Midstream
Contract awards for EPC on shore-based liquification facilities and FEED for upstream offshore infrastructure in Mozambique’s ExxonMobil–Eni project bodes well for an East African LNG hub.
A government-imposed limit on gas reinjection aimed at fueling domestic growth risks cooling future investor interest in Brazil’s offshore.
Straddling Europe and Asia, the Black Sea is emerging as a frontier for deepwater gas exploration and production as Romania and Turkey drive projects complicated by subsea hazards found nowhere else on earth.
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The Nord Stream 2 consortium is laying pipe in Danish waters despite US sanctions. A deal is anticipated that will allow the pipeline to be built if Germany defends Ukraine’s interests as a transit state for Russian gas. -
Europe’s gas pipeline wars are in a muddle as the US throws its support to the EastMed project to supply Israeli gas to Italy, transiting Greece and Cyprus; while at the same time the US is sanctioning the Russian-German Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which is already 90% complete.
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The decision to cancel the nearly 1,200-mile-long project comes less than a year after construction began and is being met with disappointment on both sides of the US-Canadian border. A 60-day halt on new permits for onshore an offshore US federal areas has also been ordered.
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The Norwegian provider of pipeline safety and technical verification services announced its withdrawal after actions taken by US lawmakers this month.
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Operators of unconventional plays face a conundrum—how to dispose of produced water economically without risking seismicity or aquifer contamination. A recent paper and virtual forum offer ideas for optimizing saltwater disposal.
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Breakwater’s produced-water-recycling facility has the flexibility to recycle, store, or dispose of water. It has already recycled nearly 5 million bbl of produced water in the third quarter of 2020.
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Enterprise Products Partners publicly acknowledged the deep slump in pipeline demand out of the Permian Basin by canceling a project at a time when most producers have been quietly postponing US projects.
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Garden Banks Pipeline was notified that the Sea Robin delivery point was also made available after Enbridge lifted its force majeure.
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The pipeline continues to operate as courts weigh expedited appeals from the Army Corp of Engineers and Energy Transfer.
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A platform connecting to the Garden Banks pipeline was undamaged by Hurricane Laura, but Enbridge declared force majeure after inspecting the facilities.
