January 23, 2020 archive

Work to begin soon on Keystone XL pipeline

Pre-construction work on the Keystone XL oil pipeline could begin in a few weeks according to Canadian pipeline company TC Energy Corp. The company stated this week that it will begin the work in February on the long-delayed project. TC Energy explained in a filing with the U.S. District Court in Montana it plans to …

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Quarterly dividend declared by Blueknight Energy Partners

Tulsa’s Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P. announcedthat the board of directors of its general partner has declared a quarterly cash distribution. The dividend is on the Partnership’s common units of $0.04 per common unit, as well as a cash distribution of $0.17875 per unit on the Partnership’s preferred units for the quarter ended December 31, 2019. …

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200-foot long broken underwater pipe stuck in straits

The broken section of pipe in the Straits of Mackinac in Michigan is far more extensively damaged then initially reported. A 200-foot-long broken boring pipe remains embedded at the bottom of the Straights and Enbridge Inc. now says it might not be able to recover the pipe. The company was able to recover a broken …

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FERC approves new natural gas pipeline in Permian

Federal regulators have signed off on Kinder Morgan’s planned Lockridge natural gas pipeline in the Permian Basin in West Texas. The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Wednesday approved the line that is designed to help remove natural gas from the Permian basin in West Texas and eastern New Mexico. The basin has seen record …

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Gulfport Energy to pay $1.7 million EPA fine

Oklahoma City-based Gulfport Energy Corp. has agreed to pay a $1.7 million fine to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at some of its oil and natural gas production wells in Ohio. The Chicago office of the EPA made the announcement this week and said Gulfport will not …

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