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As of the end of March, construction on the 670-km Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline was nearly 87% complete, according to an update from TC Energy.

Enterprise Products Partners (EPD.N), a pipeline and storage company, has reported a slight increase in its crude oil pipeline volumes for the first quarter of the year.

Reuters reported yesterday the growth was aided by the surge in production in the top U.S. shale basin, citing a statement made by the company on Tuesday, May 2.

A suspected lightning strike during severe storms occurring this past Friday caused a fire at TC Energy's Corinth natural gas compressor station in Mississippi, prompting the company to declare Force Majeure on its 5419-km Columbia Gulf pipeline.

"No one was injured in the incident, and the fire has now been extinguished," TC Energy said in a press release.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) has invested more than $1 billion in the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project, one of the largest projects undertaken by the company in recent years.

The 614-kilometer AKK gas pipeline project will transport natural gas from Ajaokuta in Kogi State to Kaduna and Kano states.

Xcel Energy, Minneapolis based operator of nearly 58,000-km of natural gas pipelines in the United States and providing  a comprehensive portfolio of energy-related products and services to 3.7 million electricity customers and 2.1 million natural gas customers, is looking to inject and blend hydrogen into its 36,000-mile distribution pipeline and 2,000 miles of transmission pipeline.

Seven companies, including bp, Gasunie, Nowega, NWO, Salzgitter, Thyssengas, and Uniper, have formed an alliance to develop hydrogen projects in northwest Germany, Salzgitter Ag reported on Tuesday, April 25.

On the lookout to enhance its market offering in China, Russia is considering supplying natural gas to China by a pipeline from companies other than Kremlin-controlled Gazprom, which currently has the monopoly for Russian pipeline gas exports, an Energy Ministry official said on Tuesday.

The first batch of Kazakh oil from the Tengiz field via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline was shipped from Turkey's Ceyhan Port on April 22, according to News.Az.

Russia plans to significantly ramp up its gas export to China by year-end, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak announced on the Rossiya-1 television channels, Opera News reported on Monday, citing Russian news agency TASS.

According to a report published on Opera News, Russia will increase pipeline gas shipments to China by 50% this year, totaling 22 billion cubic meters.

Indradhanush Gas Grid Limited (IGGL), on Friday, April 21,  accomplished the arduous task of laying a 24-inch diameter hydrocarbon pipeline beneath the Brahmaputra River through the Horizontal Direction Drilling (HDD) method, The Meghalayan reported on Saturday, April 22.

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Chad's nationalization of the 1000-km oil pipeline between Chad and Cameroon has led to a full-blown legal and diplomatic crisis between the two neighboring African countries, coming on the heels of ExxonMobil's decision to divest from its hydrocarbon operations in December of last year.

Nearly one year ago, PG&E submitted its annual emissions data to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Using 2015 emissions levels as a baseline value, the data demonstrated that PG&E had reached more than 24% emissions reductions by mid-year 2022, with an additional 5% forecast by the end of 2023.

Iraq was upbeat two weeks ago after an International Court of Arbitration called on Ankara to pay Baghdad $1.5 billion for unauthorized exports by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) between 2014 and 2018. Since the ruling Ankara has stopped the export of 450,000 bpd through the Ceyhan port and is seeking to negotiate the $1.5 billion award. Ankara and Baghdad seem to be at an impasse.

The German steel pipe manufacturer EUROPIPE GmbH sold its US production company, the Berg Pipe Group, to Borusan Mannesmann Pipe US Inc., a subsidiary of Borusan Mannesmann Holding AS based in Turkey.

Nigeria's National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) is set to invest $12.5 billion to secure a 50 percent equity stake in the $25 billion Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline project.

The investment plan follows the resolution of a lingering Production Sharing Contract (PSC) by parties involved in the project.

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohanned Shia al - Sudani and Masrour Barzani, prime minister of Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdish region reached a final deal yesterday to resume oil exports from northern Iraq via the 970-km Kirkuk - Ceyhan oil pipeline.

Amplify Energy, the pipeline operator responsible for the spill that leaked about 25,000 gallons of oil into the ocean off Huntington Beach in October 2021, announced on Monday, April 10 that it was refilling the pipeline and plans to resume operations this month, the Orange County Register reported on Monday.

China's state-owned oil and gas company Sinopec has announced plans to construct a 400km pipeline to transfer green hydrogen from renewable energy projects in China's northwestern Inner Mongolia region to cities in the country's east, Reuters reported on Monday, April 10, 2023.

The state pipeline company of Kazakhstan, Kaztransoil, announced last Friday that it would boost the country's monthly oil export to Germany via Russia's Druzhba pipeline.

The National Iranian Gas Company's engineering subsidiary, led by Reza Noshadi, on Tuesday, gave updates on the progress of a 200-kilometre gas pipeline from Minab to Kuhmobarak on the Sea of Oman.

According to the reports, the pipeline is expected to increase the gas supply to domestic customers in the region while demonstrating Iran's ability to supply gas to Oman.

Mountain Valley pipeline faces another setback after the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a water permit necessary for the development of the $6.2 billion pipeline in West Virginia.

U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) will announce a historic $196 million in grants for 37 projects spread across 19 of the United States of America.

This new grant program helps improve public safety, protect public health, and reduce methane emissions from natural gas distribution pipes.

Hungary is set to begin paying Ukraine for the transit of Russian crude oil via the Ukrainian section of the Druzhba pipeline to ensure an uninterrupted oil supply, MENAFN reported on the 2nd April, citing a report from Reuters.

The pipeline responsible for the oil spill in Poole Harbour has been successfully sealed, with cleaning operations ongoing, Bournemouth Daily Echo reported on Sunday.

According to a statement issued by the Poole Harbour Commissioners on April 2, the clean-up operation has been ongoing since the incident, with pipeline excavation work continuing over the weekend.