Enterprise Products announced on Monday that it will add an additional 35,000 b/d of new capacity to its Midland to Sealy crude pipeline in May, taking its total throughput to 575,000 b/d. The 416 mile pipeline was put...
Plains All American Pipeline announced this week that its Cactus II pipeline, which runs from the Permian Basin to Corpus Christi, is fully committed with long term shipping contracts. The pipeline’s initial capacity is...
ONEOK has announced plans for the Arbuckle II pipeline that will connect ONEOK’s Mid-Continent Infrastructure in Oklahoma with its fractionation facilities near Mont Belvieu, Texas. The new 530-mile pipeline is expected...
ETP considering new cross-Texas crude pipeline
February 23, 2018
In a fourth quarter earnings call, Energy Transfer Partners indicated it is currently considering a new crude oil pipeline that would run from the Permian basin to Nederland, Texas, near Beaumont....
New cross-state pipeline project proposed
February 14, 2018
A new 520-mile natural gas pipeline project is currently in an open season for new shipping contracts. The Permian to Katy Pipeline, a Sempra LNG & Boardwalk Pipeline Partners jointly developed project, would have a...
Federal government issues border wall pre-solicitation notice
February 14, 2018
The federal government recently issued a Pre-Solicitation Notice to potential vendors regarding the “Rio Grande Valley border barrier segment 01.” The estimated contract value is between $25 million and $100 million....
U.S. Department of Transportation Releases Environmental Impact Statement on the Dallas-Houston Bullet Train
January 11, 2018
The draft Environmental Impact Statement, released by the U.S. Department of Transportation, doesn't necessarily endorse the so-called Utility Corridor. The U.S. Department of Transportation still has 60 days to hear from the...
Dallas to Houston Bullet Train Clears Some Federal Approvals
December 26, 2017
On December 15, 2017, the Federal Railway Administration issued its draft Environmental Impact Statement which studies the impact the bullet train project may have on affected landowners and the environmental generally. The...
Texas Tribune and ProPublica Analyze Takings for Border Wall Where Government Did Not Pay Compensation
December 26, 2017
The Texas Tribune and ProPulica have released the second installment in a series of articles addressing the current border wall and the construction of the border wall in the late 2000s. The latest article addresses the...
A 730 mile long pipeline that would connect the Permian Basin and Corpus Christi has received “sufficient customer interest” on its proposed crude oil pipeline portion of the two pipeline project. The pipeline will be...