Friday, September 18, 2026
Pipe dreams leave U.S. energy firms caught in climate trap- oil and gas 360

Pipe dreams leave U.S. energy firms caught in climate trap

Reuters NEW YORK  – In remote northern Michigan a propane shortage in early 2014 caused prices to nearly double, squeezing about half of the families there who rely on the fossil fuel to heat their homes. Glenda Bowler remembers her son fitting a wood stove at his restaurant as an alternative to propane, which reaches Michigan’s Upper Peninsula via a

U.S. court allows Equitrans to keep building Mountain Valley natgas pipe- oil and gas 360

U.S. court allows Equitrans to keep building Mountain Valley natgas pipe

Reuters The U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a motion to stay a permit for the $5.8-$6.0 billion Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to Virginia. Analysts said that court decision on Wednesday – not to stay the pipeline’s Biological Opinion – increases the odds Equitrans Midstream Corp can put the long-delayed project into service in the

Future of Dakota Access pipeline uncertain as Biden presidency looms- oil and gas 360

Future of Dakota Access pipeline uncertain as Biden presidency looms

Reuters NEW YORK  – The election of Democrat Joseph Biden could create more headaches for the Dakota Access Pipeline’s (DAPL) owners, who are already embroiled in legal battles to keep the main conduit for flowing oil out of North Dakota running. The $3.8 billion DAPL ships about 40% of the crude oil produced from the Bakken shale region in North

Sanctions on Russia gas pipeline included in annual U.S. defense bill- oil and gas 360

Sanctions on Russia gas pipeline included in annual U.S. defense bill

Reuters WASHINGTON – Sanctions that could hinder one of Moscow’s most important projects in Europe, the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, have been included in the annual U.S. defense policy bill, two congressional aides said on Wednesday. The sanctions in the compromise National Defense Authorization Act between lawmakers in the House and Senate would penalize companies facilitating the construction