Darren
Barbee
Oil and Gas Investor
Women in Energy: Tania Ortiz-Mena, Sempra Infrastructure
Today's featured 25 Influential Women in Energy honoree is Tania Ortiz-Mena, group president of clean power and energy networks at Sempra Infrastructure.
Perma-Pipe International Holdings, Saudi Arabia Form Joint Venture
Perma-Pipe International Holdings will hold 60% of the joint venture, while Zamil Industrial Investment subsidiary Gulf Installation Group will hold the remaining 40%.
Hydrogen Initiatives Expand Opportunities for Midstream, But How Will Operators Respond?
Midstream investments face an uphill battle over supply and demand dynamics, permitting headaches and a lack of direct CCS incentives.
Cyber Pirates, Hackers Threaten US Offshore Operators
Cyberattacks could potentially trigger a Deepwater Horizon scale disaster but the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement has been slow to act, a federal report found.
Germany, Norway Want NATO to Protect Subsea Infrastructure after Nord Stream Attacks
European countries have stepped up vigilance around critical installations after the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines ruptured in September. Russia denies sabotaging the pipelines and sought to blame Britain for the incident. London denied involvement.
Enterprise’s Deepwater SPOT Project Receives Conditional Green Light
Enterprise’s Sea Port Oil Terminal could export 2 MMbbl/d from nearly 30 miles offshore of the Houston area directly onto VLCCs.
Freeport LNG Yet to Submit Texas Plant Restart Request, Source Says
Freeport LNG on Nov. 18 said it was targeting a mid-December restart for its Texas export plant. However, a lack of a full request has raised questions about the company’s ability to meet its latest restart timeline.
Delfin Gets More Time to Build US Gulf of Mexico LNG Export Plant
In September 2017, FERC authorized Delfin to put its project into service by September 2019. Since then, FERC has granted several one-year extensions to complete the project.
White House Announces $13 Billion in Funding to Modernize Power Grids
The $1.2 trillion infrastructure law, passed last year, provides $10.5 billion to harden power systems against growing threats like extreme weather and climate change, the DOE said, and a further $2.5 billion to help build new transmission lines.
US Energy Regulators Unanimously Approve Commonwealth LNG Terminal
The Commonwealth LNG project, expected to export 8.4 million tonnes a year of LNG from Cameron, Louisiana, was the first to be approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in more than two years.