Tag: Pipelines
The intellectual bankruptcy of supply-side environmentalism
Is it time to switch to demand-side environmentalism, focus more on developing technologies to displace oil? Thanks, TransCanada. A 5,000 barrel leak of crude oil in South Dakota has the usual outrage machine – the Bill McKibbens and Greenpeaces of the world – demanding the project be scrapped. Which raises an interesting question: has pipeline […]
New service making Western Canadian natural gas to Ontario, U.S. more competitive
By 2020 TransCanada expects an additional delivery of 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to key markets TransCanada Corporation announced its Canadian Mainline will began shipping additional Western Canada Sedimentary Basin natural gas to markets in Eastern Canada and the U.S. as part of its Long-Term Fixed Price (LTFP) service, according to […]
ENGO argument against Energy East pipeline ‘egregious’ and without merit – op-ed
ENGOs should demand that Trudeau government clarify if carbon pricing is Canada’s primary carbon policy mechanism By Dennis McConaghy, former TransCanada VP The Trudeau government’s support for the NEB’s re-scoping the Energy East crude oil pipeline project hearing justifiably generated wide spread condemnation and dismay across the Canadian political spectrum, from the Notley government to […]
Minister Carr promotes pipelines in visit to Vancouver
Government committed up to $64.7 million engage with Indigenous on TransMountain Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, Jim Carr visited Vancouver on Sept. 5 and gave a speech promoting pipelines and the regulatory process, according to a press release. Carr said Canadians need to have confidence our natural resources, including oil and gas, are being developed and […]
Colonial pipeline shuts down, East Coast gas shortages loom
Lower Texas refinery output impacts Colonial pipeline As Texas and Louisiana refineries remain closed or are operating at reduced capacity in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, the Colonial pipeline has been shut down due to lack of product to ship. The pipeline, a major fuel artery to the Port of New York and New Jersey […]
Hurricane Harvey: Explorer pipeline shuts down due to lack of product
660,000 b/d Explorer pipeline out of product Hurricane Harvey will likely force the shutdown of the Explorer pipeline main lines on Wednesday. The company says it will shut down the lines because of a lack of product to pump. Despite Harvey’s devastation, most of the Explorer pipeline system which moves gasoline, diesel, fuel oil and […]
Hurricane Harvey headed for Gulf of Mexico region with significant oil/gas infrastructure
Texas Gulf Coast home to nearly one-third of U.S. refining capacity Hurricane Harvey strengthened to a Category 1 hurricane Thursday afternoon and is currently forecast to make landfall over southeast Texas later today or early Saturday, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) expects Hurricane Harvey to continue to […]
New technology could end costly crude oil pipeline blockages
Process involved putting two electrical plates (charged at 4,000 volts) into pipe, attracting asphaltene Getting crude oil from the wellhead to a downstream destination can be literally stopped in its tracks when components of the oil known as asphaltenes clump together, reducing the flow or causing a complete blockage, according to a University of Houston […]
No more pipeline rationing for Enbridge clients because of oil sands outages, low Alberta inventories
Enbridge customers can ship as much product as they want next month Calgary oil traders say oil sands supply outages, low Alberta storage inventories and steps taken by Enbridge to free up space in its system are reasons why the Calgary-based company is offering its customers ration-free shipping in August. The move will likely give […]
Oil/gas innovation brief July 10: Lithium from wastewater pilot project completed in Alberta
Also in this brief: Wireless sensing energizes oil/gas pipeline monitoring, Alberta engineering sector begins recovering in 2017 Lithium from SADG wastewater process pilot plant completed in Alberta MGX Minerals Inc. – a Canadian company with a patent to extract lithium from SAGD (steam assisted gravity drainage, used in oil sands production) wastewater – has completed an operating […]
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