Natural gas pipeline construction plummets
New natural gas pipeline construction sagged in 2012, with the nation adding its lowest total of new pipeline mileage since 1997, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. More »
PG&E exec: ‘No one ever thought it could happen to us’
Nick Stavropoulos, executive vice president of gas operations for Pacific Gas and Electric Co., offered a sobering reminder of the risks of carrying volatile hydrocarbons by pipeline through populated areas. More »
Chevron diesel spill in Utah is larger than first thought
A pipeline linking Salt Lake City and Spokane, Wash. may have leaked 27,000 gallons of diesel fuel into soil and marshes. More »
Phillips 66 signs deals to use more U.S. shale crude
Kicking its strategy of using cheaper crude oil from U.S. shale plays into high gear, Phillips 66 has signed deals with three midstream companies to bring as much as 130,000 barrels a day of North American crude oil to its refineries. More »
All eyes on Alaska Senate ahead of expected oil tax vote
Both sides are ratcheting up the rhetoric on oil taxes ahead of this week’s expected vote in the Alaska Senate. More »
Billionaire targets Senate candidate over Keystone XL
A California billionaire who supports environmental causes vowed to target Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch in the state’s U.S. Senate race unless Lynch promises to oppose the Keystone XL pipeline project. More »
As odds grow long, critics move to stop Keystone XL
An unusual coalition of environmentalists, property rights advocates and ranchers is attempting to find new ways to derail the Keystone XL pipeline, which seems to be headed for approval in a nation eager for jobs and energy development. More »
Keystone fears resonate along New England pipeline
The Canadian energy industry insists it has no plans to reverse the flow of a pipeline that carries crude oil from Maine to Montreal, but that has done little to reassure New England towns that oppose the idea and the 18 members of Congress asking for a full environmental review. More »
Analysis puts price of oil tax plan at up to $1.3B
A Senate proposal to overhaul Alaska’s oil tax structure could cost the state up to $1.3 billion next year, hundreds of millions more than plans put forth by Gov. Sean Parnell and a different Senate committee, according to an analysis released Wednesday. More »
La. pipeline blaze could burn until Thursday
A fire raging in a coastal Louisiana bayou, where a tugboat pushing an oil barge struck a gas pipeline, appeared to have diminished Wednesday night, but is far from extinguished, the Coast Guard said. More »
Houston firm considers new pipeline for Gulf Coast petrochemical plants
Enterprise Products Partners, a Houston-based natural gas and crude oil pipeline firm, is looking at development of a new 270-mile pipeline to deliver ethane to Gulf Coast petrochemical plants. More »
Landowners meet oil industry in Beaumont courtroom over Keystone XL
TransCanada and the Texas Land Partners presented their cases to the judges of the Ninth Court of Appeals in a dispute over the condemnation of Southeast Texas farmland for the Keystone XL pipeline. More »
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