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 Connecting Pipe Sections Above Water (copyright by Nord Stream 2)
Connecting Pipe Sections Above Water (copyright by Nord Stream 2)

Pipe Laying Work On Nord Stream 2 Commences Again In The Baltic

Undeterred by the threat of punitive sanctions if work on Nord Stream 2 resumes, the construction of the last hundred plus meters of the gas pipeline on the seabed of the Baltic picked up again after a one year hiatus.

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Hydrogen molecules (copyright by Shutterstock/Anusorn Nakdee)

Commercial Use of Hydrogen Looms Large With the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline

The Pipeline Technology Journal (PTJ) has made several references the past weeks to European pipeliners looking into the possibility of transporting hydrogen through the existing network of gas pipelines crisscrossing Europe.

View of the sea and the end of a pipeline from inside of a pipeline (copyright by Adobe Stock/Luka)
View of the sea and the end of a pipeline from inside of a pipeline (copyright by Adobe Stock/Luka)

The Canadian Keystone XL Siren Song

Keystone XL, first proposed over 12 years ago and given little chance for completion with the incoming and generally anti - fossil fuel Joe Biden administration, is pulling out all the stops in one last ditch effort to make its ultimate demise politically impossible. 

Snam Headquarters - San Donato Milanese (copyright by Snam)
Snam Headquarters - San Donato Milanese (copyright by Snam)

Italian Gas Pipeline Operator Sets Ambitious Goal

Italy’s Snam SpA, one of Europe’s largest gas pipeline operators, has set a net zero emissions target for 2040 to be achieved with an increased investment in green energy and hydrogen projects. In its 2020 to 2024 strategic plan, this Italian operator will invest €7.4 billion which is €1 billion more, for its energy transition.

Company nameplate at the Hamburg office of DNV GL (copyright by Shutterstock/Hieronymus Ukkel)
Company nameplate at the Hamburg office of DNV GL (copyright by Shutterstock/Hieronymus Ukkel)

Den Norske Veritas - Germanischer Lloyd Opts Out of Nord Stream 2

Den Norske Veritas - Germanischer Lloyd (DNV GL), the acclaimed international accredited registrar and classification society headquartered in Norway and frequent and valuable participant in the annual Berlin Pipeline Technology Conference, has announced that it has had to stop working on Nord Stream 2 under the threat of US sanctions.

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Russia-China pipeline (copyright by Adobe Stock/alexmlx)

The China-Russia East Natural Gas Pipeline Brings Environmental Dividends

One of the worst polluted places in China (and hence the world) will likely become much less so when the middle portion of the 1,100-km China-Russia East natural gas pipeline is put into operation as it reaches its end point in the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region of northern China.

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Pipeline in the mountains (copyright by Shutterstock/BILD LLC)

Growing concern by Canada’s Energy regulator

There is growing concern by Canada’s Energy regulator for the financial viability of two major pipeline projects. The first is the Trans Mountain expansion project and the second concerns construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. The annual Energy Futures report concludes that as Canada adopts stricter climate change policies, there will be less need for new natural gas transport capacity.

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Data analysis chart (copyright by Shutterstock/Vintage Tone)

Australia raises from 4th to third place in Ernst & Young’s (EY) index

Ernst & Young’s (EY) latest bi-annual Renewable Energy Country Attractiveness Index measuring investment in renewable energy by 40 countries has raised Australia from 4th to third place, behind China and the United States. The improvement in Australia’s ranking owes much to its planned investment in green hydrogen and solar energy export projects.

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Pipeline construction (copyright by AdobeStock/Sergii Ryzhkov )

Western Australia gets the go-ahead for the construction of a 580 km pipeline

Western Australia gets the go-ahead for the construction of a 580 km pipeline, costing $460 million, which will connect the Western Perth onshore gas production basin with mining customers in the Midwestern and goldfields regions of Western Australia.

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A man in a business suit offers money (copyright by Shutterstock/Oleksandrum)

AfDB and Uganda grant $1 million to boost East African Crude Oil Pipeline

The African Development Bank and the government of Uganda have signed an agreement to each provide $500,000 of finance for micro, small and medium sized private enterprises along the East African Crude Oil pipeline (ECOP). Grants to local businesses along the route could help them access new market opportunities and help build links with regional, national and international companies.

Enbridge energy logo on the website homepage (copyright by Shutterstock/Casimiro PT)
Enbridge energy logo on the website homepage (copyright by Shutterstock/Casimiro PT)

Enbridge Turns to the Federal Court To Keep Line 5 Petroleum Pipeline Running

Enbridge, the Canadian energy giant, is suing the state of Michigan in federal court in an attempt to stop state governor Gretchen Whitmer's quest to shut down the company's Line 5 petroleum pipeline over safety concerns.

The Pioneering Spirit during the laying of the pipeline in Swedish waters(Copyright: Axel Schmidt / Nord Stream 2)
The Pioneering Spirit during the laying of the pipeline in Swedish waters(Copyright: Axel Schmidt / Nord Stream 2)

Nord Stream 2: It Appears Reports of Its Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Against all odds Nordstream 2, which for the past nearly 12 months looked as if it was literally dead in the water, is scheduled to resume construction on the last 120-km of the disputed pipeline on 5 December.

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Bridge with pipelines (copyright by Shutterstock/tcly)

Europe's "Last Dictator" Throws Down the Pipeline Gauntlet

Amid sizable and protracted street demonstrations calling for the head of Alexandr Lukashenko, Bylorussia's leader, the last thing Lukaschenko needs is to provoke a spat over increased Druzhba pipeline tariffs with the giant Russian bear to his east.

Rosen Group logo (copyright by Rosen)
Rosen Group logo (copyright by Rosen)

ROSEN Entering A New Frontier With Its Online Pipeline Cleaning Shop

The ROSEN Group, the world's premier pipeline integrity company with operations around the world, has launched the ROSEN Pipeline Cleaning Shop accessible through a click on your computer for customers in the United States ... for the time being.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Headquarters in Washington, DC (copyright by Shutterstock/Mark Van Scyoc)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Headquarters in Washington, DC (copyright by Shutterstock/Mark Van Scyoc)

FERC Proposes Guidance on Oil Pipeline Carrier Contracts with Affiliates

America’s energy market regulator, known as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), has issued a suggested policy statement providing guidance for oil and petroleum products pipeline operators, concerning tariff rates and terms of conditions related to affiliate contracts.

Sunset on pipeline (Adobe Stock/tomas)
Sunset on pipeline (Adobe Stock/tomas)

Turkey's gas imports up 6.5% in August

Last August, Turkey imported a total of 3.35 billion cubic metres (BCM) of natural gas shared between 2.76 BCM of pipeline gas and 59 1,000,000 m³ of LNG (liquid natural gas). Year-on-year, imports of piped gas increased by 17.7% whilst LNG imports fell by 26.1% according to the country’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority’s monthly gas report.

Joe Biden on January 07, 2020 (copyright by Shutterstock/Ron Adar)
Joe Biden on January 07, 2020 (copyright by Shutterstock/Ron Adar)

Biden Presidency Imperils Key Oil Pipelines

There is much media speculation that the incoming administration of President-elect Joe Biden will result in delays or abandonment of new pipeline projects. Pipeline projects will depend less on government’s energy policies and more on the state of the oil and gas industry and market demand.

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Moody's Investor Services sign outside 7 World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan (copyright by Shutterstock/Daniel J. Macy)

Moody's Chequered Review of the Pipeline Industry

Moody's, the leading global credit rating, research and risk analysis firm, said that the financial outlook for pipeline companies worldwide is improving due to a steadying in oil and natural gas markets.

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Chemical plant for the production of ammonia (copyright by Shutterstock/saoirse2013)

The Development of Green Ammonia and the Future of Energy Transport

"So why the roundabout way to ammonia," muses Angela Kruth, press secretary for Project Campfire at the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Research and Technology in Greifswald, Germany?

Map of the states and countries around the Great Lakes (copyright by Shutterstock/Weredragon)
Map of the states and countries around the Great Lakes (copyright by Shutterstock/Weredragon)

Great Lakes Pipeline Take Two

Against a political backdrop of heightened public awareness of the risks Canadian tar sands oil spills might carry for  human health and the environment, Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer took legal action this past Friday to shut down a pipeline that transports oil beneath the channel that links two of the Great Lakes.

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Boardwalk Pipelines logo (copyright by Boardwalk Pipelines)

Boardwalk Pipelines Focuses on Values Distinguishing The Great from the Average

Pipeline companies, like all organizations coping with the exigencies of the Corona virus, are entertaining new ideas to carry themselves through the rough patch.  Boardwalk Pipelines is one such company from Houston, Texas.