OGJ Transportation Report - Sep 27th, 2023
 
 
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September 27, 2023
The US Army Corps of Engineers, under a federal court order to reconsider its approval of the Dakota Access Pipeline’s Missouri River crossing, has issued a list of options including shutdown of the crude oil line, continued operation without change, continued operation with modifications, and a very extensive reroute.
Sempra Infrastructure received US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission authorization to proceed with its 13.5-million tpy Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 expansion project in Jefferson County, Tex.
NextDecade Corp. has contracted ConocoPhillips for heavies removal unit (HRU) technology for Phase 1 of the Rio Grande LNG project in the Port of Brownsville, Tex.
Tellurian Inc., Houston, signed a deal with Baker Hughes to secure equipment for its proposed Driftwood LNG liquefaction plant near Lake Charles, La.
Venture Global LNG plans to increase its nameplate LNG export capacity to more than 100 million tpy from 70 million tpy across its current and future projects in and outside of Louisiana.
Berkshire Hathaway Energy has completed a $3.3-billion deal to acquire Dominion Energy’s 50% limited partnership stake in Cove Point LNG LP, resulting in a total ownership interest of 75%. The ownership interest is held within BHE GT&S LLC.
Chevron Australia has abandoned hopes of reaching an agreement with unions and is opting for a newly enacted legal approach to halt industrial strike at its Gorgon and Wheatstone LNG.
Woodside Energy has let an engineering, procurement, and construction management (EPCm) contract to KBR for work on the Woodside-operated Pluto LNG plant near Karratha, Western Australia.
Deutsche Energy Terminal GMBH—responsible for operating and marketing the capacities of the four floating LNG terminals on the German North Sea coast—is holding its first auction for regasification capacities at the terminals it operates.
bp has entered its third long-term LNG offtake contract from the Woodfibre LNG plant in British Columbia, Canada. With the additional contract, all of the LNG production from the Woodfibre LNG export plant is now committed for sale to bp.
PAO Novatek is preparing to hook up Train 1 of its 19.8-million tpy Arctic LNG 2 liquefaction plant on Russia’s Gydan Peninsula to complete commissioning activities and begin liquefaction operations, the operator said in a late August release.