OGJ Transportation Report - Aug 30th, 2023
 
 
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August 30, 2023
Natural gas deliveries through pipelines to US LNG export plants, known as LNG feed gas, averaged 12.8 bcfd in first-half 2023.
US natural gas pipeline exports to Mexico for June 2023 reached a record daily average of 6.8 bcfd, according to data provided by Wood Mackenzie and the US Energy Information Administration.
The US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has dismissed three lingering lawsuits against the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a project under construction that will transmit natural gas from West Virginia to Eastern US markets.
Cheniere Energy Inc. subsidiary Cheniere Marketing LLC agreed to a long-term liquefied natural gas deal with BASF.
Groups representing the natural gas industry filed comments Aug. 16 that warned of fundamental flaws of legal authority and practical details in a proposed rule on gas pipeline leak detection and repair published by PHMSA.
Equitrans Midstream expects construction of the 350-MMcfd Ohio Valley Connector expansion (OVCX) project to begin soon, on target for incremental capacity in-service by first-half 2024.
Commonwealth LNG LLC has partnered with Kimmeridge Energy Management Co. LLC to advance development of its 9.3-million tonne/year (tpy) liquefaction plant in Cameron Parish, La.
Plains All American has added to its Permian basin crude oil gathering asset portfolio and has sanctioned a partial expansion of its NGL debottlenecking project in Canada.
Magellan Midstream Partners LP, Tulsa, has completed construction of the new pipeline set to expand the company’s refined petroleum products pipeline system from the Houston area to El Paso, Tex., to a new capacity of about 100,000 b/d.
Enbridge Inc. will begin construction of the Rio Bravo Pipeline now that NextDecade Corp. reached a final investment decision to proceed with its Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) plant, the company said as part of its Aug. 4 earnings report.
Pembina Pipeline received its LNG facility permit from the BC Energy Regulator for development of the proposed 3-million tpy Cedar LNG plant, a partnership between the Haisla Nation and Pembina Pipeline on the Douglas Channel in Kitimat, BC.
Shell (China) Ltd. has signed medium- and long-term agreements with China Oil & Gas Pipeline Network Corp. (PipeChina) for use of the latter’s LNG terminals.