Construction on the Mariner East 2 liquids pipelines in Pennsylvania has been halted again, Kallanish Energy reports. The Mariner East 1 liquids pipeline that has been in operation was also shut down. Administrative law Judge Elizabeth Barnes stopped construction in Chester County’s West Whiteland Township until the state’s Public Utility Commission (PUC) determines the twin pipelines … Read more
New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has unveiled plans to phase out coal entirely at New York state power plants by 2020, Kallanish Energy reports. Last week, the New York Department of Environmental Conservation released proposed regulations to require all power plants in New York to meet new emissions limits for carbon … Read more
The UK’s busiest liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal, South Hook LNG, has been granted a technical modification to its network entry agreement (NEA) and will be able to expand its imports sources, Kallanish Energy learns. The joint venture between Qatar Petroleum (67.5% ownership), ExxonMobil (24.15%) and Total (8.35%) has applied to the Joint Office … Read more
Roughly 38% of additional natural gas pipeline capacity is slated to come online in the U.S. Northeast just in 2018, according to the Energy Information Administration. By the end of this year, if all projects come online by their scheduled service dates, more than 23 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of … Read more
The state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has signed a joint-venture agreement with China Huadian Hong Kong Company Ltd. to build a 1,320-megawatt coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh. The JV expects within a month to begin construction on the $2 billion power plant project at Moheshkhali Island in Cox’s Bazar district, 415 … Read more
TransCanada may begin preliminary work on its $8 billion Keystone XL oil pipeline project in Montana this coming autumn, with full construction in 2019, Kallanish Energy reports. That possibility emerged last week in a letter from the U.S. State Department to Native American tribes in Montana. The April 10 letter states the Assiniboine … Read more
New York State regulators have denied a permit for a pipeline expansion designed to increase natural gas deliveries to New York City, The Associated Press reports. The Northeast Supply Enhancement project proposes to expand the Transco pipeline system, which extends from Texas to the Northeast coast. It would include installation of 17 … Read more
U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports quadrupled in 2017, with shipments to 25 different countries, says the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The volume of shipments increased from 0.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in 2016, to 1.94 Bcf/d in 2017, it said. All the shipments originated from Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass … Read more
Chinese and Russian state oil companies PetroChina and Rosneft will not pay the costs of repairing and modernizing Venezuela’s Cardón and Amuay refineries for PDVSA, according to union sources. Ivan Freites, senior official of the Venezuelan Unions Federation of Oil Workers, told local newspaper El Nacional the foreign partners decided after lengthy … Read more
Chinese and Russian state oil companies PetroChina and Rosneft will not pay the costs of repairing and modernizing Venezuela’s Cardón and Amuay refineries for PDVSA, according to union sources. Ivan Freites, senior official of the Venezuelan Unions Federation of Oil Workers, told local newspaper El Nacional the foreign partners decided after lengthy … Read more
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