Native grasses may flower again as pipelines are built
LIVE OAK COUNTY — At Dobie Ranch, brushy plants common across South Texas blanket the rolling hills: granjeno, tasajillo, hog-plum, mesquite, prickly pear. But where a new pipeline route slices the...
View ArticleKinder Morgan exec: Pipeline grid needs realignment
Surging oil and gas production in new areas across the United States creates fresh opportunities and challenges for companies operating a labyrinth of North American pipelines built decades before the...
View ArticleFarmer finds oil spill while harvesting wheat
A North Dakota farmer who discovered an oil spill the size of seven football fields while out harvesting wheat says that when he found it, crude was bubbling up out of the ground. Farmer Steve Jensen...
View ArticleWellAware technology remotely monitors Eagle Ford wells, pipelines
BEEVILLE — Beyond a ranch gate in the middle of a field of wildflowers, Matt Harrison hops from his truck to check equipment just installed at a long-producing oil well. As he walks the sandy site,...
View ArticlePipelines are safer than trains and trucks, report says
WASHINGTON — When it comes to transporting oil, pipelines are the safest option, trumping trains and trucks, according to a new report from Canada’s Fraser Institute. The study is just the latest to...
View ArticleNew crude transport rules to boost rail costs
By Rebecca PentyBloomberg News New rules will boost costs to transport crude by rail in North America as trains are forecast to carry as much as 2 million barrels a day, about equal to what flows daily...
View ArticleBorder-crossing pipelines need easier review process, trade group says
WASHINGTON — Congress needs to modernize the byzantine process for vetting proposed natural gas pipelines that would cross U.S. borders with Mexico or Canada, an industry trade group told lawmakers on...
View ArticleFeds blast bill to speed approval of border-crossing pipelines
WASHINGTON — Obama administration officials on Tuesday blasted legislation that aims to streamline the permitting of pipelines and power lines that cross U.S. borders, saying the bill would...
View ArticleHouse panel advances plan to pare border-crossing pipeline reviews
WASHINGTON — A House subcommittee on Wednesday advanced legislation that aims to speed up the government’s review of pipelines and power lines that cross U.S. borders into Mexico and Canada, over the...
View ArticleCanada at crossroads in bid to become energy superpower
By Jeremy van Loon and Rebecca PentyBloomberg News Canada’s bid to become what Prime Minister Stephen Harper calls an energy “superpower” is at risk as approval delays for new pipelines threaten an...
View ArticleFeds meet with enviro groups as Keystone decision nears
WASHINGTON — As the State Department readies its final review of the proposed Keystone XL pipeline, environmentalists on Monday stepped up their fight against the project. Representatives from the...
View ArticlePoll: Americans support more pipelines, including Keystone XL
WASHINGTON — Eight out of 10 Americans support expanding the nation’s energy infrastructure, with new pipelines and other facilities to transport oil and gas across the U.S., according to an...
View ArticleLawmakers want Keystone XL decision delayed
WASHINGTON — Roughly two dozen congressional Democrats want the Obama administration to postpone a final environmental assessment of TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Keystone XL pipeline until...
View ArticleKnow the MLP pitfalls before putting money in
HOUSTON — A weakened bond market has pushed frustrated investors to buy more shares in U.S. companies, and while the nation’s oil wells gush, many are parking their cash in the energy industry. Last...
View ArticleVoting majority backs Keystone XL pipeline, poll finds
WASHINGTON — The oil industry has spent years working to convince lawmakers and the American public that the proposed Keystone XL pipeline means more energy and more jobs for the U.S. But it looks like...
View ArticleSenator: Rail accidents put spotlight on pipeline needs (video)
WASHINGTON — Fiery explosions involving oil-carrying trains help make the case for Keystone XL and other new pipelines to transport the crude, a Senate Republican says. “Clearly, pipelines are part of...
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Kerry: No rush to decide on Keystone XL pipeline
Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird (L), US Secretary of State John Kerry (C) and Mexican Foreign Minister Jose Antonio Meade walk after conducting a press conference at the US State Department...
View ArticleKeystone XL southern leg launches as safest pipeline ever, CEO says
HOUSTON — TransCanada on Wednesday started delivering oil to the Texas coast through the southern leg of the Keystone XL pipeline, a move that will bolster the Canadian company’s case for building a...
View ArticleGOP senators demand decision on Keystone XL
WASHINGTON — Republican senators on Friday asked President Barack Obama to make a final decision soon on whether to permit the Keystone XL pipeline that would link Canada’s oil sands with Gulf Coast...
View ArticleKeystone XL pressure mounts before State of the Union
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama isn’t likely to utter a word about the controversial Keystone XL pipeline during his State of the Union address Tuesday night — but that isn’t stopping fans and foes...
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