Pipeline

Trans Mountain Pipeline company looks for aboriginal investment

Canada

Trans Mountain Pipeline facing fierce opposition from BC NDP/Green Party government Kinder Morgan is hoping aboriginal investment in the Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion will help ensure the smooth completion of the contentious project, according to the head of the company. Last month’s murky election results may mean the BC New Democratic Party and Green Party […]

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Global forecasts for pipeline pigging systems market – Technavio

News

There are many laws, guidelines, and regulations to design, install, and operate a pigging system Technavio analysts forecast the global pipeline pigging systems market to grow at a CAGR of almost 4 per cent during the forecast period, according to their latest report. The research study covers the present scenario and growth prospects of the global

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New ‘pigging’ technology leaves no pipeline ‘un-pigged’

Innovation

Ability to retrofit previously unpiggable lines great step forward for pipeline safety “Pigging” sounds like it belongs in a barnyard, but the practice is an important part of oil and gas pipeline safety maintenance. Scotland-based STATS Group, with offices in Calgary and Edmonton, has developed a new technology to make “un-piggable” lines “piggable” again. Every year,

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Alberta granted intervener status on Trans Mountain Expansion pipeline

Canada

Need for clear, consistent and predictable rules and processes on interprovincial projects like Trans Mountain Alberta has been granted leave to intervene on the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain Pipeline expansion project judicial review by the Federal Court of Appeal, according to a government press release. As an intevener, Alberta will be allowed to make both written

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Dakota Access Pipeline shifts Bakken crude from East Coast to Gulf Coast refineries

News

Dakota Access Pipeline cheaper shipping tool for Bakken producers The completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline in mid-May could force East Coast refineries who have been using Bakken crude shipped by rail to use foreign, waterborne crude. In a sign that the Dakota Access Pipeline is shifting trade flows, Philadelphia Energy Solutions Inc, the largest refiner on

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Nebraska farmers stand up to Keystone XL pipeline

News

Keystone XL facing multiple challenges in Nebraska Just after taking office in January, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to advance construction of the Keystone XL pipeline which had been vetoed by former President Barack Obama in 2015. Now, about 90 Nebraska landowners fighting the pipeline are readying to battle development of the crude pipeline that would carry

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Dakota Access Pipeline to start interstate delivery on May 14

News

Dakota Access Pipeline carries Bakken crude to Illinois The Dakota Access Pipeline will start shipping Bakken crude on May 14, according to a tariff filed with the US Federal Regulatory Commission. On Thursday, Energy Transfer Partners LP filed the tariff, which details the pipeline and oil to be delivered, with the commission. The $3.8 billion Dakota Access

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