U.S. Senator Joe Manchin said Aug. 1 that he secured a commitment from President Joe Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi to allow the long-delayed Mountain Valley to be completed.
Allen, Texas-based CapturePoint currently has EOR operations, which injects carbon into old wells to boost production, and carbon pipelines.
A poll commissioned by natural gas producer EQT Corp. found that a majority of American voters across all parties are in favor of increasing natural gas production and infrastructure across the country.
Both FERC and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration said they would not allow the Freeport LNG export facility to return to service until they approve the restart.
Marathon Petroleum’s Trans-Foreland Pipeline unit said it has yet to make a final investment decision to build the Kenai LNG export project in Alaska because of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine.
Venture Global LNG received permission to add to its existing 70 mtpa of LNG export capacity in operation, construction or development in Louisiana with nine blocks producing approximately 1.3 million tonnes per annum of natural gas.
Venture Global LNG has said it planned to make a FID to build CP2, to be located on the Calcasieu Ship Channel in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, in mid-2023 with first LNG expected in 2026.
“Our control center immediately shut in the line and the area was secured,” Energy Transfer said in an emailed statement. No injuries were reported from the explosion and fire.
Northern Access, which includes a 99-mile (159-km) pipeline, is designed to deliver about 0.49 Bcf/d of gas from the Marcellus shale in Pennsylvania to New York.
“Continued operation of Freeport’s LNG export facility without corrective measures may pose an integrity risk to public safety, property or the environment,” the U.S. PHMSA said in its preliminary report.