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Regulations & standards

 

Patriot approved as Inland OSRO

Patriot Environmental Services is the first contractor in California to be approved as an Inland Oil Spill Response Organisation.

 
 

Sandpiper Pipeline project still pending

A decision on Enbridge’s Sandpiper Pipeline project will be decided on 17 December, after the PUCs approval was overturned in September due to a lacking Environmental Impact Statement.

 

API welcomes new GIS Vice President

API has announced that Lisa Salley will act as the Global Industry Services’ Vice President, responsible for standards, training and safety programmes for oil and gas operations to name a few.

 
 

Sanders opposes natural gas pipeline

Senator Bernie Sanders has stated that he opposes the proposed natural gas Northeast Energy Direct pipeline project, operated by Kinder Morgan’s subsidiary, the Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company.

 
 
 

NEB’s online inspection reports

The National Energy Board has launched online inspection reports of pipeline companies, which began on 26 November.

 
 

Shell UK sentenced over major oil release

Oil and gas production company Shell UK Limited, has been sentenced after admitting failures that led to an oil leak in the North Sea.

 

Another pipeline halted for TransCanada

The NEB has stopped construction on a new TransCanada natural gas pipeline and issued a safety order after evidence arose of drilling fluid being spilled into a river.

 

NEB stops HDD operations at NGTL

The National Energy Board has issued an Inspection Officer Order to stop all horizontal directional drilling activities at the NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd.

 

Largest ever underwater CO2 release from pipeline

The largest ever controlled release of carbon dioxide from an underwater pipeline will be conducted at DNV GL’s Spadeadam centre as part of an international JIP called Sub-C-O2.