Regulations & standards

PHMSA’s new natural gas rule adds significant costs with limited safety benefits.

Record numbers seek OPITO approval during downturn.

The Academy of Joint Integrity has been alerting smalls businesses about its health and safety regulations.

US states have been awarded more than US$49 million in pipeline safety grants, reimbursing up to 80% of operating costs for state pipeline programmes.

Congresswoman Watson Coleman is set to introduce a legislation intended to strengthen FERC’s oversight of proposed oil and gas pipelines.

Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, must ultimately make the final decision regarding Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.

President Barack Obama has signed a new legislation focusing on oil and gas pipeline safety.

Vancouver is challenging the National Energy Board’s decision to approve Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.

Pipeline Safety Act provides important and relevant changes to the NEB Act.

National Energy Board has deemed the Energy East pipeline project application complete.

API applauds senate passage of new pipeline safety legislation.

First Nations must be full partners in the review, decision-making and regulation of pipelines, Assembly of First Nations National Chief, Perry Bellegarde, has said.

WBI Energy intends to construct a 38 mile natural gas pipeline in eastern North Dakota and western Minnesota.

PennEast’s proposed pipeline has been delayed, as uncertainty from legislators, regulators and the public grows.

API applauds the House passage of new pipeline safety legislation, which will enhance the goal of zero incidents in the energy industry.