Pipeline news updates

Following news reports on Gulf states revisiting pipeline projects to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, Richard Nelson, Global Energy Partner at law firm Mayer Brown addresses the issue.

Worley Consulting and Bloomfire partner to bring Enterprise Intelligence to energy, chemicals, and resources sectors.

Amy Mitchell, an attorney at Spencer Fane, writes about a landmark Fifth Circuit case examining FERC’s regulatory approach to pipeline expansion, focusing on cost allocation, environmental review, and agency discretion.

Wood Mackenzie report that prolonged disruption to Middle East energy supplies could accelerate a structural shift in global energy systems, halving oil and gas import dependence by 2050 and reducing oil demand by 20% and gas demand by 10% relative to the base case.

The European bellwether front-month gas contract on the Dutch TTF hub initially dropped to EUR 42.50/MWh on Ice Endex this morning, its lowest since 2 March, before recovering slightly to EUR 43.46/MWh, at the time of writing.

Baker Hughes secures a strategic gas technology order supporting Argentina’s gas infrastructure.

Decom Engineering secures a United States patent for key elements of its proprietary Chopsaw cutting technology.

Update on the public consultation for Cadent’s new hydrogen pipeline in the UK.

Britain’s gas networks have published their Innovation Strategy for the next two years.

The expanded capacity will improve both local capacity around Monterrey and regional support across Mexico and the southern United States.

Call for Projects – Hermann Rosen Award for Pipeline Innovation 2026.

STATS Group has launched the patented SureTap® Plug, a dual seal completion plug that brings verified Double Block and Bleed isolation to the final stage of hot tapping operations. The innovation eliminates the long-standing risk associated with single O-ring plugs, improving safety, enabling seal verification, and enhancing efficiency in pipeline interventions.

A leading consultancy has been appointed to deliver a package of specialist services for one of the UK’s most significant proposed hydrogen infrastructure projects.

The UK government faces renewed pressure to change its policy on the North Sea, amid the crisis in the Middle East, says Wood Mackenzie.

World Pipelines interviews Ditch Witch’s Cory Maker (Senior Product Manager) and Jeff Davis (Product Manager – HDD) on Horizontal Directional Drilling (HDD) and their Orange Intel digital fleet management tool.

Developed through the H2Pipe Joint Industry Project, the ‘DNV-RP-F123 Hydrogen Pipeline Systems’ Recommended Practice addresses hydrogen-specific risks in offshore pipeline design and operation to support safe deployment.

War in the Middle East has triggered severe global supply disruptions in oil and gas, with reported damage and shutdowns affecting liquefied natural gas (LNG) trains, refineries, fuel terminals and critical gas-to-liquids facilities across the region.

PHMSA grant programme provides funding to repair or replace leak-prone pipeline infrastructure.

Gasunie subsidiary, Hynetwork, has connected the first hydrogen plant to the Dutch hydrogen network.

Reuters has reported that Iraq is working to revamp a disused pipeline that would allow oil to be pumped directly to Turkey's Ceyhan port without passing through the Kurdistan region.

Lamprell has been appointed by Oil & Natural Gas Corp. to deliver the pipeline replacement project PRP-IX in India.

Sable Offshore Corp. has announced that the company resumed the transportation of hydrocarbons produced at the Santa Ynez Unit through the federally regulated and approved-to-operate Santa Ynez Pipeline System from Las Flores Canyon to Pentland Station.

Reuters has reported that Colombia and Venezuela have agreed to repair a damaged section of a binational pipeline that will allow Bogota to import natural gas from its neighbour, according to Colombia's Energy Ministry.

PipeSense, the US-based provider of obstruction, leak, and anomaly detection technology, has officially launched its PipeTrack solution.