Pipelines
Pipeline Company Has No Plan for New Dakota Access Route
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The Texas company developing the much-protested Dakota Access pipeline says it’s not aware of any plans for a new route in North Dakota. Energy Transfer Partners also says it’s confident it will get the necessary permission to finish the pipeline where the company first intend..
Army Corps Examining Dakota Oil Pipeline Route
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — President Barack Obama says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is examining whether the four-state Dakota Access oil pipeline can be rerouted in southern North Dakota to alleviate the concerns of American Indians. Obama told the online news outlet NowThis that his administration..
Tribes Consider Meeting with Pipeline Officials
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) – A tribal leader says protesters seeking to stop the Dakota Access pipeline are considering a possible meeting with pipeline representatives. Chief Arvol Looking Horse is a spiritual leader of the Great Sioux Nation. He told The Associated Press on Monday that leaders of sev..
1 Dead, Several Injured in Colonial Pipeline Blast
HELENA, Ala. (AP) — For the second time in two months, a pipeline that supplies gasoline to millions of people was shut down, raising the specter of another round of gas shortages and price increases. The disruption occurred when a track hoe — a machine used to remove dirt — struck the pipeline, ig..
Pennsylvania Announces Opening of New Pipeline Investment Program
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf announced today that the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA) has opened the new Pipeline Investment Program (PIPE) for applications, offering up to $24 million funding to make Pennsylvania’s natural gas available to its residents, manufacturers, and pad-ready sites,..
Police Begin to Remove Oil Pipeline Protesters
CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — Armed law enforcement officers and soldiers, including some in riot gear, moved in on Thursday to remove Dakota Access pipeline protesters camped on private land in the path of the oil pipeline in North Dakota. Authorities with trucks, police cars, military Humvees and buse..
Connecticut Abandons Review of Gas Pipeline Proposals
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut energy officials are abandoning a review of pipeline proposals to bring more natural gas into the state and the region. A spokesman for the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection says the decision was based on rulings in Massachusetts and New Hampshire ..
Henkels & McCoy Opens Midwest Pipeline Division Office
Henkels & McCoy, Inc., (H&M) has opened its new Midwest Pipeline Division office. With an emphasis on integrity management projects, the office will enable H&M to reach a wider group of customers while providing the same exceptional services that all of H&M Pipeline Division’s valued clients have co..
Dakota Access Construction Nearly Finished in South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Work on the four-state pipeline whose construction has sparked protests in North Dakota is nearly finished in South Dakota. The Dakota Access pipeline operator, Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners, in a report filed Friday with the South Dakota Public Utilities Commissio..
Connecticut Approves Temporary Pipeline to Supply Water
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — State officials have issued an amended emergency order to allow for the construction of a temporary pipeline to supply water to four Connecticut communities amid drought conditions. The state Department of Public Health had declared a public water supply emergency in Septembe..
Arson Suspected in Latest Dakota Access Pipeline Fire
REASNOR, Iowa (AP) — Authorities suspect arson in the latest burning of heavy equipment being used in the construction of the four-state Dakota Access pipeline in central Iowa. The Jasper County Sheriff’s Office says the blaze late Saturday near Reasnor, Iowa, caused about $2 million damage to an e..
Oklahoma Natural Gas to Pay Over $1M in Fines Over Explosion
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Natural Gas must pay more than $1 million in fines after a gas explosion destroyed one home and damaged about 50 others in Oklahoma City. One person was burned and two people were treated for breathing problems in the Jan. 2 explosion. ONG agreed Wednesday to pay $1.0..
Dakota Access Pipeline Construction to Resume in Protest Area
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The company building the four-state Dakota Access pipeline plans to resume construction on private land near Lake Oahe in North Dakota, where protests supporting tribal rights have endured for months. The statement early Tuesday from Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners comes ..
Hydromax USA and Detection Services Propose Exclusive Licensing Agreement
Hydromax USA announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Detection Services, Australia, to enter into an exclusive licensing agreement to deliver pipeline inspection services to the water and sewer sectors in the United States, Canada and other selected markets. Under the proposed ag..
Corps Won't Allow Pipeline Work on Federal Land
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) – The Corps of Engineers says it won’t yet authorize construction of the four-state Dakota Access pipeline on federal land in southern North Dakota. The corps also is asking Energy Transfer Partners to respect the government’s earlier request that it voluntarily stop constructio..
Court: Construction Can Resume on Small Stretch Of Dakota Access Pipeline
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Sunday opened the door for construction to resume on a small stretch of the four-state Dakota Access pipeline while it considers an appeal by the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. The ruling removed a temporary injunction that halted work on the project. T..
Waukesha Chooses Manager for Lake Michigan Water Supply Project
The Waukesha Water Utility Commission has selected Greeley and Hansen as the program manager for its switch to a Lake Michigan water supply. The Environmental engineering firm specializes in water and wastewater engineering. The Commission voted tonight to have Greeley and Hansen proceed with work ..
First Nations and Tribes Join Forces To Stop All Tar Sands Pipelines
First Nation and Tribal Chiefs have signed a new continent-wide Indigenous Treaty — the Treaty Alliance Against Tar Sands Expansion — that commits already some 50 First Nations and Tribes from all over Canada and the Northern US to working together to stop all proposed tar sands pipeline, tanker and..
Federal Officials to Tour Proposed Lake Powell Pipeline Route
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal regulators will be touring the proposed route of the billion-dollar Lake Powell pipeline this week. The Deseret News reports members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission are visiting the site Tuesday and Wednesday. The tour, which is open to the public, is inten..
Electro Scan Announces Integration With Innovyze® InfoMaster for Sewer
Electro Scan Inc. has completed data integration between its flagship sewer condition assessment solution and the Innovyze® InfoMaster for Sewer product. Electro Scan’s breakthrough technology evaluates 360-degrees of a pipe wall to accurately locate and measure defects in gallons per minute (GPM) ..
Kentucky PSC Denies Request to Abandon 3 Sewer Systems
The Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) has denied a request by Ridgelea Investments to abandon three unprofitable sewer systems in Franklin County while retaining a profitable system in Grant County. In an order issued today, the PSC said that Kentucky law does not permit such partial abandon..
Stake Center Locating Wins 'Best Of' Award For Pipeline Locating Service Contractors
Stake Center Locating, a subsidiary of S&N Communications, has been selected for the 2016 Best of Salt Lake City Award in the Pipeline Locating Service Contractors category. Each year, the Salt Lake City Award Program identifies companies that have achieved exceptional marketing success in their lo..
Nevada Water Official Plans 2017 Hearings on Pumping Issue
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada’s top state water official plans hearings next year to resolve long-fought disputes over a proposal to pump groundwater from valleys near the Nevada-Utah state line and pipe it to Las Vegas. At a Wednesday meeting in Carson City, opponents of groundwater pumping said they th..
Dakota Access CEO: Company Committed to Finishing Project
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The head of a Texas company building the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline told employees Tuesday that it is committed to the project despite strong opposition and a federal order to halt construction near an American Indian reservation in North Dakota. Energy Transfer Partn..
Senate Boosts Bill for Water Projects, $220M for Flint
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate voted to move forward Monday on a $10 billion water projects bill that includes $220 million in emergency funding for Flint, Michigan, and other communities beset by lead-contaminated water. Senators advanced the bill 90-1 on a procedural vote, with approval expected la..
Pipelines Support Intent, Not Execution Of New PHMSA Proposed Rule
Broad pipeline industry opposition to a number of aspects of the newly proposed transmission pipeline regulations is as much about methane emissions as it is about safety. The proposal from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), issued in April and ostensibly responsive ..
Utility Buys 240 acres for Substation, Transmission Lines in Pennsylvania
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — An electrical utility has bought 240 acres of land in northeastern Pennsylvania for a substation in hopes of improving power delivery to the region. The Times-Tribune in Scranton reports (http://bit.ly/2coCnvI ) PPL Electric Utilities bought largely overgrown, wooded property a..
Fighting Back The Zealots
by Robert Carpenter, Editor-in-Chief We lost the Keystone Pipeline to politics rather than rational justification. The environmental lobby had enough political clout with President Obama when he took office to manipulate his anti-carbon leanings into a full-fledged war on all things carbon. The Oba..
Judge Sides with Feds on Temporary Oil Pipeline Pause
Bismarck, N.D. (AP) — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe was unsuccessful Monday in asking a federal judge to recognize three federal agencies’ request for a developer to “voluntarily pause” work on a segment of the Dakota Access pipeline that the tribe says holds sacred sites and artifacts. The tribe s..
New Mexico Water Officials Eye Pipeline to Colorado Lake
FARMINGTON, N.M. (AP) – A water commission is eyeing a possible pipeline from a Colorado lake to northern New Mexico. The Daily Times reports (http://bit.ly/2cjL7FE) San Juan Water Commission members will meet in October to weigh having the pipeline designed at an estimated cost of $10,000 to $15,0..
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