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EU Limits Utilization of Nord Stream Pipeline for Gazprom

The European Commission (EC) decided not to exclude Nord Stream’s pipeline, Opal, from the Third Energy Package at its meeting on 10 March. This will prevent utilisation of the pipeline capacity at 100% capacity. Nord Stream is 51% controlled by Gazprom, while Wintershall Holding and E.On Ruhrgas own 15.5%. Gasunie and GdF Suez own 9% each in the consortium.

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Greece Moves On Russian Gas Concerns With Pipeline Project

As much of Europe spent the last month worrying about what might happen if Russia decided to shut the valve on its gas supply, Athens has apparently decided the time is right to push a new energy role. This week, Greece

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Enbridge plans $7 Billion pipeline replacement program

Enbridge announced they have received shipper support for a $7 billion investment in their Canadian and U.S. mainline system running from Edmonton, Alberta to Superior, Wisconsin. The Line 3 Replacement (L3R) Program will complement the existing Line 3 segment replacement program and include all remaining segments of Line 3 between Hardisty, Alberta and Superior. The L3R Program is targeted to be completed by the second half of 2017. Mainline shippers have agreed to support surcharges on all barrels moving ...

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Significant expansion of United State’s largest-volume interstate natural gas pipeline system Transco

Williams Partners L.P. announced that its Transco pipeline system received binding commitments from nine shippers for 100 percent of the 1.7 million dekatherms of firm transportation capacity under its proposed Atlantic Sunrise expansion project. The project includes 15-year shipper commitments from producers, local distribution companies and power generators. The project represents vital energy infrastructure that would connect surging, new supplies of natural gas in the Marcellus producing region in northeastern Pennsylvania with growing demand centers along the Atlantic Seaboard. ...

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Spectra Energy to expand pipeline systems in New England

Spectra Energy announced the Atlantic Bridge project, a proposed expansion of its Algonquin Gas Transmission and Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline systems, to connect abundant North American natural gas supplies with markets in the New England states and Maritime provinces. Algonquin and Maritimes & Northeast recently executed an agreement with Unitil Corporation to participate as an anchor shipper in the project. Unitil is a natural gas distribution company that serves parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire and is the largest distributor ...

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China promotes pipeline business opening-up

China has issued a plan to open up its largely monopolized oil and gas pipelines, in a bid to increase the facilities’ efficiency, energy authority said on Monday. The National Energy Administration (NEA) said in the plan that it encourages pipeline operators to open their facilities to each other and to users, including fuel producers, refiners, sellers and other industrial users, when pipelines have extra capacity.

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February/March 2014 issue of International Metal Tube magazine

Welcome to the February/March issue of International Metal Tube magazine. You can access the digital version of this issue at

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Work on Iraq, Jordan oil pipeline may start soon

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