Regulations & standards

The US Senate on Monday 3 February confirmed Chris Wright, a fracking executive, to be President Donald Trump's energy secretary.

PHMSA transmits final rule to the Federal Register to enhance natural gas pipeline safety.

The US Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has announced new comprehensive proposed requirements for carbon dioxide and hazardous liquid pipelines.

According to Reuters, an Illinois federal judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit accusing pipeline operator Enbridge of blocking a rival from building a terminal to ship Canadian crude oil by barge from the Chicago area to refineries in the Midwest and the Gulf of Mexico.

The Association for Materials Protection and Performance (AMPP) commends the bipartisan Congressional imminent passage of the Fiscal Year 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and the House and Senate Committees' commitment to advancing materials protection across the defence industry.

CorrosionRADAR has released a new set of best practices created specifically for the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical industries, giving guidance on the deployment, usage, inspection strategies and maintenance of Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) monitoring systems.

Reuters has reported that Ecuador's government will take over operations of the country's OCP heavy crude oil pipeline for six months until a fresh tender is launched, the nation's energy and mines ministry said on Sunday.

KazTransOil will increase the tariff for oil transportation service through main pipelines for export outside the Republic of Kazakhstan to 11 300 tenge/t per 1000 km (excluding VAT) from 1 January 2025.

Influential forum reports early success in tackling subsea challenges related to ageing offshore infrastructure.

President-elect Donald Trump has chosen oil and gas industry CEO Chris Wright as his next energy secretary, with Trump seemingly intent on fulfilling his election promise to increase exploration and production.

Pipeline Research Council International’s (PRCI) Emerging Fuel Institute (EFI) group has published a Consensus Engineering Requirement report for pipelines in hydrogen and hydrogen blend service.

APA Group announced that it has welcomed the Australian Energy Regulator’s (AER) draft decision released 9 October 2024 following its review of the form of regulation to apply to the South West Queensland Pipeline (SWQP).

OPITO launches new energy industry council to address skills gap and competence challenges.

ATCO Energy Systems has announced the filing of a comprehensive regulatory application that establishes the need for the Yellowhead Mainline natural gas project and represents the first of two applications to the Alberta Utilities Commission.

TC Energy's Coastal GasLink pipeline in western Canada has been fined CAN$590 000 for 10 environmental non-compliance penalties, reports Reuters.