News
Permitting Reform Act Troubles FERC, Senate
FERC commissioners still apparently have problems with the pipeline siting improvement bill the House passed on November 21 by a vote of 252-165. The Natural Gas Pipeline Permitting Reform Act (H.R. 1900) sponsored by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-KS) would impose...
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Determining Design Life Of Assemblies Of PE Gas Distribution Pipe
This article explains a test methodology that could determine the design life of heat fusion fittings and joints at end user field conditions of operating stress, operating temperature and desired design life. The methodology is useful not only for design...
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Management Systems: Where Process, Implementation Come Together
Management systems are created to detail activities that an organization or its business units must implement to manage safety through the mitigation of business risk. Business risks are specific to each business unit and may include:
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Pipelines Prove Safer Than Road Or Rail
The Keystone XL is intended to transport oil from Canada to U.S. refiners on the Gulf of Mexico. The administration’s decision to delay approval for the construction of TransCanada’s proposed pipeline was based, in part, on concerns over the safety and...
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North American
JV Plans 380-Mile Diluent Pipeline

Unity Pipeline Company, LLC, a Harvest Pipeline Company, Somerset Gas Transmission Company and Crossroads Pipeline Company, part of NiSource’s Columbia Pipeline Group, are holding a two-phase open season for prospective shippers seeking transportation service on its proposed, 380-mile diluent...

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Enbridge To Develop $1.6 Billion Pipeline For Fort Hills, Suncor

Enbridge Inc. been selected by the Fort Hills partners (Suncor Energy Inc., Total E&P Canada Ltd. and Teck Resources Limited) as well as Suncor Energy Oil Sands Limited Partnership to develop a new $1.6 billion pipeline to transport crude oil production under long term transportation...

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Kinder Morgan Energy Partners Expands Eagle Ford Shale Footprint

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. has entered into an agreement with a large Eagle Ford Shale producer to extend the Kinder Morgan Crude and Condensate (KMCC) pipeline farther into the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas.

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Nuevo Midstream Expands Processing/Treating Capacity In Delaware Basin

Nuevo Midstream recently completed a major expansion of its amine treating capacity and has begun construction of the Phase III expansion of the company’s natural gas processing system in the Delaware Basin near Orla, TX.

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Site Selected For Alaska LNG Project

ExxonMobil, BP, ConocoPhillips and TransCanada have selected a site in the Nikiski area on the Kenai Peninsula as the lead site for the proposed Alaska LNG project’s natural gas liquefaction plant and terminal.

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NuStar Has Successful Open Season For South Texas Project

NuStar Energy’s affiliate, NuStar Crude Oil Pipeline, L.P., has received binding commitments from shippers filling all of the space available on Phase 1 of the partnership’s South Texas Crude Oil Pipeline System project. NuStar is receiving interest in Phase 2.

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Work Begins On Pennant Midstream’s NGL Pipeline

Pennant Midstream, LLC announced construction of a 12-inch, 38-mile NGL pipeline, a $60 million investment.

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Multi-Liquefier LNG Plant Announced

Applied Natural Gas Fuels, Inc. (ANGF) plans to build a multi-liquefier LNG production platform in Midlothian, TX.

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Shell Plans GTL Facility In Louisiana

Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and Shell announced the selection of Ascension Parish as the location for a potential natural gas-to-liquids (GTL) facility.

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Enterprise To Expand LPG Terminal

Enterprise Products Partners L.P. announced an additional expansion of its LPG export terminal located on the Houston Ship Channel that will increase its capability to load fully refrigerated, low-ethane propane.

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Transco Seeks Approval For Leidy Southeast Expansion

Williams Partners’ Transco natural gas pipeline has filed an application with the FERC to expand its existing Leidy Line in northern Pennsylvania and its mainline from New Jersey through Alabama by 525,000 Dth/d of natural gas to serve growing natural gas markets along the system.

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Williams/Boardwalk JV To Develop LPG Export Facility Terminal

Williams and Boardwalk Pipeline Partners, LP have executed joint venture agreements to continue developing an LPG export facility in the Lake Charles, LA area.

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Projects
Tennessee Gas Completes Two Projects, Works To Expansions

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (TGP), a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.,...

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Technip Wins Contracts For Ultra-Deepwater Project Off Ghana

Technip has been awarded two contracts by Tullow Ghana Limited for the TEN project, located 60...

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Thunder Creek NGL Holds Open Season For NGL Pipeline

Thunder Creek NGL Pipeline, LLC, a subsidiary of Meritage Midstream Services II, LLC, held a...

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Products
November 2013 New Products

New products from Detechtion Technologies, Coastal Flow, Mathey Dearman, Pipeline Hugger, Microfinish Valves and more.

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Smart Pipe Gains Financing For Series System

Smart Pipe Co. Inc. has secured an additional $12 million financing round with an $8 million investment from a subsidiary of Enbridge Inc.

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Rolls-Royce To Power Kazakh-China Gas Line

Rolls-Royce has announced a $175 million contract to supply Asia Gas Pipeline LLP (AGP) with equipment and related services to power the flow of...

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Faster, More Fuel Efficient Air Drying Technology Introduced

Recently formed Pipeline Drying International, LLC, of Houston provides air drying of pipelines, stations, LNG tanks or any vessel with its patent...

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October 2013 New Products And Services

New products and services from TOA Technologies, Heath Consultants, Pipetech, Tiger Industrial Rentals, ProSoft Technology, Enervation, Chevron...

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Product Showcase: GE Surface Pumps

GE’s SPS Surface Pumping Systems are being specified for a growing number of liquid and CO2 pipeline applications.

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September 2013 New Products And Services

New products and services from Newpark, i-cubed, Sawyer Mfg. Co., Kinyon Construction, Synodon, Rockwell Automation, Save The World Air (STWA),...

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Product Showcase: Streamline Critical EFM and Real-Time Data with Kepware

Consolidate EFM and real-time data across your Oil & Gas supply chain with KEPServerEX.

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