Infrastructure
Natural Gas , Infrastructure
Texas Adopts Rules for Natural Gas, Power Coordination after February Freeze
The rules are the latest in a series of federal and state measures to prevent a repeat of the disruption caused by February’s Winter Storm Uri, which left around 4.5 million homes and businesses in Texas without power and heat.
Infrastructure , Construction , Pipelines
Michigan Drops Federal Case Against Enbridge Oil Pipeline
Governor Gretchen Whitmer said in a statement that she still opposes Enbridge Inc.’s Line 5 oil pipeline, a 59-year-old oil pipeline delivering crude and refined products from Superior, Wisconsin, to Sarnia, Ontario, via Michigan.
Infrastructure , Midstream
Regulator Rejects Enbridge Plan to Sell Oil Pipeline Space under Contract
Enbridge planned to sell 90% of space under long-term contracts on the Mainline, Canada’s longest oil pipeline system which moves oil from Western Canada to refineries in Eastern Canada and the U.S. Midwest.
Legislation , Infrastructure , Emissions , Energy Transition
Carbonic Convergence? Analyst Details Profit Potential in Carbon Capture
As the price of carbon rises and the cost of CCS falls, there could be money to be made in keeping CO2 out of the atmosphere.
Infrastructure , Pipelines
Enbridge Line 5 Oil Pipeline Case with Michigan to Be Heard in Federal Court
Last month the Canadian government, which intervened in the court case in support of Enbridge, invoked a 1977 pipeline treaty with the U.S. to trigger negotiations between Ottawa and Washington over the pipeline’s fate.
Infrastructure , Energy Transition
US Energy Dept to Hire 1,000 Workers in Infrastructure Boost
For the development of new technologies, the bipartisan bill includes more than $7 billion in incentives for producing, sourcing and recycling minerals and materials for batteries to store renewable power.
Infrastructure , Pipelines
White House: US is Not Considering Shutting Down Enbridge Pipeline
Line 5 is at the center of a long-running environmental dispute between Calgary, Alberta-based Enbridge and the state of Michigan that has embroiled the Canadian and U.S. governments.
Investment , Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) , Natural Gas , Infrastructure , Energy Transition , ESG , Tankers , Construction
Stall No Longer: US LNG Export Projects Urgently Need to Be Funded and Built
Cut off from capital, these projects are needed in a world at risk of stumbling badly through the energy transition.
Crude Oil , Legislation , Infrastructure
Oil Approaches $84 as Lifting of US Travel Ban Boosts Demand
The price of Brent has risen over 60% this year and hit $86.70, a three-year high, on Oct. 25, supported by supply restraint by OPEC+ and recovering demand.
Natural Gas , Trade , Infrastructure
Opinion: No Need to Panic about Natural Gas
Pierre Noël of Columbia University’s Center on Global Energy Policy argues that European governments should not overreact to soaring natural gas prices.