Photo from Trans Mountain.
Mountain 3 Horizontal Directional Drill pullback in the Fraser Valley between Hope and Chilliwack, BC.
Pipelines

Trans Mountain expects commercial operation of expanded pipeline system in May

April 3, 2024
Trans Mountain expects to begin commercial operation of its 590,000-b/d crude oil pipeline expansion on May 1, 2024, and anticipates providing service for all contracted volumes...
US Government Accountability Office.
Government Accountability Office.
Government

GAO says gas pipeline regulator needs to do more to implement safety regulations

April 3, 2024
The US PHMSA issued rules in 2019 and 2022 to strengthen natural gas transmission safety regulations, but it does not have adequate plans for implementing them, the Government...
Pipelines

Extension granted to transfer OCP to Petroecuador

April 3, 2024
Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados (OCP) Ecuador SA has been granted an extension to transfer to state control the 488-km OCP onshore oil pipeline by Ecuador's ministry of oil and mines...
Photo from GASCADE Gastransport GmbH.
Gas compressor station Eischleben.
Pipelines

Wintershall Dea sells WIGA stake to SEFE

March 27, 2024
Wintershall Dea has agreed to sell its stake in WIGA Transport Beteiligungs-GmbH & Co. KG and WIGA Verwaltungs-GmbH to SEFE Securing Energy for Europe GmbH.
Pipelines

Enbridge enters JV to combine Whistler, Rio Bravo natural gas assets

March 26, 2024
Enbridge Inc. has entered into a definitive agreement with WhiteWater/ I Squared and MPLX LP to form a joint venture to expand the natural gas value chain in the Permian basin...