Pacific NorthWest LNG Ltd. has awarded the front-end engineering and design contract for the 12-million tonne/year project to three contractors: Bechtel, KBR/JGC joint venture, and Technip/Samsung Engineering/China Huanqiu joint venture.

The US House approved Rep. Lee Terry’s (R-Neb.) bill to bypass the White House and congressionally authorize construction of the Keystone XL crude oil pipeline’s northern segment by 241 to 175 votes on May 22.

As the US debates exporting more plentiful natural gas from new liquefaction along the East and Gulf coasts, gas exports to Mexico in the past 3 years have doubled, according to a recent research note from Barclays.

A combination of innovation and cooperation will be necessary to meet the world’s future energy needs, a Shell Downstream Inc. official forecast.

Laricina Energy Ltd., Calgary, has received approval from the Energy Resources Conservation Board of Alberta for its Stony Mountain Pipeline (SMP) in the western Athabasca oil sands region.

Plains All American Pipeline LP (PAA) is building a 95-mile extension of its existing Oklahoma crude oil pipeline system to service increasing production from the Granite Wash, Hogshooter, and Cleveland Sands producing areas in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle.

Questar Pipeline Co. has started a binding open season to solicit support for an expansion of capacity out of the Uinta basin by extending its Jurisdictional Lateral 138 (JL138) to the Myton Yard.