Parsons Corp. has been named the EPC partner for development of a proposed $3.4-billion regional underground storage facility for natural gas liquids and derivatives.
With new procedures in place to streamline permits for liquefied natural gas export terminals, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in late August slated 12 LNG terminals for environmental review.
Under some scenarios, a new Trump administration proposal to reduce carbon emissions from power plants could curtail the construction of new natural gas combined-cycle power plants by as much as 30% and increase the use of existing coal plants by 13%, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s own regulatory impact analysis on its proposal, the Affordable Clean Energy (ACE) rule.
With surging crude oil production in the Permian Basin reaching the limits of the pipeline system, pipeline companies are working to build new capacity to avoid bottlenecks that could restrict exports out of the area.
While a new report forecasts spending on North American pipelines and midstream infrastructure will begin declining after next year, at least one engineering firm sees significant near-term activity, partly on higher oil prices.
A joint venture between Fluor and Yokohama, Japan-based JGC was selected in April as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for LNG Canada’s proposed liquefied natural gas export facility in Kitimat, British Columbia.
A New York company and two utilities have a cost-effective solution to the nation’s aging underground infrastructure: a robot that crawls through cast-iron natural-gas pipelines and replaces their deteriorating joints, effectively renewing the pipes for up to 50 years.
