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Canadian oil producers eye big boost with trans mountain extension

August 4, 2023

Oil Price Canadian oil sands producers are in a rush to boost production as the Trans Mountain expansion comes online, providing an additional 590,000 bpd in capacity. Bloomberg reports that Canadian Natural Resources and Cenovus are among the producers planning on output boosts in the coming months. Canadian Natural Resources plans to increase production by some 40,000 bpd in the current quarter, while

US Supreme Court removes obstacle to Mountain Valley Pipeline

July 27, 2023

Nasdaq WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday removed an obstacle to completing the long-delayed Mountain Valley Pipeline, dealing a blow to environmental groups opposed to the West Virginia-to-Virginia pipeline led by energy company Equitrans Midstream ETRN.N. The justices granted Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC’s request to lift stays imposed by a lower court that had halted construction of a final short section of the

TC Energy agrees to sell 40% of U.S. natural gas pipelines for $3.9 billion

July 24, 2023

Oil Price TC Energy has agreed to sell 40% of the Columbia Gas and Columbia Gulf pipelines in the U.S. for US$3.9 billion (C$5.2 billion) in cash, the Canada-based pipeline giant said on Monday. Columbia Gas and Columbia Gulf will be held in a new joint venture partnership with Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), said TC Energy, which will speed up its debt

Argentina launches gas pipeline from Vaca Muerta shale play

July 10, 2023

Oil Price Argentina inaugurated on Sunday a natural gas pipeline from the Vaca Muerta shale to a town in the Buenos Aires province, as part of its efforts to become energy independent and stop paying billions of dollars for LNG imports. Argentinian President Alberto Fernández officially launched the first leg of the Néstor Kirchner gas pipeline (Gasoducto Presidente Néstor Kirchner), which runs

US Mountain Valley natgas pipe moving forward, capacity may be limited

June 23, 2023

Nasdaq The $6.6 billion Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to Virginia is on track to get final permits by Saturday, moving the long-delayed project closer to re-starting construction. Some analysts, however, said that even when the pipe enters service, which could be as soon as the end of 2023, it would only operate at half capacity or

US LNG project approvals on track for record new volumes

June 23, 2023

BOE Report U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) developers are on track to approve three export projects capable of processing 5.1 billion cubic feet per day (bcfd) of gas in the first half of the year, a record volume for new LNG projects in any year. The U.S. became the world’s largest LNG producer by installed capacity in 2022 driven by

Enbridge ordered to close oil pipeline on Wisconsin tribal land

June 19, 2023

Oil Price A U.S. District judge has ordered Canadian pipeline giant Enbridge to close within three years parts of the Line 5 oil pipeline crossing tribal land in Wisconsin and to pay around $5 million for trespassing. The Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, a Native American tribe, last month sought an immediate shutdown in court, due to erosion of the Bad River

U.S. pipeline giant: Energy transition will need more natural gas infrastructure

June 16, 2023

Oil Price U.S. natural gas infrastructure will have to expand so that gas can serve as a backup power generation fuel amid soaring wind and solar capacity in the energy transition, says the chief executive of the pipeline giant handling one-third of U.S. gas deliveries. Natural gas will continue to be needed to prevent blackouts if weather is not

Canada guarantees loans for Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion

June 2, 2023

Oil Price Canada’s federal government has guaranteed loans of $2.23 billion (C$3 billion) to the corporation building the Trans Mountain expansion project to triple the capacity of oil flows from Alberta to the Canadian Pacific Coast. The Trans Mountain Expansion project has been dragging on for years and faces environmental opposition and rising construction costs. Fierce opposition in British

Canada natgas exports to US back at levels seen before Alberta wildfires

May 24, 2023

Nasdaq Canadian natural gas exports to the U.S. this week returned to levels seen before wildfires in Alberta and other western provinces over the past three weeks forced producers to shut oil and gas wells and cut the amount of fuel flowing in pipelines. That return to normal gas flows from Canada caused U.S. gas futures to plunge about 10%

Energy Transfer slams US denial of LNG extension, seeks rehearing

May 23, 2023

Yahoo Finance HOUSTON – Pipeline operator Energy Transfer slammed the U.S. Department of Energy’s denial of an export-permit extension to its Louisiana liquefied natural gas (LNG) export project in a DOE filing, seeking a rehearing. The DOE had denied Energy Transfer’s request for a three-year extension of its multi-billion-dollar Lake Charles LNG project, saying the request did not meet

ONEOK and Magellan merger to create $60-billion pipeline giant

May 15, 2023

Yahoo Finance (Bloomberg) — Oneok Inc. agreed to buy Magellan Midstream Partners LP in a $18.8 billion cash-and-stock transaction that would create one of the largest US oil and natural gas pipeline operators. The deal will see each Magellan stakeholder receive $25 in cash and 0.667 shares of Oneok stock per unit, representing a 22% premium to closing prices on

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