The construction of a major pipeline replacement project that would carry crude from Canadian oilfields to a refinery in Wisconsin got a major boost on Thursday from the Biden Administration. According to the New York Times, the administration is siding with a prior permitting decision by the Army Corps of Engineers: “Mr. Biden could still
Read More...To stop construction of the Line 3 pipeline replacement project in Minnesota, activists have increasingly argued for environmental justice for Native Americans who live along the route. But recent vandalism against Native-owned businesses suggests those arguments may be more geared toward attracting media attention. The project, which would replace a section of a crude pipeline
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. As usual, emphasis is added. Biden Team Diving Headfirst Into Energy Sheol If you wanted any finer example of the Biden team’s preference for leftist political
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. . … Natural gas industry executives attending a global warming confab tell attendees natural gas is the solution, not the problem. Our friend and guest blogger, Mark Dye, has long been of the mind that the natural gas industry has been asleep at the switch in not aggressively pointing out
Read More...Early last week MDN shared the great news that Enbridge’s Weymouth, Mass. compressor station finally, after years of government delays in building it, went online (see Weymouth, MA Compressor Station Now Online – Will it Stay Online?). As our headline last week teased, the question now is whether or not it will remain online. What
Read More...President Joe Biden’s decision to kill the Keystone XL pipeline has many wondering about other oil and gas infrastructure projects and for good reason. Biden’s decision on Keystone XL showed he would stand with anti-fossil fuel activists rather than science, the voices of prominent labor unions, and the United States’ most vital trading partner. Biden’s
Read More...Finally! The Weymouth compressor station, the final piece of the $452 million Atlantic Bridge expansion project that has been years in the making, is either now online and flowing gas, or will be within a day or two at most. However, given a vote last week by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) questioning whether
Read More...Two weeks ago MDN reported that Enbridge, builder of the Weymouth, Massachusetts compressor station, said the compressor would come online Dec. 4 (see Weymouth, MA Compressor Station Starts Up on Friday, Dec. 4). That didn’t happen. Enbridge now says the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) still needs to lift last-minute restrictions, and that
Read More...On Monday MDN brought you the exciting news that Enbridge’s Weymouth compressor station project, the final piece of the $452 million Atlantic Bridge expansion project, has received permission from the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) to begin operations “in early December” (see Weymouth, MA Compressor Station Gets Greenlight to Start Operating). We
Read More...Jim WillisEditor & Publisher, Marcellus Drilling News (MDN) [Editor’s Note: Enbridge’s Weymouth Compressor Station has been evaluated by PHMSA and found to be safe for renewing its critical operation.] Enbridge’s Weymouth compressor station project, the final piece of the $452 million Atlantic Bridge expansion project, last week received permission from the federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Readers pass along a lot of stuff every week about natural gas, fractivist antics, emissions, renewables, and other news relating to energy. As usual, emphasis is added. Using Solar to Help Power Natural Gas Compressor Stations! Well, this is certainly interesting; a classy gas industry response to renewables:
Read More...In September MDN brought you the news that pipeline company Enbridge is building a solar farm to provide electricity to power (in part) a Texas Eastern Transmission Pipeline Company (TETCO) compressor station in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, which is a first (see Enbridge Using Solar Farm to Power TETCO Compressor Station in NJ). Enbridge has
Read More...Tom ShepstoneShepstone Management Company, Inc. … … Foreign policy belongs in the hands of the President, not governors captured by the demands of fractivists and other special interests. Our friend Dan Markind has a great post up at Forbes that i encourage all readers to check out. It’s about pipelines and the abuse of the
Read More...“It’s dangerous! It’s a killer! It will flow evil, nasty fracked gas! It’ll explode and kill everyone within a mile, and if it doesn’t explode, emissions from the plant will poison everyone around it anyway!” Those are the faux arguments used by radicals in Weymouth, Massachusetts to smear a compressor station built by Enbridge. All
Read More...There’s a new twist in the ongoing situation (a mountain created from a molehill) in Weymouth, Massachusetts. Enbridge built and wants to bring online a compressor station that will push an extra 132,705 Dth/d (132.7 MMcf/d) of natural gas along the Algonquin Gas Transmission pipeline. During testing to bring the compressor station online, Enbridge experienced
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