Check out this time-lapse video of a lengthy construction project we started in January 2020 and completed in March 2020. Background: Several pipelines cross a river in Conroe, Texas. A sandpit had expanded over time, and heavy flow had degraded the bed of the channel and eroded the banks, exposing and suspending the pipelines.
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A seven-year dispute has ended in an agreement by Trans Mountain Pipeline to reroute its expansion project by building a bypass around a native rights sore spot in southern British Columbia (BC). The deal, filed with the Canada Energy Regulator, charts the new course to avoid risking contamination of a subterranean aquifer tapped by the
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GlobalData’s latest thematic report, “Augmented Reality in Oil and Gas,” highlights the increasing adoption of augmented reality (AR) technology in the oil and gas industry. AR is still evolving as a technology in the oil and gas industry and has the potential to disrupt the traditional operational functions over the next three to five years.
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Some of the largest pipeline operators in the U.S. have started to offer sweeter deals for crude oil shipment to producers as the midstream sector vies to curb its losses and keep its relevance amid the oil demand and production decline. Pipeline companies, including Magellan Midstream Partners, Enterprise Product Partners, and Energy Transfer, have cut
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Black Bear Transmission LLC (Black Bear) announced it has sold off all the assets owned by Ozark Gas Gathering, L.L.C. (OGG) to an undisclosed buyer. This sell-off follows two bolt-on acquisitions completed by Black Bear this year: the purchase of the Ozark Gas Transmission and Gathering systems from Enbridge in April 2020 and the NGT
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After a winter hiatus in construction that stretched into the spring, summer, and fall, builders of the Mountain Valley Pipeline say they are ready to return. In a letter filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) late Tuesday, an attorney for the joint venture of energy companies requested that a stop-work order issued last
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Shell plans to resume oil and gas exploration in Alaskan Arctic offshore waters for the first time since 2015, according to exploration plans filed with the state Sept. 17. The company seeks state approval to form an exploration unit covering 86,400 acres and 18 Alaska Beaufort Sea state offshore leases held by Shell. The company
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The Dakota Access oil pipeline will continue operating at least until the end of the year when a federal court will be ready to rule on a lawsuit demanding that the pipeline be shut down. December 2020 is the earliest time the court will be able to make a decision after reviewing all relevant documentation,
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Energy Transfer LP expects to have expanded capacity available on its embattled Dakota Access crude oil pipeline by the third quarter of next year, it said on Tuesday in a presentation to investors, Reuters reported. The Dallas-based pipeline operator plans to roughly double the amount of crude oil that can flow through the 570,000-barrel-per-day Dakota
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President Donald Trump signed an executive order extending for 10 years (until 2032) a moratorium on expansion of oil and gas exploration in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the site of a massive military test range and a vital part of Florida’s tourism economy. In addition to the eastern Gulf of Mexico, Trump’s moratorium also
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