With winter quickly approaching the Pakistani Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Resources Jam Kamal Khan said the 30 km Jacobabad-Shikarpur gas pipeline would be completed soon and suggested it would be done before this year's winter sets in.
The new Trudeau government in Canada will decide the fate of Northern Gateway, a highly complex $6 billion project to build a 1177 km twin pipeline from Bruderheim, Alberta to Kitimat, British Columbia, by 25 November 2016.
Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP), a joint project by BP, SOCAR, Snam, Fluxys, Enagas and Axpo to complete the most western section of the Southern Gas Corridor, began laying the first of its 13,000 pipes along the 215 km route in Albania.
The prospective 3500 km Caspian Sea - Italy natural gas pipeline known as the Southern Gas Corridor is coming under increased criticism from European environmental and human rights groups for being at odds with EU climate change and human rights goals.
UAE's historical antipathy toward Iran may force the country to reroute the prospective underwater gas pipeline from Iran to Oman and thus raise the cost of the project from an estimated $1 billion to $1.5 billion.
Defying the odds, Israelis and Palestinians have agreed to move forward together in the construction of a natural gas pipeline in the Gaza Strip to provide power and ultimately water resources for the beleaguered enclave.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan met recently to patch up their bilateral relationship and revive the on again off again Turkish Stream pipeline project, presenting Russia with another opening to export its natural gas to western Europe.
A 1,100-mile pipeline, dubbed Dakota Access and estimated to cost $3.7 billion, is nearly halfway complete. It would carry more than 400 000 barrels of crude oil per day to the Bakken region in western North Dakota across South Dakota and Iowa and ultimately connecting with an existing pipeline in Illinois.
The Field Products and Service line of ROSEN will provide effective equipment for pre-commissioning activities to SPIECAPAG (France) by suppling 48’’ pre-commissioning tools, tracking equipment, as well as accessories to be used for the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP).
Malaysia’s SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad has won a major contract to construct the Transanatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) project. Worth 510 Malaysian Ringgit, or $127 million, SapuraKencana makes its entry into Europe with one of the largest pipeline construction projects to date. The offshore section of TANAP will be stretched 18 km across the Canakkale Strait.
The controversial 1830 km, 30 inch diameter Bakken oil pipeline has at long last gotten a green light, as The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers granted final permits for the project on July 26. It was the final regulatory hurdle for the project, which received other necessary permits by the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and the Iowa Utilities Board earlier this year.
Calgary-based Enbridge Inc. and partner companies have agreed to buy about 37 per cent of the Bakken pipeline project from Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P.
Slovakia’s Minister of Economy Peter Ziga and Bulgaria’s State Secretary of Ministry of Energy Zeco Stantov were present at the informal Council meeting held in Bratislava on July 13 were both the Energy Ministers signed the Eastring pipeline project’s Memorandum of Understanding. This marks an expression of strong political support for the pipeline project’s effective implementation.
Water Midstream Partners, LLC has recently completed the commercial saltwater pipeline extension project’s southern extension in Midland County. This new pipeline system connects gas and oil wells inside and nearby the Midland city to the Saltwater Disposal Well on the Nadine and Tom Craddick Highway’s northern portion.
On Friday, July 15, the European Union Member States confirm their support for the proposal of important European energy infrastructure projects worth €263 million by the European Commission. In the gas sector, the European grants will cover the construction of the Balticconnector pipeline (EU support €187.5 million). It is the first gas pipeline linking Estonia to Finland.