HitecVision has announced the sale of its Norwegian oil and gas and midstream infrastructure company CapeOmega for approximately €1.2 billion. The sale was made to Partners Group, a global private markets investment manager. CapeOmega, which was established in 2015, holds stakes in key midstream infrastructure in Norway. These include offshore gas transmission system... [Read More]

Kent-based utility company South East Water announced that it has become the first utility firm in England to have a full Narrowband Internet of Things (NBIoT) commercial agreement with Vodafone UK.  “In total, this trial has brought together nine specialist companies in their respective fields to test the latest cutting edge digital water meters, sensors, advanced... [Read More]

An Engie-led association has won a bid for Brazilian fuel producer Petrobras’ pipeline division TAG in a $8.6 billion (€7.63 billion) deal, Reuters reports. The association consists of French utility firm Engie and Canadian company Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec (CDPQ). Petrobras will be keeping a 10% stake in TAG according to the... [Read More]

Larsen & Toubro (L&T) announced that it has been awarded a large contract for a new strategic gas export pipeline by Kuwait Oil Company (KOC). The gas pipeline and associated facilities will span a distance of 145km. The contract has been awarded on a lump sum turn key basis, according to the company. L&T is currently building a crude transit line between North... [Read More]

Allegheny Technologies (ATI) has been awarded a contract to supply nickel-based flat rolled products for an oil pipeline in South America. According to the company, the contract is worth approximately $45 million (€40 million) and shipments of product will begin in Q2 2019. “ATI’s differentiated products will help to facilitate increased energy production... [Read More]

Energy Transfer and Phillips 66 Partners have announced the completion of the second phase of the Bayou Bridge Pipeline. The 24-inch pipeline will transport crude oil over 163 miles from Lake Charles in Louisiana to a facility near St. James, Louisiana. Service is expected to begin on 1 April. The first phase of the pipeline entered service in April 2016, carrying crude... [Read More]

Noble Midstream Partners has secured an investment of $200 million (€176 million) from Global Infrastructure Partners Capital Solutions Fund (GIP) to support the EPIC Crude Pipeline in Texas, US. The equity commitment will be used to fund contributions to Dos Rios Crude Intermediate, the subsidiary holding Noble Midstream’s 30% interest in the pipeline. Of the... [Read More]

Louisiana-based pipe supplier Stupp Corporation will invest $22 million (€19.4 million) in upgrading its two steel pipe manufacturing facilities in Baton Rouge. The project, which was announced by Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards, will create 128 new direct jobs and could create almost 300 indirect opportunities, of which 93 will be in construction, according to... [Read More]

Water treatment company Pentair, together with the Pentair Foundation, has announced a new partnership with Shining Hope for Communities (SHOFCO) to deliver clean drinking water to Mathare, in Nairobi, Kenya. The project builds on a multi-year programme to deliver safe drinking water to Kibera, located in the western Nairobi. Funds raised from the project have helped to... [Read More]

Aberdeen-based Wood announced it has won a contract worth $34 million (€29.8 million) from RH energytrans to construct 28 miles of pipeline in the US. The contract, which is for the Risberg natural gas pipeline between Pennsylvania and Ohio, also includes the construction of a meter station in Ashtabula County, Ohio. “We’re delighted to be playing a key... [Read More]

Bulgarian gas network Bulgartransgaz announced that a €1.4 billion pipeline is set to be built in Bulgaria, Reuters reports. Three consortiums have submitted bids in the tender to build the gas pipeline. According to the report, the plans are to have the 484km pipeline run from Bulgaria’s border with Turkey to Serbia. The primary purpose of the structure will... [Read More]

According to Kota TV News, a legislative panel has approved Governor Kristi Noem’s bills to prepare for potential protests over the Keystone XL oil pipeline. At the Legislative 11th hour, the two bills proposed by Noem ‘sailed’ through a joint House Senate committee despite opposition from tribal leaders, civil libertarians and some legislators who questioned... [Read More]

According to State Impact Pennsylvania, state environment officials in Greene County have levied a $1.5 million (€1.3 million) fine against a natural gas pipeline company due to construction site problems.     The State Impact Pennsylvania reports that the fine stems from violations that began in October 2017 along the Rice Midstream Holdings’... [Read More]

A pipeline ruptured and burst in Audrain County just north of Mexico, a town in Missouri, news outlet KMIZ 17 reports. According to Missouri State Highway Patrol Troopers on the scene, the pipeline is currently handled by Panhandle Eastern Pipeline, which is a subsidiary of Dallas-headquartered Energy Transfer. The report details that Panhandle has been at the forefront... [Read More]

According to AP News, The Native American tribe resisting the Dakota Access oil pipeline has said that an Army Corps of Engineers document shows that before consulting them, the agency concluded the pipeline won’t unfairly affect tribes. Standing Rock Sioux officials state that the document reinforces the tribe’s claim that the Corps disregarded a federal judge’s... [Read More]

According to Las Cruces Sun News the owner of a burst pipeline near Berino, New Mexico, is planning to permanently relocate three residents located near the spill site. In December 2018, the burst pipeline spilt 294,000 gallons of gasoline into an irrigation ditch. Owner of the pipeline Kinder Morgan informed the Doña Ana County Board of County Commissioners that... [Read More]