Infrastructure

Connecticut Heating Oil Group Sues Over NatGas Expansion

The Connecticut Energy Marketers Association (CEMA), which represents heating oil and gasoline dealers, filed a lawsuit against the state Department of Energy & Environmental Protection (DEEP) on Friday, accusing regulators of failing to assess environmental impacts from a plan to expand natural gas infrastructure in Connecticut. Read More

Castleton Commodities Planning $1.2B Methanol Plant in Louisiana

Castleton Commodities International (CCI) plans to invest $1.2 billion to develop a methanol manufacturing plant on the east bank of the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, LA, south of New Orleans, the Stamford, CT-based commodities merchant said Friday. Read More

NextEra Files for Pipeline Offshoot From Proposed Sabal Trail

Florida Southeast Connection LLC (FSC), a unit of NextEra Energy Inc. -- which is a partner with Spectra Energy Partners LLC in the Sabal Trail Transmission LLC project -- is proposing a 126-mile pipeline from Sabal Trail to serve Florida Power & Light Co.'s (FPL) Martin Clean Energy Center near Indiantown, FL. Read More

New Infrastructure, Not Scheduling Changes, Will Cure Shortages, Says National Fuel Gas CEO

Revamping natural gas markets without building new infrastructure isn’t likely to provide the access to gas... Read More

Texas Gas to Add North-to-South Capability; DTI Plans Marcellus Link

Boardwalk Pipeline Partners' Texas Gas Transmission LLC is proposing to move more Marcellus/Utica shale gas to market via the Ohio-Louisiana Access Project, which would create capacity from Lebanon, OH, to Midwestern and southern markets on the pipeline's system through the addition of north-to-south capability. Read More

Dominion Sets Terms for Cove Point Midstream MLP Offering

Dominion Resources Inc. announced terms earlier this week for its midstream master limited partnership (MLP), which would own the Cove Point liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Maryland. Dominion said it expects to raise more than $400 million in an initial public offering (IPO). Read More

Hedge Fund Agrees to Build New Pipeline to Replace Midla

In a development that could defuse the uproar over the proposed abandonment of the Midla pipeline system, and possibly give a boost to embattled U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu's (D-LA) prospects for reelection, a Boston-based hedge fund has agreed to a preliminary deal to build a new natural gas pipeline to replace Midla. Read More

Henry Who? Mexico Still Searching For a Hub

The prospect for substantial U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports and additional pipeline supplies being exported to Mexico raises questions about pricing mechanisms and the role of the Henry Hub, but it is still too early to determine what role, if any, Henry will have south of the border, an energy consultant with ICF International said Tuesday in Los Angeles. Read More

Judge Rules Against Louisiana's Attempt to Block Coastal Damage Lawsuit Against Pipelines

A state judge in Louisiana has ruled that a law passed earlier this year by the state's legislature that prohibits state agencies and local governments from filing lawsuits against the oil and gas industry for damage to coastal wetlands does not apply to its main target, the South Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East (SLFPA-E). Read More

California Drought Means Less Hydro, More Gas-Fired Power

With 58% of California now in exceptional drought conditions, the state's source of hydroelectric power is down sharply, while reliance on natural gas-fired generation and renewables increased steadily during a dry period stretching back to 2011. Read More