More than usual uncertainty about the economic drivers of energy markets complicates forecasts about oil demand in a year of continuing relocation of the growth centers for supply and demand.

Examining the variance of hydrate particle size with focused-beam reflectance measurements (FBRM) yields a clearer understanding of the microscopic mechanisms guiding hydrate formation and plugging, with the square-weighted chord length method emerging as capable of predicting hydrate plugging fairly well.

Chevron Canada Ltd. plans to acquire a 50% state in the Kitimat LNG project and proposed Pacific Trail Pipeline (PTP) and a 50% interest in 644,000 acres in the Horn River and Liard basins in British Columbia.

The US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Administration is expected to announce new safety regulations in 2013 under the latest federal pipeline safety law.

European Union sanctions on natural gas exports from Iran may be having unintended consequences for the country's exports of LPG, according to analysis by Facts Global Energy, Honolulu.

Pembina Pipeline Corp. plans to significantly expand natural gas liquids and crude oil and condensate capacity on its Peace and Northern Pipeline Systems by a combined 108,000 b/d.

As the end of each year approaches, an accounting of its events typically emerges. This is no less the case in the pipeline industry than it is for movies, politics, or charities.

Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.), the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee's ranking minority member, introduced legislation to place other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on the same footing as US free trade partners when it comes to receiving LNG exports.