(The following article is from Aera Energy’s Website) Ready to gather around the table with family and friends for roast turkey and pumpkin pie? Thanksgiving is one of America’s most beloved holidays, but very few of the traditions we’ve come to know and love would be possible without the energy industry. As you celebrate on
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Empire Pipeline LLC announced that it has changed its name to Empire Midstream LLC. Effective immediately, the new identity more accurately reflects the company’s expanded footprint of midstream businesses, including crude oil pipelines, crude oil storage and blending, as well as produced water filtration and disposal. Empire Midstream has recently broadened its portfolio of midstream
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As the U.S. and the world fight to stem the spread of the COVID-19 virus, working from home is quickly becoming the new normal, and our energy pipelines are at the forefront of making that possible and helping us to get through this crisis. Let’s look at four ways pipelines keep your workflow going strong.
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TC Energy Corp said on Tuesday it would proceed with the construction of the long-delayed $8 billion Keystone XL pipeline project after securing a $1.1 billion equity investment from the Alberta government, extending a lifeline to Canada’s oil sands industry. Alberta, home of the world’s third-largest oil reserves, has struggled for years as congested pipelines
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With the price of oil wallowing beneath $30 per barrel for almost a month, some of the lowest prices in the last decade, the industry in New Mexico suffered from capital reductions and threats of layoffs. The state announced the global spread of coronavirus and subsequent respiratory illness COVID-19 reached New Mexico in recent weeks,
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Laying pipe on the seafloor can pose a number of challenges, especially if the water is deep. There are three main ways that subsea pipe is laid: S-lay, J-lay and tow-in. The pipe lay vessel is integral to the success of the installation. Buoyancy affects the pipe lay process. In the water, the pipe weighs
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For engineers who work on pipelines, there are external threats to be aware of and respond to. Lines that cross through hilly or mountainous terrain are susceptible to land movement or subsidence. Studying the terrain and the types of landmass movement is essential for engineers and geologists; they can play a role in determining where
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Even as other industries are swept up in waves of disruption caused by technology, the energy industry has been slow to embrace change. However, the introduction of blockchain promises to speed things up and radically transform the industry’s processes and markets. A blockchain is a growing list of records (called blocks) that are linked using
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Pipelines exist almost everywhere. Natural gas is delivered directly to homes in relatively small-diameter distribution lines buried under the street and even backyards. Larger cross-country transmission pipelines delivering gasoline, home heating oil, or moving crude oil or natural gas are actually easier to find. Nearly the entire mainline pipe is buried, but other pipeline components,
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Let’s take a look at your day. Did you have coffee? Cook lunch? Check messages on your smart phone, tablet, or computer? Call a friend? Take a few snapshots for Instagram? If you did any of these things, then you made use of a product derived from the oil or natural gas transported by transmission
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