Regulations & standards

The National Energy Board has amended its Safety Advisory and issued a draft Order on the quality assurance of oil and gas pipeline materials.

Zagorsk Pipe Plant’s large diameter pipes have been approved for use at Gazprom’s facilities.

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has recently issued an environmental assessment for Millennium Pipeline Company, LLC’s Eastern system upgrade project.

While a public discussion of NS2’s application documentation is set to take place in Germany, Lithuania has announced its support of Poland’s position on the pipeline.

An important onshore oil and gas pipeline safety standard has been made publicly available.

A National Energy Board Hearing Panel will review the Energy East and Eastern Mainline project applications concurrently.

The European Union reportedly no longer has legal grounds to block the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, but it hopes to negotiate an agreement with Moscow.

Hilcorp Alaska LLC has agreed to begin repair work on a leaking natural gas pipeline in Alaska’s Cook Inlet.

The Belle Fourche pipeline spill is now believed to have been approximately three times larger than originally estimated.

TransCanada has received a presidential permit for its Keystone XL pipeline.

The US State Department is expected to approve the Keystone XL pipeline before next week.

US Senators Booker and Menendez raise serious concerns about arsenic contamination and environmental impacts of PennEast pipeline.

TransCanada Corp. has filed a variance application with the National Energy Board to proceed with construction of the North Montney mainline project.

An emergency order has been refused and the pipeline has been vandalised, yet, Dakota Access is still set to be operational by next week.

Husky Energy Inc is currently undertaking a cleanup operation after a crude oil pipeline spill last week.