Politics & Regulation

Africa from space [courtesy of NASA] (© Shutterstock/Capitano Footage)
Africa from space [courtesy of NASA] (© Shutterstock/Capitano Footage)

ECOWAS Validates Host Government Agreement for 7,000 Km African Atlantic Gas Pipeline

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has taken a significant step towards realizing its regional energy security ambitions with the validation of the Host Government Agreement (HGA) for the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline Project (AAGP). 

Flags of India and Nepal (© Adobe Stock/luzitanija)
Flags of India and Nepal (© Adobe Stock/luzitanija)

India and Nepal Strengthen Energy Partnership with B2B Deal Including Oil Pipelines

India and Nepal have taken a significant step towards strengthening their energy partnership by signing a Business-to-Business (B2B) Framework Agreement, which includes plans for several pipeline projects aimed at enhancing petroleum infrastructure in Nepa

Flags of Turkmenistan & Pakistan (© Shutterstock/esfera)
Flags of Turkmenistan & Pakistan (© Shutterstock/esfera)

Turkmenistan and Pakistan Discuss TAPI Pipeline, TAP Power Transmission Projects

Turkmenistan Foreign Minister Rashid Meredov met with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad to discuss the progress of several key bilateral projects, including the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI)

Rendering of a pipleine with the flag of Mexico (© Shutterstock/Ink Drop)
Rendering of a pipleine with the flag of Mexico (© Shutterstock/Ink Drop)

Mexico Push for Gas Pipeline Expansion Amid Rising Demand

Mexico's energy minister Sener has called on the state-owned pipeline manager, Cenagas, to propose new projects to expand the nation's gas storage capacity and connect to privately developed pipelines to meet the country's growing natural gas demand. 

Logo of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration - PHMSA (© PHMSA)
Logo of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration - PHMSA (© PHMSA)

PHMSA Increases Grant Funds Supporting State Pipeline and Underground Gas Storage Safety Programs

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is awarding $85.9 million in grants to states to support pipeline and underground natural gas storage (UNGS) inspection activities carried out by state inspectors covering more than 85 percent of the nation’s 3.3-million-mile pipeline system.

State Seal of the State of South Dakota, in the Black Hills, near Mount Rushmore National Memorial (© Shutterstock/Joseph Sohm)
State Seal of the State of South Dakota, in the Black Hills, near Mount Rushmore National Memorial (© Shutterstock/Joseph Sohm)

South Dakota Lawmakers Push for Black Hills Pipeline Study

A group of South Dakota lawmakers has introduced legislation aimed at advancing a proposed pipeline project to bring water from the Missouri River to the Black Hills region.

 Map of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Pakistan (© Shutterstock/Kent Weakley)
Map of Afghanistan, Turkmenistan and Pakistan (© Shutterstock/Kent Weakley)

Central Asian Nations Deepen Ties with Taliban-Led Afghanistan Over TAPI Pipeline Project

Central Asian countries are increasingly seeking to strengthen their relationships with Afghanistan over the TAPI gas pipeline revival despite the Taliban government's increasingly restrictive policies, p