Pipelines

EACOP

The $5bn EACOP pipeline clinches funding despite climate risks

The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) project has secured its first tranche of financing from African and commercial banks, despite intensifying global pressure over its climate and environmental risks.

Niger Delta

Exploding Niger Delta pipelines reignite debate over ageing infra

Critics say blaming the fires on militancy masks another problem plaguing Niger Delta communities: the safety risks of ageing oil and gas facilities.

EACOP

Ugandan women enfeebled as EACOP crude pipeline upends their lives

New research spotlights how the EACOP project is bringing a host of financial and security risks to tens of thousands of women in Uganda who have been displaced by the pipeline.

CERAWeek

Despite rising costs, LNG execs at CERAWeek see LT growth

At CERAWeek, gas executives boasted that demand would grow for years, or even decades to come. But they also see a problem of rising costs for their projects.

trade war

Wary of U.S. trade war, Canada eyes more oil, gas exports to Asia

The threat of punitive tariffs on Canada has highlighted the country’s dependence on the U.S. market. In response to the threat of a trade war, Canadian officials are eyeing more oil and gas pipeline and export projects to Europe and Asia, but critics warn of doubling down on fossil fuels.

Most European hydrogen projects show very little progress: report

Europe’s ambitions for a continent-wide hydrogen network are “impractical and unrealistic,” according to a new report. The danger is that hydrogen provides cover for the expansion of the gas system.

Nord Stream

Nord Stream leak twice as bad as previously thought — new study

The Nord Stream explosion resulted in the largest release of methane in history. And yet it was still a small fraction of the total methane released by the global oil and gas industry.

Power of Siberia 2

Power of Siberia 2 pipeline future hangs in the balance

The Power of Siberia 2 pipeline could carry as much as 50 billion cubic metres of gas per annum across 2,600 km.

GTN XPress

Gas pipeline expansion in U.S. Pacific Northwest in financial trouble

The GTN Xpress, an expansion of an existing pipeline that carries Canadian gas to the northwest part of the U.S., admitted that its project may not be financially viable.

Arpel

Arpel-Naturgas Week: Colombia pivots to Venezuelan gas despite offshore bounty

An announcement this week at the Arpel-Naturgas conference in Cartagena suggests that the administration of Colombian President Gustavo Petro is putting more emphasis on Venezuelan gas than domestic alternatives.

Iran gas

Middle East tensions rise after Iran gas pipelines burst

The Iran gas pipeline attacks point to escalating tensions in the region.

Trans Saharan pipeline

Trans-Saharan pipeline uncertain after coup: experts

The Trans-Saharan gas pipeline project connecting Nigerian and Algerian gas pipelines to Europe faces uncertainty due to political turmoil and sanctions following the Niger coup.

hydrogen pipeline

Gulf-Europe hydrogen pipeline viable: study

A hydrogen pipeline from Gulf countries to Europe might represent one of the most cost competitive options on the table amid targets to import 10 million tonnes of the fuel to Europe by 2030 as part of energy transition targets, experts said.

Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline

Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline highly vulnerable: experts

The Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline project intends to supply gas to Morocco, 13 West African nations, and Europe, but experts have raised concerns about vulnerabilities based on its long timeline, funding issues, security, regional instability, and environmental and health impact.

Mountain Valley Pipeline

U.S. okays Mountain Valley Pipeline in unprecedented move

Debt negotiations resulted in the approval of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, an unusual move that shows a “failure of governance” and “a lack of integrity in the whole process,” according to critics.