U.S. pipeline exports of natural gas continued to grow in 2016, having doubled since 2009, the Energy Information Administration reports. Most of the growth is attributable to increasing exports to Mexico, which have accounted for more than half of all U.S. natural gas exports since April 2015, Kallanish Energy learns. In August, … Read more
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has rejected a rehearing on unauthorized tree cutting associated with the $1 billion Constitution Pipeline in New York and Pennsylvania, Kallanish Energy reports. The rehearing had been requested by New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. He had filed his objections last May and FERC had rejected them in … Read more
Federal and state agencies are investigating a $2 million fire suspected of being arson along the Dakota Access Pipeline in central Iowa, Kallanish Energy reports. The fire occurred last weekend near Reasnor in Jasper County. An excavator and three bulldozers owned by a contractor were destroyed. No arrests have been made. The fire is … Read more
Could western Pennsylvania be getting a second ethane cracker plant? That possibility surfaced at an Aug. 23 public meeting in Beaver County where Royal Dutch Shell has plans to build such a facility, Kallanish Energy has learned. A state official, Dennis Davin of the Department of Community and Economic Development, said the … Read more
Nigerian militants have claimed an attack on Chevron-operated oil pipelines — less than two weeks after the government declared a cease-fire, and even as a worker strike further hampered efforts to restore production in the West African country. Rebels known as the Niger Delta Avengers late Wednesday blew up remote pipe systems, which followed an attacked … Read more
The Nigerian militant group calling itself the Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) claimed Thursday to have blown up a pipeline belonging to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC), the first attack since its proposal for a dialogue with the government, Kallanish Energy learns. “At 4:00am @NDAvengers blow up NNPC Pipeline in Oruk Anam Local Government Area … Read more
The proposal to build a 65-mile natural gas pipeline through San Bernardino County, California, to Moreno Valley could be in trouble. Sempra Energy subsidiaries Southern California Gas and San Diego Gas & Electric sought rate increases to pay for the $621.3 million project, which they said is needed to secure a reliable … Read more
It’s a concept rarely, if ever discussed in the Marcellus and Utica Shales region, but was heard uttered by no fewer than two speakers at last week’s Seventh Annual Marcellus-Utica Midstream Conference & Exhibition (MUM). The Pittsburgh program is presented by Hart Energy; Kallanish Energy was in attendance. “What if the Marcellus/Utica … Read more
UK’s Amerisur Resources, a South America-focused oil and gas company, said this week its Ecuador-Colombia oil pipeline project, Oleoducto Binacional Amerisur (OBA), will be ready in December, Kallanish Energy understands. The 5,000-barrel interconnector will transport Amerisur’s crude from its onshore Platanillo operations in south Colombia, to Ecuador by year-end. Originally, the pipeline was slated to … Read more
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