Black Bear inks Cotton Valley gathering & processing pact

Black Bear Midstream said Tuesday it’s entered into a seven-year gas gathering and processing agreement with an unnamed Cotton Valley producer in Louisiana’s Desoto and Caddo parishes, Kallanish Energy reports. Black Bear will build roughly 20 miles of 16-inch, rich gas gathering pipeline west of its DeSoto Parish, 140 million cubic feet per day cryogenic processing

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Kinder sues Texas suburb over anti-pipeline ordinance

Houston pipeline operator Kinder Morgan has sued a suburb of the Texas capital city of Austin over passage of an ordinance the company alleges is designed to keep its proposed Permian Highway natural gas pipeline out of town — despite the route being approved by state regulators. In a lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District

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US OCTG prices stay stuck in bear market

The slow on-going recovery for US steel prices is unlikely to affect the oil country tubular goods market for the foreseeable future, Kallanish hears from market sources. While skelp is posting steady gains on the back of domestic mill increases, real demand is holding all energy tubulars back, says one Gulf Coast trader. Kallanish held its representative

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Delek says gas exports to Egypt by year’s end

Israel’s Delek Drilling said it has completed testing of a subsea natural gas pipeline to Egypt, but commercial sales by June 30 did not occur as originally projected, Kallanish Energy understands. Delek and its partner, the U.S.’s Noble Energy, signed a deal early in 2018 to export $15 billion in natural gas from Israeli offshore gas fields

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Dominion withdraws natgas project, blames Ferc

Dominion Energy Transmission on Friday withdrew its application filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for the $48 million, 120 million cubic feet per day (Mmcf/d) Sweden Valley pipeline expansion, Kallanish Energy reports. The transmission arm of Dominion Energy blamed Ferc, saying delay at the commission harmed the project, and the unnamed shipper on the

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Chisholm O&G, Gastar Exploration merging

A pair of independent producers, Chisholm Oil and Gas of Oklahoma, and Gastar Exploration of Houston, which exited Chapter 11 just five months ago, announced Wednesday they’re merging, Kallanish Energy reports. No pricetag was placed on the deal. The combined company, which will operate under the name Chisholm Oil and Gas and be headquartered in Oklahoma,

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US line pipe prices sink again

U.S. line pipe prices sunk in May, Kallanish Energy’s sister publication, Kallanish, learns from analyst Pipe Logix. Average U.S. line pipe prices fell by 1.5% from April to May, reaching a combined $1,757/short ton at the distribution level. Domestic prices fell by 1.5%, to $1,930/st, while import prices fell by 1.4%, to $1,584/st. Pipe Logix

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Meritage launches open season for Thunder Creek extension

Meritage Midstream Services II said Monday its Thunder Creek NGL Pipeline subsidiary launched a binding open season to support construction of a 140-mile extension to its existing natural gas liquids pipeline, Kallanish Energy reports. The extension will facilitate transportation of Ngls from two processing plants located in Wyoming’s Campbell and Converse counties, to an interconnection

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Pipeline explosion forces producer into bankruptcy

A natural gas explosion last September in a pipeline not yet in service has led to an independent producer backed by Goldman Sachs’s private equity arm and the Ontario Teachers Pension Fund filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Kallanish Energy reports. EdgeMarc Energy Holdings plans to sell all of its assets, the company said Wednesday, blaming an

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Columbia reaches settlement concerning gas explosions

The three municipalities affected by last September’s gas explosions have reached an $80 million settlement with local gas distribution company Columbia Gas of Massachusetts, Kallanish Energy reports. Of that amount, 50% will go to Lawrence, 30% to Andover and 20% to North Andover. The utility has already paid $67.1 million of the total settlement amount to

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North Dakota regulator approves 77-mile line

The North Dakota Public Service Commission this week approved a siting permit for a $125 million, 77-mile natural gas liquids pipeline in northwest North Dakota, Kallanish Energy learns. Oneok Bakken Pipeline LLC received a permit to construct a pipeline starting at the Demicks Lake natural gas processing plant in McKenzie County, North Dakota, extending southwest

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Tallgrass announces open season for Pony Express lateral

Tallgrass Energy Wednesday announced the Hereford Project, roughly 30 miles of new pipeline, plus expanded capacity on the Pony Express system, Kallanish Energy reports. The new project is designed to support crude oil production in northern Weld County, Colorado, near the Wyoming-Colorado border. Sufficient interest arose during Pony Express’ existing open season for expansion capacity from

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Rangeland Midstream Canada announces pipeline project

Rangeland Energy III’s Rangeland Midstream Canada unit Tuesday announced plans to design, construct and operate new crude oil and condensate pipelines in the Marten Hills region of north central Alberta, Kallanish Energy reports. The Marten Hills Pipeline System will extend roughly 52.8 miles and include crude oil and condensate pipelines and related facilities. The system

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Engie, Caisse to buy Petrobras pipe unit for $8.6B

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) agreed to sell its 90% stake in a Brazilian natural gas pipeline company to France’s Engie SA and Canadian pension fund Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec for $8.6 billion. Engie and Caisse won the bidding war for the unit, Transportadora Associada de Gas, known as Tag, beating out Australia’s Macquarie

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Governor approves review of Mass. natgas lines

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has signed legislation funding an examination of the state’s natural gas distribution system, a move prompted by recent gas pipeline explosions, Kallanish Energy reports. In September, gas explosions and resulting fires in the state’s Merrimack Valley killed one person, injured at least 24, and damaged or destroyed more than 100 homes,

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