Tapping into live oil pipeline with homemade devices is very dangerous, but poor people will continue to take the risk to get it Illegal tapping of oil pipelines is costing oil companies billions of dollars in lost product each year and the problem is growing around the globe, according to Westlake, Ohio-based PLIDCO, a pipeline […]
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Sandpiper pipeline through US Midwest By Catherine Ngai and Liz Hampton HOUSTON/NEW YORK, Aug 4 (Reuters) – The long-planned and oft-delayed Sandpiper pipeline through the U.S. Midwest may not be dead, but it appears to be on life support, a likely casualty of the oil-and-gas industry’s infrastructure overbuild amid a two-year global oil rout. After years
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Crescent Point Energy leaked 630 barrels of oil emulsion Aug 3 (Reuters) – A Crescent Point Energy pipeline in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan leaked 100 cubic metres (630 barrels) of oil emulsion on Tuesday, a government official said on Wednesday. The spill happened on land near the village of Pennant and did not affect wildlife
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Bakken Pipeline System carries crude to Midwest refineries and on to Gulf Coast VANCOUVER, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Enbridge Inc said on Tuesday it had formed a joint venture with Marathon Petroleum Corp to take a minority stake in a holding company that owns 75 percent of the Bakken Pipeline System. Enbridge, through its subsidiary
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Niger Delta pipeline attack early Sunday morning YENAGOA, Nigeria, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Suspected militants have attacked an oil pipeline operated by a local affiliate of Shell in Nigeria’s restive southern Niger Delta region, locals and a community group said on Monday. Militants have attacked oil and gas facilities in the OPEC member’s energy hub
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Enbridge shares up slightly on TSX By Nia Williams and Amrutha Gayathri CALGARY, Alberta, July 29 (Reuters) – Enbridge Inc, Canada’s largest pipeline company, reported a slightly lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Friday as its liquids pipeline business was hit by a massive wildfire in Fort McMurray, Alberta. The company said oil deliveries were 255,000 barrels per
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TransCanada recently took over Columbia Pipeline Group By Julie Gordon July 28 (Reuters) – TransCanada Corp, Canada’s second-largest pipeline company, reported on Thursday a slightly higher-than-expected quarterly profit, and said the process of seeking buyers for the sale of some of its assets was well under way. The Calgary-based company is marketing an up to 49.9
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Trans Mountain signed Community Benefit Agreements totaling $7.35 million with communities along 91% of pipeline corridor The community of Coquitlam and Trans Mountain have entered into a memorandum of understanding for a community benefit agreement that will see a $1,000,000 dollar contribution toward funding improvements to Mackin Park. Trans Mountain has been pursuing community benefit agreements
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Husky oil spill dumped 1,572 barrels into North Saskatchewan River By Ethan Lou July 24 (Reuters) – Authorities have recovered at least 40 percent of the 1,572 barrels of oil that leaked into a major western Canadian river, but the spill is still moving downstream and threatening the drinking water of riverside communities, officials said
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Niger Delta Avengers deny involvement in Nigerian oil pipeline blast By Tife Owolabi YENAGOA, Nigeria, July 18 (Reuters) – Militants in Nigeria have attacked a crude oil pipeline on the outskirts of Warri, a city in the Niger Delta, which is operated by a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), a community leader said on
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