North Sea port is designated as a hub as four FSRUs are secured.
Plains said it added an additional 45,000 barrels a day of contracted short-term volumes to its Permian long-haul pipelines.
Oxy Low Carbon Ventures and Wolf Midstream also plan sequestration operations in this roundup of the latest carbon management projects.
Federal regulators, including the PHMSA, have recently put renewed focus on leak detection for natural gas and liquid pipelines, which API’s two revised liquid pipeline leak detection standards support.
MPLX said it will advance projects focused on expansion and reducing bottlenecks including on crude oil and natural gas long-haul pipelines supporting the Permian Basin and Bakken.
Analysts with Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co. viewed the new long-term LNG deal as constructive but noted that investors should be focused on fixed toll levels given the looming oversupply.
Volumes climbed on Enterprise Products’ Midland-to-ECHO pipeline, which transports crude from the heart of the Permian Basin, and on its crude oil gathering systems in West Texas and southeast New Mexico.
Several energy companies are interested in building new pipes in the Permian Basin, including units of Enterprise Products Partners, Kinder Morgan and Energy Transfer.
NextDecade Corp. will supply French utility company Engie with LNG from its Rio Grande LNG export facility on a free-on-board basis, pre a 15-year sale and purchase agreement.
The Calgary, Alberta-based company said increasing U.S. LNG exports and a focus on global energy security were creating new opportunities. Around a quarter of U.S. LNG export volumes travel through TC Energy’s gas pipelines.