Category: Pipelines

Enbridge finds small oil pipeline leak in Michigan

A company responsible for a 2010 pipeline rupture that spilled more than 800,000 gallons of oil in southern Michigan says it has discovered a small leak in an oil pipeline in the northern Lower Peninsula.  More »

Boehner: Vote on highway-energy bill may not come before recess

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Wednesday his chamber may not finish considering Republicans’ energy-infrastructure bill until after the President’s Day recess, amid growing criticism of various aspects of the legislation.  More »

Utility stops talks on fund for pipeline blast

The city of San Bruno said Wednesday that Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has broken off settlement talks with the city about a compensation fund for a gas pipeline explosion that killed eight people and destroyed 38 homes.  More »

Senate GOP seeks vote on Keystone amendment to highway bill

Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell indicated Tuesday that Republicans would push for a vote on a transportation bill amendment that would approve the Keystone XL pipeline.  More »

Citing Keystone, drilling, Obama threatens highway bill veto

President Obama on Tuesday threatened to veto House Republican legislation that would reauthorize surface-transportation programs in part because the bill contains controversial energy-related provisions such as one that approves the Keystone XL pipeline.  More »

TransCanada 4Q profit up on new oil pipelines

TransCanada Corp., the company whose $7.6 billion Keystone XL pipeline was rejected by the U.S. last month, said profit rose 39 percent as it began shipping oil.  More »

Analyst says trans-Alaska pipeline flow can grow

Gov. Sean Parnell’s goal of nearly doubling the flow of oil through the trans-Alaska pipeline could be achieved over the next 10 to 15 years — but not without major fiscal and policy changes, a consultant said.  More »

GOP to push votes on Keystone XL, drilling measures

Congressional Republicans will move to get legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline through the House and Senate by using surface-transportation bills that both chambers are taking up this week. The House version of the transportation bill also contains provisions expanding oil-and-gas drilling.  More »

Keystone XL foes flood senators with “vote no” messages

Environmental activists are staging a 24-hour campaign to send 500,000 messages to senators urging them to oppose legislation approving the Keystone XL pipeline that could come up for a vote in the Senate this week.  More »

Obama budget would boost renewables, nix oil and gas tax breaks

President Barack Obama called today for boosting funding for pipeline safety and renewable energy while again proposing to roll back several tax breaks for the oil and gas industry.  More »

Alaska lawmakers debate tax cut for oil companies

Alaska’s economic future is on the line if more oil doesn’t flow through the 800-mile trans-Alaska pipeline.  More »

Did Goldman conflicts taint Kinder Morgan-El Paso deal?

Conflict allegations by El Paso Corp. shareholders attempting to block the pipeline company’s takeover by Kinder Morgan are “serious,” a Delaware judge declared Thursday. But he may not do anything about it. Chancery Court Judge Leo Stine said he didn’t want to issue an injunction in the case because shareholders can still vote it down, [...]  More »