Pipeline Construction
Enbridge Drops Plans for Sandpiper Crude Oil Pipeline
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Enbridge Energy said Thursday it has dropped its proposal to build the Sandpiper crude oil pipeline across northern Minnesota. Enbridge attorneys notified the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission that the company won’t pursue the regulatory approvals needed for the $2.6 bill..
Oil Pipeline Protesters Disrupt Second Construction Site
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Authorities say some Dakota Access oil pipeline protesters are disrupting construction about 20 miles west of a main protest site in southern North Dakota. Morton County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Donnell Preskey says at least two people were arrested Wednesday morning at th..
EPA Issues Order to New York City Requiring City-Wide Plan for Addressing Sewer Backups into Buildings
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has issued an Administrative Order to New York City requiring it to develop a plan to address continued sewer backups into residents’ basements and other public and private property. The order gives the city 120 days to submit a plan to EPA for approval to wo..
EPCOR USA Acquires 130 Pipeline
EPCOR Water (USA) Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of EPCOR Utilities Inc. has acquired the 130 Pipeline, a 53-mile wholesale water supply pipeline that delivers groundwater from Burleson County to eastern Travis County in the northeastern Austin, Texas metropolitan area. EPCOR USA purchased..
Construction Underway for UGI's Sunbury Pipeline
UGI Energy Services celebrated the start of construction on its Sunbury Pipeline with a groundbreaking ceremony in central Pennsylvania near the Panda Hummel Station power plant it will serve. The 35-mile-long pipeline will carry natural gas from the Transco interstate pipeline in eastern Lycoming ..
Oil Pipeline Subject of Federal Hearing, Small Work Stoppage
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A Texas company that’s building an oil pipeline across four states was told Wednesday by the Iowa Utilities Board to stay away from the properties of 15 Iowa landowners until Monday to give board time to review legal issues involving a lawsuit. Also Wednesday, a federal judge ..
Judge Denies Iowa Landowners’ Request to Halt Pipeline Work
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A district court judge on Monday denied a request by Iowa landowners to immediately halt construction of a $3.8 billion oil pipeline on 15 parcels of their land, saying they must first talk to state regulators. A state law written in 1998 says the Iowa Utilities Board must c..
North Dakota Pipeline Construction Halted Until Court Date
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Developers of a $3.8 billion, four-state oil pipeline have agreed to halt construction near an American Indian reservation in southern North Dakota until a federal court hearing next week in Washington, D.C. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe is suing federal regulators for approvi..
Judge Orders Protesters Not to Interfere with Dakota Access Pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge is ordering protesters in North Dakota not to interfere with the construction of a $3.8 billion, four-state oil pipeline. U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Hovland granted the developer’s motion for a temporary restraining order Tuesday. Dakota Access filed a l..
Court: Ratepayers Can’t be Asked to Finance Gas Pipelines
BOSTON (AP) — The highest court in Massachusetts is blocking electric utilities from passing on to ratepayers the costs of building new natural gas pipelines. The Supreme Judicial Court in its unanimous decision Wednesday said state regulators made a mistake in approving the tariffs and authorizing..
Court Hearing Set for Friday on Effort to Halt Oil Pipeline in Iowa
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — As work progresses on an oil pipeline crossing Iowa, opponents are holding protest rallies and taking the state utilities regulators to court in hopes of stopping construction. A hearing is scheduled for Friday in Des Moines on a motion to stay construction on several parcel..
Oil Pipeline Construction Halted Amid Talks With Protesters
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) —Developers of a $3.8 billion, four-state oil pipeline halted construction Tuesday while law enforcement and tribal leaders in North Dakota met to discuss a resolution to an ongoing protest. Morton County Sheriff Kyle Kirchmeier says he met with tribal leaders to “negotiate peac..
$3.2B Sabal Trail Pipeline Finalized; Construction to Begin
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Construction of a new $3.2-billion natural gas pipeline that will travel through three Southeastern states could begin within a week after the project received its final approvals on Friday despite years of challenge from environmental groups. The Gainesville Sun reports (h..
Dakota Access Pipeline Owners Sue North Dakota Protesters
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Developers of a $3.8 billion, four-state oil pipeline sued in federal court Monday to stop protesters near an American Indian reservation in North Dakota to stop interfering with the project, alleging the safety of workers and law enforcement are at risk. Dakota Access LLC fil..
Report: Several Failures Before Oklahoma City Gas Explosion
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Natural Gas failed to investigate the cause of at least eight previous failures on a gas main in a northwest Oklahoma City neighborhood before a January explosion damaged 50 houses and injured one man, according to a new state report. The report was released by the Okl..
Campaign Launched to Show Why More Pipelines are Needed to Lower U.S. Energy Prices
Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), a national consumer advocacy organization that represents consumers, manufacturers, agriculture, energy, renewables and other industries, has launched a national campaign, “Pipelines for America,” focused on educating consumers about the increasing importance of U.S. ..
PG&E Found Guilty of Obstructing Investigators
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal jury found California’s largest utility guilty of violating pipeline safety regulations before a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion in the San Francisco Bay Area and then misleading investigators about how it was identifying high-risk pipelines. After deliberating ..
Regulator: Corroded Pipeline Likely Cause of Saltwater Spill
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – North Dakota’s Health Department says a corroded steel pipeline is the likely cause of a big saltwater spill in Bowman County. State environmental scientist Bill Suess (sees) says the 168,000-gallon spill occurred Tuesday morning about 9 miles southwest of Rhame at a well site..
Iowa Landowners Request Immediate Halt to Dakota Access Pipeline Construction
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa landowners are asking a judge to stop construction on the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline until their constitutional challenges are heard. A dozen landowners asked a state court in documents filed Tuesday in Des Moines to immediately hear the motion and keep the T..
NEB Conditionally Approves Vaughan Mainline Expansion Project
The National Energy Board (NEB) approved an application from TransCanada PipeLines Limited to construct and operate approximately 11.7 km of new natural gas pipeline in the City of Vaughan, Ontario, subject to 19 conditions. The Board’s written reasons will be released on or before September 9, 2016..
2 Contracts Awarded for Lewis and Clark Pipeline Projects
TEA, S.D. (AP) – The organization responsible for a system that delivers Missouri River water to towns and rural water systems in South Dakota, Iowa and Minnesota has granted two contracts to expand its network. The Lewis and Clark Regional Water System says a $2.9 million contract awarded to Winte..
Eastern Shore Natural Gas Receives FERC Approval to Construct Facilities in Delaware
Chesapeake Utilities Corp. announced that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved plans by Eastern Shore Natural Gas (ESNG), Chesapeake Utilities’ interstate natural gas transmission subsidiary, to construct pipeline and compression facilities to preserve the reliability and fle..
FERC Approves Williams Partners’ Dalton Expansion Project
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved Tulsa, OK-based Williams Partners’ expansion of Transco’s fully contracted Dalton Expansion Project, designed to provide additional natural gas service to utility companies and the city of Cartersville in northwest Georgia. Construction on the..
NJ Superior Court Sides With PennEast Pipeline
A New Jersey State Superior Court judge clearly rejected a lawsuit filed by HALT, an association of New Jersey landowners in its attempt to prevent the PennEast Pipeline from being built. Dismissing the complaint for trespass and nuisance filed by HALT and several of its members, the court denied t..
Judge Reduces PG&E's Possible Fine After California Pipeline Blast
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — In a big victory for Pacific Gas & Electric Co., a judge on Tuesday cut nearly all of a potential $562 million fine against the giant utility in a criminal case alleging it violated safety regulations before a deadly natural gas pipeline explosion in California and then obstruct..
Pipeline Construction Equipment Damage is Suspected Arson
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Machinery located at three oil pipeline construction sites in central Iowa was found extensively damaged by fire Monday in what the company building the pipeline called a shameful act. There’s little doubt the fires were intentionally set along the Dakota Access pipeline, sa..
Partnering Agreement Improves Coordination for Large Texas Water Supply Projects
Representatives from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Southwestern Division (USACE), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) have signed a Partnering Agreement that will improve interagency coordination related to large water supply projects in th..
Pipeline Safety Bill Becomes Law; New Proposed Regs Become More Significant
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new rule requiring transmission pipelines to plug methane leaks at compressor stations includes some softening of earlier-proposed requirements, but will still impose substantial costs as companies move to repair leaks at new or modified compressors and co..
Record-Setting Pipeline Equipment Auction Set for September
On September 28 – 29, more than 160 pipelayers, along with massive dozers and support equipment, will be sold by Ritchie Bros. This will be Ritchie Bros.’ largest-ever pipeline equipment auction, with the majority of the inventory coming from Sheehan Pipeline Construction Company, in operation for ..
Environmentalists Take Aim at TransCanada Pipeline Project
BOSTON (AP) — Environmentalists are again taking aim at the company that proposed the Keystone XL pipeline — this time for another of its projects they fear would send hundreds of supertankers laden with crude oil down the Atlantic coast to refineries in Texas and Louisiana. TransCanada is behind t..
- Intrepid Fiber breaks ground on fiber optic network in Superior, Colo.
- Excavator collides with I-95 overpass in Henrico, Va., causing multi-vehicle crash
- Shrewsbury, Mass., expands sewer inspections and cleaning efforts
- Two workers rescued after hours trapped in Mich. trench collapse
- Trump calls for Keystone XL pipeline revival, but developer has moved on
- Illinois overhauls Peoples Gas pipeline program, mandates focus on high-risk pipes
- Ameren Illinois to invest $140 million in natural gas pipeline replacement program
- Charlottesville, Va., to begin work on 24-inch water line for Rivanna River crossing
- Mass. governor slams Trump for ‘dangerous delay’ of $50 million in lead pipe replacement funds