Inside a Barrel of Crude Oil Many people think of crude oil as a thick, black liquid that is used for gasoline. The reality is that each barrel of oil is refined to be used in a variety of applications that include fuel, cosmetics, plastics, rubber, and candle wax. What is crude oil and what
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Contractors are expected to begin mobilizing equipment and crews in “select areas” in August and September. Trans Mountain Corp. expects to receive additional approvals and permits “over the coming months” and, provided that happens, says the expanded pipeline will be in service by mid-2022. Trans Mountain expects that 4,200 workers will be employed along the
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Landslides are a constant threat to many pipeline sites. Landslides, mudflows, earth slumps, rockfalls, and other types of slope failures threaten job sites in many terrains, not just hills or mountains. They can be fast or slow, wet or dry, small or large, shallow or deep, and reactivated or new. Because of the long, linear
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Oil production in the Permian Basin has surged from less than 1 million barrels per day in 2009 to over 3.5 million barrels per day by the fall of 2018. Production in the Permian basin, the biggest oil-producing region in the United States, has created a bottleneck of sorts for operators trying to bring the
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Increased competition and the rising regulations from the government have driven many of the technological improvements in the pipeline industry in recent years. Ageing pipeline systems are incurring higher operating costs to meet the rigid safety standards. Recent decades have shown a significant drop in pipeline accidents, such as oil spills or leakages, but have
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The U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether to hear the appeal of a case that denied the Atlantic Coast Pipeline permission to cross the Appalachian Trail. Construction on the ACP is on hold, while work continues on the MVP. The court didn’t just reject U.S. Forest Service permits for the ACP to cross the Appalachian
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The operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline is planning to expand capacity without adding more pipeline. The plans include new pumping stations in three states. North Dakota produced 1.39 million barrels of oil per day in April. The record was 1.4 million barrels per day in January. The operator of the Dakota Access Pipeline is
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According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), even as the world embarks on a low carbon pathway to help meet climate change commitments, oil and gas will still be an integral part of our everyday lives for decades to come. The IEA expects demand for oil to grow to 103.5 million barrels of oil per
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