Midstream
Despite a 2.8% drop in liquefied natural gas exports in 2025 because of lost market share in China, Australia anticipates a 2026 rebound as new North West Shelf capacity comes online. Meanwhile, East Coast operators brace for a tsunami of wells entering the decommissioning pipeline and potential energy shortfalls necessitating LNG imports.
Engineering, procurement, construction, and installation awards made at the end of 2025 are expanding Saipem’s role in Turkey’s two largest offshore gas fields, plus Saudi Arabia’s Berri, Abu Safah, and Marjan oil fields and Qatar’s North Field gas giant in the Persian Gulf.
Project financing raised by JP Morgan will enable YPF and its partners Eni and ADNOC’s XRG to launch Phase 2 of Argentina LNG, boosting production to 18 mtpa by 2030–2031.
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The acquisition gives Enterprise’s natural gas and NGL business an entry point into the Midland Basin. -
Over the past 30 years Caspian nations such as Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan have built thriving economies on oil and gas wealth led by global energy companies and a handful of megaprojects. As times change, that model may need to be reassessed.
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Eight-year project to replace key Canada-to-US crude oil pipeline completed.
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The pureplay water midstream company bought the produced water infrastructure associated with Colgate’s purchase of Occidental acreage in June.
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Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline is now complete, although gas will not be flowing until regulators issue various approvals, expected by the end of the year.
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Canadian midstream giant adds key US oil export capacity via private-equity exit.
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Russia is pouring investment into liquefied natural gas projects as it seeks to leverage the world’s largest natural gas reserves together with the logistical advantages of delivering it at a competitive price to Asia and Europe along the now-navigable Northern Sea Route.
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A subsidiary-owned pipeline near Marmon, North Dakota, spilled more than 700,000 bbl of produced water over a period of almost 5 months in 2014–2015.
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The complete paper provides tools useful for decision-makers to prevent adverse pipeline incidents caused by human action, poor facility performance, accidents, emergencies, and external events.
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The FBI also released a security advisory and details regarding 23 attacks on oil and gas companies from December 2011 to 2013.
