EOG Resources cuts $2 billion or 31% from capex budget
Texas-based EOG Resources is cutting its 2020 capital spending by $2 billion or 31%, in the wake of the spreading coronavirus and the crude oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia that is impacting U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 13, 2020
Turkish welded pipe producers struggle to maintain prices
Although most Turkish welded pipe producers have maintained prices, some are seen to have reduced them in order to gain market share amid limited demand.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 13, 2020
Verbund, OMV negotiate share in Gas Connect Austria
Austria’s leading electricity company, Verbund, has entered exclusive negotiations with OMV for the purchase of a 51% stake in gas pipeline company Gas Connect Austria, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 13, 2020
PGNiG gas sales up 6%, revenues down
Polish state energy company PGNiG said Thursday its natural gas sales increased roughly 6% year-on-year in 2019, despite mild temperatures in the winter months, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 12, 2020
Gazprom, CNPC to shut Power of Siberia for maintenance
Natural gas exports from Russia to China via the Power of Siberia pipeline will be halted later this month for a routine maintenance, Russian media reported earlier this week.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 11, 2020
Massachusetts utility to pay $53M fine for 2018 gas explosions
A Massachusetts utility had pleaded guilty to causing a series of natural gas explosions in 2018 that killed one person and damaged scores of homes north of Boston, Kallanish Energy reports The president of Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, Mark Kempic, entered the plea this week in U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 10, 2020
US line pipe prices fall again in February
U.S. line pipe prices again declined in February, Kallanish Energy learns from analyst Pipe Logix. Average U.S. line pipe prices fell by -1.1%- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 9, 2020
FERC releases massive EIS for $40B Alaska LNG project
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a generally favorable Environmental Impact Statement for a long-sought natural gas pipeline and liquefied natural gas export project in Alaska, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 9, 2020
Enbridge to proceed with $500M Line 5 Pipeline tunnel
Enbridge announced Friday that it intends to build a $500 million pipeline tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac after a long and continuing legal fight with the state of Michigan, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 9, 2020
Warren Buffett withdraws from $9.5B Quebec LNG project
Warren Buffett and his Berkshire Hathaway investment company have reportedly decided against investing $4 billion in a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Quebec, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 6, 2020
Nigeria to back $2.6B AKK gas pipeline project
Nigeria’s finance minister Zainab Ahmed announced this week the government will back the construction of the $2.59 billion AKK gas pipeline with a sovereign guarantee, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 6, 2020
FortisBC to expand Tilbury LNG plant in B.C.
FortisBC Holdings has filed initial paperwork with British Columba regulators to expand its Tilbury Island liquefied natural gas plant, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 4, 2020
Work set to resume on Coastal GasLink Pipeline
Construction is to resume on the Coastal GasLink Pipeline in western Canada after weeks of protests, arrests and rail blockades across Canada, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- March 2, 2020
Midcoast inks anchor shipper pacts for CJ Express expansion
Midcoast Energy’s East Texas operating subsidiary has made a positive final investment decision and entered into definitive, long-term anchor shipper agreements in support of its CJ Express expansion project.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 28, 2020
Equitrans, EQM agree to merge
Midstreamers Equitrans Midstream (ETRN) and EQM Midstream Partners LP said Thursday they’ve agreed to a share-for-unit merger, in which each outstanding public common unit of EQM would be exchanged for 2.44- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 28, 2020
EQT, EQM sign gas gathering pact
Independent producer EQT Corp. and EQM Midstream Partners LP (EQM) said Wednesday they’ve executed a 15-year gas gathering agreement covering Pennsylvania and West Virginia both sides call a win-win deal.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 26, 2020
Centennial sells disposal wells, infrastructure for $225M
Colorado-based independent producer Centennial Resource Development Inc. is selling its saltwater disposal wells and associated produced water infrastructure in Reeves County, Texas, to WaterBridge Holdings LLC for $225 million, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 25, 2020
Supreme Court begins hearing ACP arguments
The U.S. Supreme Court Monday began hearing arguments that will determine the fate of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP), the $8 billion natural gas line that would flow Marcellus Shale Play gas from West Virginia through Virginia and North Carolina.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 24, 2020
Phillips 66 Partners acquires 50% interest in Liberty line
Midstreamer Phillips 66 Partners LP (PSXP) said Friday it’s acquiring from its sponsor, Phillips 66, its 50% interest in the $1.6- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 21, 2020
North Dakota regulators approve DAPL expansion
The North Dakota Public Service Commission this week voted 3-0 to approve the proposed expansion of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL), which involves building a pump station in Emmons County to help push up to twice as much crude oil through the line daily.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 21, 2020
CER recommends approval of Alberta gas line project
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) is recommending approval of NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd.’s 2021 System Expansion Project in western Canada, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 21, 2020
Williams reports strong 4th quarter results
Williams has reported its fourth quarter 2019 gathered volumes were up 10% in 2019 from a year earlier, to a record 13.3- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 17, 2020
What Are They Saying: First Nations Support Coastal Gaslink Pipeline
Protesters have been wreaking havoc in Canada recently in attempts to block the construction of a pipeline that would move natural gas from British Columbia to an LNG facility on the Pacific coast.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 14, 2020
Enbridge buying Rio Bravo line from NextDecade
NextDecade Corp. and Enbridge announced Thursday Enbridge will acquire Rio Bravo Pipeline Company LLC from NextDecade for no more than $25 million, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 13, 2020
Southern sells its stake in ACP to Dominion
Dominion Energy is buying The Southern Co.’s 5% share in the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) for $175 million, Kallanish Energy learns. Currently under construction, the projected cost of the 600-mile natural gas pipeline has increased to $8 billion, up considerably from the estimated $4.5- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 11, 2020
Hannibal Industries expands tube production
U.S. tube and rack supplier Hannibal Industries has announced a product expansion in the company’s tubing division, Kallanish, sister publication of Kallanish Energy, finds.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 11, 2020
I Squared acquires interest in Colombia’s OCENSA line
Global infrastructure investment manager I Squared Capital, through its ISQ Global Infrastructure Fund II, has acquired an indirect equity interest in Oleoducto Central, S.A.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 10, 2020
ARB announces new connection to DJ Basin system
ARB Midstream’s DJ South Gathering LLC unit last week announced another expansion of its crude oil gathering and transportation system in the DJ Basin in northeastern Colorado, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 5, 2020
Midstreamers exercise Saddlehorn option
Noble Midstream Partners LP and Greenfield Midstream LLC announced Tuesday they’ve exercised their option to acquire a 20% interest in the Saddlehorn Pipeline for $155 million gross, $84 million net to Noble Midstream, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- February 3, 2020
Energy Transfer announces open season for Mariner West
Energy Transfer LP said last Friday its Sunoco Pipeline L.P. unit launched a binding open season for ethane transportation service on its Mariner West pipeline, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 29, 2020
BCE-Mach III acquiring Alta Mesa, Kingfisher
The partnership BCE-Mach III LLC is acquiring substantially all of the upstream oil and gas assets of Alta Mesa Holdings (AMH) and its subsidiaries, and the midstream assets of Kingfisher Midstream for $320 million, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 28, 2020
Southcross Energy’s restructuring plan OKed, Chapter 11 ending
Natural gas midstreamer Southcross Energy Partners LP said Monday the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has confirmed the company’s Plan of Reorganization, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 27, 2020
Oil patch bankruptcies soar in 2019: Haynes and Boone
If you thought 2019 seemed much like 2016 in terms of tough times in the oil patch, leading to bankruptcy filings, you’re dead on.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 24, 2020
NextEra Energy Partners to focus on growth, not acquisitions
Florida-based NextEra Energy Partners said on Friday it expects to achieve long-term growth without committing to further acquisitions at least until 2021, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 24, 2020
Virginia AG files Supreme Court brief opposing ACP
Virginia attorney general Mark Herring this week filed a brief in the Atlantic Coast Pipeline (ACP) natural gas line case at the U.S.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 20, 2020
Freeport LNG’s Train 2 begins commercial operations
Freeport LNG’s Train 2 has started commercial operations, Kallanish Energy reports. That announcement of the initial LNG deliveries to BP under a 20-year tolling agreement came last Friday. Freeport- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 10, 2020
Oxy soon to begin cutting jobs post-Anadarko takeover
Occidental Petroleum said Wednesday it would begin cutting personnel in a new cost-cutting move following its $38 billion acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- January 6, 2020
Tenaris closes $1.1B buy of pipemaking rival
Luxembourg-based steel pipe maker Tenaris said last week it’s closed the $1.07 billion acquisition of IPSCO Tubulars from Russian steelmaker TMK, becoming the largest steel pipe maker in North America, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 27, 2019
Tax dollars for Ohio from 2 gas lines may be less than expected
Developers of two new natural gas pipelines in Ohio want to reduce their valuation, which would decrease by millions anticipated tax dollars slated for schools and municipalities, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 23, 2019
Work on Nord Stream 2 may stop on Trump sanctions
Switzerland’s AllSeas Group SA said it would halt operations on the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, as President Trump approved sanctions targeting the project, Kallanish Energy learns.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 13, 2019
Basalt acquires gas transmission business
A fund managed by infrastructure investment fund Basalt Infrastructure Partners II GP Ltd. has acquired Third Coast Midstream’s natural gas transmission business, rebranding the assets Black Bear Transmission.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 13, 2019
ONEOK’s Elk Creek line flowing NGL
Midstreamer ONEOK this week announced its Elk Creek Pipeline is now flowing natural gas liquids 900 miles, from the Williston Basin to ONEOK’s Mid-Continent NGL facilities in Bushton, Kansas, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 12, 2019
Ironwood Midstream closes South Texas buy
Ironwood Midstream Energy Partners II announced it’s closed on the acquisition of midstream assets located in South Texas from Twin Eagle Gardendale Pipeline LLC, a unit of Twin Eagle Holdings N.A.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 10, 2019
O&G down, but certainly not out
It’s not hard to miss the signs: * The onshore Lower 48 U.S. states working-rig count has dropped more than 26% since the first week of 2019.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- December 9, 2019
KM expects core earnings to increase in 2020
U.S. pipeline operator Kinder Morgan said it expects its core earnings to increase slightly in 2020, Kallanish Energy reports. The company said it intends to cut its debt and increase its dividend next year.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 29, 2019
Steel players in energy face challenging 2020
The new year will likely be challenging for steel players in the energy sector, market sources tell Kallanish, sister publication of Kallanish Energy.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 28, 2019
NA, Asia to contribute 55% of new trunk line length
North America and Asia are projected to dominate global oil and gas new-build pipeline length additions, according to data and analytics company GlobalData.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 25, 2019
Moler appointed Tallgrass Energy’s new CEO
Midstreamer Tallgrass Energy said Monday the board of its general partner has appointed William R. (Bill) Moler as CEO, effective immediately, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 24, 2019
Brookline, MA banning O&G pipes in new builds
Taking a cue from what’s happening in California, residents of Brookline, Massachusetts, last week voted to ban the installation of oil and gas pipes in new buildings, as well as in extensive renovations of existing buildings — the first such prohibition in Massachusetts.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 19, 2019
US energy tube pricing remains rudderless
U.S. energy tubular pricing remains in a rut despite skelp prices creeping upwards, Kallanish, sister publication of Kallanish Energy, learns from market sources.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 19, 2019
Jordan Cove terminal would have ‘significant’ impacts: report
The proposed Jordan Cove liquefied natural gas export facility and its 230-mile feeder pipeline in Southern Oregon would cause adverse and significant impacts if built, according to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff, Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 18, 2019
Noble drops-down midstream assets for $1.6B
Independent producer Noble Energy said Friday after concluding its midstream review, it will retain and increase its ownership in Noble Midstream Partners (NBLX), Kallanish Energy reports.- Joe Barone, Shale Directories
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- November 14, 2019