ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan (AP) — Turkmenistan and Iran on Wednesday signed a contract for the delivery of 10 billion cubic meters a year of Turkmen gas that Iran will then ship on to Iraq. The deal was announced by Turkmenistan’s foreign ministry, which did not state the monetary worth of the contract. The ministry’s statement said […]
By Arathy Somasekhar HOUSTON (Reuters) – About 20 ships loaded crude oil on Canada’s West Coast in the first full month of operation on the newly expanded Trans Mountain pipeline, according to vessel-tracking data on Sunday, slightly below the operator’s forecast. Loadings from the pipeline expansion are closely watched because the Canadian government wants to […]
Environmentalists are challenging Michigan regulators’ decision to approve encasing part of an aging Enbridge Energy oil pipeline that runs beneath a channel connecting two Great Lakes, arguing that they failed to properly consider alternatives that would minimize climate impacts. The Environmental Law & Policy Center and the Michigan Climate Action Network filed a brief with […]
Sri Lankan Facebook users have recirculated an old photo of a corroded water pipe in Thailand alongside a false claim that it was taken in the island nation. The image was first shared online by Thai users complaining about the condition of the kingdom’s water pipes in 2016 — which Thai authorities said have since […]
Iowa public utility regulators on Tuesday approved a controversial carbon dioxide pipeline for transporting emissions of the climate-warming greenhouse gas for storage underground in a win for Summit Carbon Solutions’ project after setbacks in other states and opposition from landowners around the Midwest. The company still has many hoops to jump through before it can […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum has emerged as a serious contender to be Donald Trump’s running mate. He’s one of the president’s most loyal and vocal backers and brings executive experience, business savvy and close connections to deep-pocketed energy industry CEOs. Trump wants their money to help finance his third run […]
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is one of Donald Trump’s most visible and vocal backers, sprinting around the country to drum up support for the former president’s comeback bid while auditioning to be his running mate. Far from the glare of the campaign trail, however, Burgum is wrestling with a mammoth […]
A wave of shock and sadness has swept over Hawaii and the surf world at large, as news that Tamayo Perry, longtime Pipeline specialist, died on Sunday, June 23rd. Perry was surfing Goat Island off Oahu at the time of the attack; he was 49 years old. Perry, a freesurfing standout in the North Shore […]
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A China-backed pipeline that would make Niger an oil-exporting country is being threatened by an internal security crisis and a diplomatic dispute with neighoring Benin, both as a result of last year’s coup that toppled the West African nation’s democratic government. The 1,930-kilometer (1,200-mile) pipeline runs from Niger’s Chinese-built Agadem oil […]
Campaigners are calling for an investigation into the kidnapping and beating of Stephen Kwikiriza, a vocal opponent of a controversial drilling and pipeline project in Uganda. Kwikiriza was abducted on June 4 in Kampala by what appeared to be plainclothes officers from the Ugandan military. Five days later, he was dropped 150 miles away, by […]
ST. LOUIS – A new federal case details an alleged pipeline of illegal drugs (fentanyl, methamphetamine, and cocaine) from Mexico to St. Louis. The case also offers a glimpse of the impact the southern border crisis may be having here. There are 29 defendants spread out among multiple states and Mexico. There was a hearing […]
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Environmental groups on Wednesday petitioned the U.S. Department of Interior to review climate impacts related to the decades-old trans-Alaska pipeline system and develop a plan for a “managed phasedown” of the 800-mile (1,287-kilometer) pipeline, which is Alaska’s economic lifeline. The request comes more than a year after the Biden administration approved […]