GE Oil & Gas Helps National Grid Complete Inspection of NYC Gas Pipeline

GE Oil & Gas’ PII Pipeline Solutions group has helped National Grid USA complete a challenging inspection of a decades-old natural gas pipeline running under the busy streets of New York City, showcasing the heightened efforts of operators to evaluate the condition of pipelines located in high-population areas around the country. National... 

Energy Transfer Partners Completes Texas Pipeline Expansion Project

Energy Transfer Partners L.P. announced the completion of the 56-mile Katy Expansion pipeline project that increases the capacity of the Partnership’s existing ETC Katy natural gas pipeline in southeast Texas by more than 400 million cubic feet per day. The 36-inch Katy Expansion project provides approximately 20,000 horsepower of compression to the... 

MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures Backs Laurus Energy

MDV-Mohr Davidow Ventures, a leading Silicon Valley venture capital firm, announced that it has backed Laurus Energy, the North American leader in Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) project development. Laurus also announced today that top energy executive Rebecca McDonald has joined as CEO. “Given the huge demand for energy in the U.S. and abroad... 

ExxonMobil to Invest over $1 Billion to Increase Cleaner Diesel Supply

ExxonMobil Refining & Supply today announced it will invest more than $1 billion in three refineries to increase the supply of cleaner burning diesel by about six million gallons per day. The company will construct new units and modify existing facilities at its Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Baytown, Texas; and Antwerp, Belgium, refineries. “This underscores... 

CHS Success in 2008 Founded on Vision, Stability

Leaders of CHS Inc., one of the nation’s leading energy, grains and foods companies, attributed strong 2008 performance to maintaining financial stability and disciplined-growth during a period of unprecedented market volatility. “After five consecutive years of record results — the combination of our own hard work, growth and what... 

Quorum Signs Two Additional Clients on Pipeline Transaction Management Software

Quorum Business Solutions, Inc. , a leading provider of business and information technology solutions for the oil, gas, and renewable energy industry, announces that two natural gas pipeline operators have entered into agreements to implement Quorum Pipeline Transaction Management (QPTM) to manage their pipeline operations. With this, QPTM now manages... 

Spectra Energy’s Pine River Phase III Project Comes Into Service

Spectra Energy has successfully completed expansion of its natural gas gathering system in the Grizzly Valley area of northeastern British Columbia (BC). The project represents the third phase of expansion connected to the Pine River Processing Plant, near Chetwynd, BC, and includes 17 kilometers of new pipeline (parallel to existing lines), an additional... 

Leaf River Energy Center LLC Receives FERC’s Certificate of Necessity for Natural Gas Storage Facility

Leaf River Energy Center LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Westport, CT based NGS Energy LP announced today the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity authorizing Leaf River to develop and operate a salt dome natural gas storage facility and the associated pipeline infrastructure. Leaf... 

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. Appoints Eugene N. Dubay to Board of Directors

Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. announced that it has appointed Eugene N. Dubay as an independent member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Dubay has been a Senior Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Continental Energy Systems (formerly SEMCO Energy) since 2003. Prior to joining Continental Energy, he held executive level positions at ONEOK, Inc... 

Spectra Energy Announces Senior Executive Team

Spectra Energy Corp announced the senior executive team who will lead the corporation following current president and chief executive officer (CEO) Fred Fowler’s retirement at the end of 2008. The company previously announced that in January 2009, Greg Ebel, currently chief financial officer (CFO) Spectra Energy, will succeed Fowler as president...