Projects

Jury Out On the Proposed 340 km Palmetto Petroleum Products Pipeline

Kinder Morgan, sponsor of the proposed 340 km Palmetto Petroleum Products Pipeline to be built from South Carolina through the eastern part of Georgia into Florida, suffered another legislative setback this past week when the Georgia Senate denied the company the power to condemn property along the pipeline right-of-way, otherwise known as the right of eminent domain.

Road Is Clear for Trans Adriatic Pipeline to Europe

Coinciding with the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) awarding of contracts last week for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of approximately 760 km of cross-country onshore pipeline in Greece and Albania, the European Commission ruled that the Host Government Agreement between Greece and TAP conformed with EU state aid rules, opening the way for the new gas pipeline to enter Europ

Turkish Stream Sequel: The Southern Gas Pipeline Option to Europe Lives

With the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between Gazprom, Edison SpA and DEPA SA for gas deliveries across the Black Sea from Russia to Greece and ultimately Italy, Russia has signaled its interest in keeping the southern gas route option alive.

Previous recent manifestations of this option, like South Stream and Turkish Stream, have all been discarded for various reasons.

TransCanada Moves Forward With Plans to Construct New 1600 km Crude Oil Pipeline Extension of the Mammoth Energy East Pipeline Project

TransCanada, looking to begin construction on the additional 1600 km crude oil extension of the Energy East Pipeline, has signed a provisional multimillion - dollar order with ABB Canada for the development of 22 electrical houses (e-houses) along the pipeline route which would supply electricity to the pipeline's pumping stations.

[Updated] The US spearheads $18 billion Fundraising Effort for 500-mile Kenyan Oil Pipeline

The U.S. government said this week that it would help Kenya find the estimated $18 billion needed to construct an oil pipeline from Lamu on the Kenyan coast to the oil fields located in an area called the "great rift" in the north of the country.

TransCanada Takes On The US Government Over Keystone XL Pipeline Rejection

TransCanada, the Canadian energy giant aspiring to be the leading energy infrastructure company in North American, has filed suit against the Obama administration for rejecting last November the proposed 2,639-mile cross-border oil pipeline to the U.S. Gulf Coast known as Keystone XL.

270 mile long Aegis Pipeline Begins Operation in Texas and Louisiana

On the last days of 2015 Enterprise Products Partners LP (EPP), a leading North American provider of energy services, began operating the 270 mile, 20 inch diameter Aegis pipeline connecting Beaumont, Texas to the Mississippi River.

The pipeline will transport ethane to more than 20 petrochemical facilities dotting the Texas and Louisiana Coasts.

Landmark Pipeline Investment Agreement Sets the Stage for Interconnector Greece Bulgaria (IGB)

In line with EU energy policy to diversify sources of energy and thereby enhance European energy security, Bulgaria and Greece have signed a landmark natural gas pipeline investment agreement dubbed the Interconnector Greece Bulgaria (IGB) -- the last step in the development process before construction begins.