Pipelines – Oil & Gas 360

Trump wants pipelines, but Midstream firms aren’t biting

May 27, 2025

(Oil Price) – U.S. midstream companies are hesitant to commit to new pipeline builds amid market volatility and tariff uncertainty. Some companies are announcing new projects, especially those bringing natural gas to power data centers, but the industry is generally in a wait-and-see mode regarding greenfield projects despite the Trump Administration’s regulatory push to accelerate energy infrastructure expansion. Firms have announced

Saudi Aramco seeks investors in Jafurah infrastructure assets, sources say

May 23, 2025

(BOE Report) – Saudi oil giant Aramco is seeking investors in infrastructure, including pipelines, for its $100 billion Jafurah gas project, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters. The Jafurah project is key to Saudi Aramco’s ambitions to become a major global player in natural gas and to boost its gas production capacity by 60% by 2030 from 2021 levels.

Canada’s Enbridge earmarks $2 billion till 2028 for Mainline network upgrade

March 4, 2025

(BOE Report) – Canadian midstream company Enbridge said on Tuesday that it plans to invest $2.5 billion in its liquids and natural gas systems, with $2 billion allocated to its Mainline network through 2028. The Mainline is North America’s largest crude oil pipeline network and transports light and heavy crude oil, natural gas liquids and refined products from Edmonton, Alberta, to various

Enbridge expects its core profit to rise in 2025

December 3, 2024

(Oil Price) – Canada’s pipeline giant Enbridge Inc. expects its core profit to be higher in 2025 compared to 2024 levels, thanks to the expected strong utilization of its assets and the contribution of recently acquired U.S. natural gas assets. Enbridge on Tuesday announced its first guidance for the core profit – or adjusted earnings before interest, income taxes, and depreciation (EBITDA) –

Enbridge sanctions pipelines to support bp’s new deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico development

October 3, 2024

(Oil & Gas 360) – HOUSTON, Oct. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – Enbridge Inc. (Enbridge) (TSX: ENB) (NYSE: ENB) announced today that it will build, own, and operate crude oil and natural gas pipelines in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico for the recently sanctioned Kaskida development, operated by BP Exploration & Production Company (“bp”). The crude oil pipeline, named the Canyon Oil Pipeline System

Shell poised to add pipeline capacity in the Gulf of Mexico

October 3, 2024

(Oil & Gas 360) – HOUSTON, Oct. 3, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Shell Pipeline Company LP (“Shell”) today announced the Final Investment Decision (FID) for the Rome Pipeline, an offshore pipeline construction project increasing access between Shell’s Green Canyon Block 19 (“GC-19”) pipeline hub platform and the Fourchon Junction facility on the Louisiana Gulf Coast. The pipeline will bring additional capacity to Shell’s

Expanded Trans Mountain pipeline capacity fails to lift Canadian heavy oil price

August 6, 2024

BOE Report The Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion (TMX) was meant to shrink the discount on Canadian oil versus U.S. crude but three months in the differential is wider than when commercial operations on the project started. Many analysts had forecast the differential on Western Canada Select (WCS) versus U.S. crude would gradually narrow to single digits thanks to the

Canadian crude exports from US Gulf Coast largely unaffected by TMX startup

July 19, 2024

Oil Price Canadian crude exported from the U.S. Gulf Coast in June clocked in at 1500,000 barrels per day, only slightly lower than average despite the commissioning of the expanded 590,000 b/d Trans Mountain pipeline (TMX) in May. TMX has the potential to cut shipments from the U.S. Gulf Coast to India, China, and South Korea if more oil from Canada’s West

Asian market buys first oil cargoes from Canada’s Trans Mountain Pipeline

July 15, 2024

Oil Price China, Japan and South Korea are set to receive cargoes of oil imports from Canada’s newly expanded Trans Mountain pipeline in September, becoming the first Asian countries to benefit from the facility since it became operational in May. The expanded TMX pipeline will triple the flow of crude from landlocked Alberta to Canada’s Pacific coast to 890,000 barrels per day

Trans Mountain oil pipeline just shy of target for first-month loadings

July 1, 2024

BOE Report About 20 ships loaded crude oil on Canada’s West Coast in the first full month of operation on the newly expanded Trans Mountain pipeline, according to vessel-tracking data on Sunday, slightly below the operator’s forecast. Loadings from the pipeline expansion are closely watched because the Canadian government wants to sell the $24.84 billion (C$34 billion) line. Questions about

Trans Mountain oil pipeline will rely on spot shipments to turn a profit

June 27, 2024

Oil Price The expanded Trans Mountain oil pipeline will rely on spot customers to see a positive equity return or return on capital in 2026, according to company filings with Canadian regulators reviewed by Reuters. The expanded Trans Mountain pipeline is tripling the capacity of the original pipeline to 890,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 300,000 bpd to carry crude from

Mountain Valley gets regulator’s approval for US natural gas pipeline

June 12, 2024

Reuters Mountain Valley can begin operating its $7.85 billion Virginia natural gas pipeline after receiving approval from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) according to a filing on Tuesday. The Mountain Valley project, the only big gas pipeline under construction in the U.S. Northeast, has encountered numerous regulatory and court fights that have stopped work several times since construction

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