Enterprise Products Partners, Anadarko Petroleum and Enbridge Energy Partners announced their plans to build a new natural gas liquids pipeline connecting the Texas Panhandle to propane central, Mont Belvieu, according to a recent FuelFix.com report. Because NGLs like propane can’t be transported through the same pipelines as natural gas, they need their own system. As […]
As you’ve surely noticed, election season is nearly upon us. We’re hearing candidates’ views on an array of issues, but so far, none of them have had much to say about propane – until now! Scott Keller, a Presidential contender for 2012 running as an Independent, released a statement this week announcing his support for […]
Daniel Herriman, 40, will appear before a Magistrate Judge in Muskogee, OK, today for allegedly attaching an improvised explosive device (IED) to a natural gas pipeline, FuelFix.com reported. He faces federal charges of attempting to destroy property used in interstate or foreign commerce. According to the Seminole County Sheriff Office’s report, two Enerfin Resources employees […]
An Enterprise Products Partners pipeline carrying natural gas liquids leaked approximately 140,000 gallons of fuel into an Iowa section of the Missouri River on Saturday, according to a Reuters report. Enterprise spokesman Rick Rainey said controllers detected a drop in pressure in the pipeline between Nebraska and Iowa early Saturday morning and immediately shut it […]
Like Nepal, India, and many other nations throughout Asia and Africa, officials from the National Petroleum Authority announced yesterday that Ghana now faces a propane shortage that could last a year at the very least, Business News reported. Both private households and local industries are expected to suffer from the lack of LPG availability and […]
Inergy, LP, one of the country’s largest propane retailers, purchased an underground salt cavern facility near Seneca Lake outside Watkins Glen, NY, capable of holding approximately 2 billion cubic feet of liquid propane gas, MarketWatch reported. Salt caverns are ideal for storing propane because they’re huge and essentially impermeable. The acquisition originally faced opposition and […]
Central New York Oil and Gas is trying to construct a major gas pipeline through multiple northern Pennsylvania counties, but have hit snags from the EPA and other environmental groups demanding a better assessment of how the pipeline will impact area ecosystems. The company struck back at the EPA this week, saying the agency is […]
It’s been awhile since we’ve heard any news from Mont Belvieu, Texas, home of the country’s biggest propane hub and storage facility. Since the town consistently defines pricing and trends for propane nationwide, we checked in! Here’s the skinny: Late last month, Enterprise Products Partners LP began construction of a new NGL fractionation facility in […]
DCP Midstream, the largest natural gas liquids producer and one of the largest propane marketers in the country, announced it has acquired the Seaway Products Pipeline Company and plans to expand transportation capacity between America’s two biggest propane hubs, Mont Belvieu, Texas, and Conway, Kansas. By extending the newly renamed Southern Hills Pipeline by 130 […]
Inergy LP, the fourth largest propane dealer in the country, has announced plans to add a 20-mile, 20-inch diameter lateral pipeline in Texas, according to a recent press release from Industrial Info Resources. The new pipeline will transport up to 100 million standard cubic feet of gas per day to Copano Energy LLC’s Houston Central […]