Tag: pipeline

The company responsible for the largest saltwater pipeline spill in North Dakota’s history answered questions last week about lessons learned as it proposes to build new crude oil pipelines in the state.

Colombia's state-run Ecopetrol has more than doubled the capacity of its Transandino pipeline after inaugurating a $2.9 million high-altitude pumping station that will cut costs for oil produced in the country's south.

Transcanada Corporation has filed a 30,000-page application to convert an existing gas pipeline to carry oil from Western Canada to Cornwall, Ontario. It also wants to build a new pipeline to carry the crude eastward through Quebec to Atlantic Canada.

Enbridge Inc, Canada's largest pipeline operator, plans to boost the size of two lines carrying crude from the oil sands while shaving $400 million CAD ($320.4 million USD) from their original price tag.

Currently, Phillips 66 is preparing to replace a pipe near Billings and bury it deeper below the Yellowstone River. The company has improved 60 of its pipeline river crossings in recent years and has 40 more to go.

The heavy-duty industrial valve manufacturing and services company, Flowrox, has launched the Flowrox Expulse™ product, designed to assist during pump and dampener maintenance by reducing noise and vibration associated with traditional methods, which can lead to pipe damage that can cause breakage and a loss of revenue.

Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. and Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. announced Friday that they have formed Saddlehorn Pipeline Company, a 50/50 limited liability company, to construct, own and operate the Saddlehorn pipeline, an approximately 550-mile pipeline that will transport various grades of crude oil from the DJ Basin, and potentially the broader Rocky Mountain area resource plays, to storage facilities in Cushing, OK owned by Magellan and Plains.

Pembina Pipeline Corporation announced that it has entered into agreements to expand the Vantage pipeline system for an estimated capital cost of USD 85M. The Vantage Expansion entails increasing Vantage's mainline capacity from 40,000 barrels per day (bpd) to approximately 68,000bpd through the addition of mainline pump stations and the construction of a new 80km, 8" gathering lateral.

It has been announced that Pure Technologies Ltd., through its subsidiary, Pure Holding, will acquire Wachs Valve and Hydrant Services (Wachs Water). The Illinois-based Wachs Water provides flow control maintenance and support, leak detection and related asset management service to the water sector in the US.

Enbridge Inc. has asked Canadian regulators for permission to start up a pipeline by late June 2015 that would ship crude oil from Western Canada to refineries in Eastern Canada, a move that had been delayed by concerns over pipeline safety measures.