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Oil and gas exploration in the Permian Basin (© Shutterstock/G B Hart)
Oil and gas exploration in the Permian Basin (© Shutterstock/G B Hart)

Evolution Pipeline System To Recycle More Than 500,000 Barrels Per Day Of Produced Water

XRI, the leading full-cycle water management and produced water midstream company established in 2013 and headquartered in Houston, Texas, has begun construction of a new Permian Basin water pipeline system

Crude oil spill on sand (© Shutterstock/Pix One)
Crude oil spill on sand (© Shutterstock/Pix One)

Keystone Pipeline Remains Offline After Biggest Oil Spill In Operating History

With other pipelines between Canada and the United States at near capacity, there is no wiggle room to transport more oil to offset the approximately 600 000 barrels taken away by the rupture in the Keystone pipeline.

TC Energy logo at the head office in Calgary, Canada (© Shutterstock/Brett Holmes)
TC Energy logo at the head office in Calgary, Canada (© Shutterstock/Brett Holmes)

Tar Sands Oil Spill in the United States Shuts Down the Keystone Pipeline

Canada's TC Energy, a leading North American energy company based in Calgary, Canada and operator of the infamous Keystone Oil Pipeline, said over the weekend that it had shut the 622,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) pipeline because of a tar sands oil spill.

Logo of Gasunie infront of the website (© Shutterstock/T. Schneider)
Logo of Gasunie infront of the website (© Shutterstock/T. Schneider)

Gasunie To Bring Hydrogen To Shore With North Sea Pipeline Network

Dutch gas grid operator Gasunie will oversee development of a hydrogen network in the North Sea, noted the Netherlands Energy Minister Rob Jetten in a letter to parliament.

Part of the ambitious project is the conversion of much of the Netherlands' natural gas network to hydrogen over the coming decade.

Hydrogen molecule (© Shutterstock/Corona Borealis Studio)
Hydrogen molecule (© Shutterstock/Corona Borealis Studio)

Germany Seeking "A Boom" in Hydrogen Energy

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action said in a strategy paper over the weekend that Germany plans to develop an 1800-km hydrogen energy pipeline by 2027.

The paper also envisages Germany fostering the use of blue hydrogen and importing it during a transition period towards green hydrogen.

Flag of NATO - the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (© Shutterstock/railway fx)
Flag of NATO - the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (© Shutterstock/railway fx)

NATO To Create New Security Environment for Subsea Pipelines

Given what several NATO country-members see as a growing threat to critical maritime infrastructure, Germany and Norway will formally ask NATO to coordinate efforts to protect undersea pipelines and other such infrastructure, some two months after explosions ripped holes in the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines, disabling them.

The Lubyanka, headquarter of the FSB in Moscow (© Shutterstock/Felix Lipov)
The Lubyanka, headquarter of the FSB in Moscow (© Shutterstock/Felix Lipov)

Yet Another Russian Gas Pipeline Under Attack?

In a statement that raised eyebrows among European pipeliners, Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said last Thursday that it had prevented Ukrainian special services from carrying out what it said was sabotage on the 'South Stream' gas pipeline.

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

Multibillion Dollar Pipeline Expansion Project Approved By Enbridge

Enbridge, the international pipeline company based in Calgary, Alberta Canada, has approved the expansion of the southern segment of its British Columbia pipeline system, a project that would cost up to $2.65 billion after strong demand from crude oil producers.