TransCanada gets Keystone XL win in Texas

A state judge in Texas ruled that Canadian pipeline company TransCanada can move ahead with pipeline construction in the south of the state. TransCanada aims to build its Keystone XL pipeline to carry oil derived from oil sands operations in Alberta. Part of the U.S. section of the project would move crude oil across southeastern […]

Natural Gas Pipelines to Expand U.S. Supply

Natural gas pipelines coming into service by year end may boost deliveries from the Marcellus shale deposit in the U.S. Northeast by 30 percent, extending a supply glut that helped send prices to decade lows. As much as 2 billion cubic feet of gas a day are set to flow from the lines in Pennsylvania, […]

Calgary pipeline conference focuses on safety and research

Pipeline safety will be a hot topic at a conference in Calgary organizers say is the largest and most recognized of its kind in the world. About 1,200 delegates from 40 nations have converged on the city for the ninth biennial International Pipeline Conference this week to share cutting-edge research and technology development. Held every […]

Gov. Brown signs 3 bills tightening pipeline safety

Three bills that will tighten safety restrictions on natural gas pipelines as well as prioritize revenue for upgrades instead of executive compensation were signed into law Sunday by Gov. Jerry Brown. Brown signed 34 pieces of legislation Sunday, including Assembly Bills 578, 861 and 1456, all sponsored by Assemblyman Jerry Hill, D-San Mateo. Hill’s district […]

Gov. Corbett: Marcellus betters society

PHILADELPHIA — Gov. Tom Corbett on Thursday placed high hopes on the development of the Marcellus Shale to help him achieve his goals for Pennsylvania. “I’m convinced that we’re beginning a new industrial revolution for the U.S. and especially for Pennsylvania,” he said at the Marcellus Shale Coalition’s annual Shale Gas Insight Conference in Philadelphia. By the […]

First deep-shale well drilled in Erie, Crawford

COCHRANTON — Gas wells are a familiar sight here in the rolling farmland of southern Crawford County. East Fairfield Township Supervisor Bob O’Brien can see a half dozen of them from his kitchen window on Franklin Pike. But the latest well isn’t like all the others. Lippert 1H, located at 6321 Pettis Road, was drilled […]

Canada’s infrastructure in need of $171.8 billion in repairs

Canada’s leaky municipal infrastructure faces an increasingly grim future unless the federal government sinks an estimated $171.8 billion into repairing or replacing aging roads and water systems, a new report says. With the Conservatives’ infrastructure funding plan set to expire in 2014, the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ first-ever national infrastructure report card called for a […]

Summit deal would expand local gas pipeline holdings

Summit Midstream Partners, LLC, is seeking to vastly expand its local (Colorado) and overall natural gas pipeline holdings with a proposed $207 million acquisition. Summit announced Friday that it has agreed to spend that amount to acquire ETC Canyon Pipeline, LLC, which gathers and processes natural gas in the Piceance and Uinta basins in Colorado […]

BG, Spectra Energy to set up gas pipeline JV in Canada

Gas pipeline operator Spectra Energy Corp said it will construct and operate a natural gas transportation system under a joint venture with BG Group PLC in British Columbia in Canada. Spectra Energy said BG will contract for the full capacity of the pipeline, expected to be able to transport up to 4.2 billion cubic feet […]

Corrosion Costs U.S. DOD $20.9 Billion Annually

In 2012, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) estimates that corrosion costs the Department about $20.9 billion annually. Corrosion can negatively affect all military assets, including both equipment and infrastructure, and is defined as the deterioration of a material or its properties due to a reaction of that material with its environment. Corrosion also affects […]