America's oil and gas fields are crying out for more pipelines. The Permian Basin--and, to a lesser extent, the Marcellus and Utica shale plays--have developed so rapidly that producers could be forced to trim output, since they lack the takeaway capacity to ship their product. Kinder Morgan, Enbridge, Enable, Williams and other midstream companies are jockeying for the resulting business »

Cheniere Energy Incorporated (NYSE:LNG) (Houston, Texas), through subsidiary Cheniere Marketing LLC, signed an agreement with Vitol Incorporated (Rotterdam, Netherlands) in which Vitol will purchase about 0.7 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Cheniere for about 15 years, beginning in 2018. Industrial Info is tracking more than $35.6 billion in active projects involving Cheniere, »

Join Nalco Water, an Ecolab Company, and BASF for a webinar on the top three ways to maximize your plant's amine performance. When: Tuesday, September 18, 10 a.m. CDT (11 a.m. EDT) Webinar Focus: The Amine Unit is the heart of a gas plant and when it is not running efficiently, it will impact your plant's availability and »

Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) is pleased to be presenting a complimentary webinar on the outlook for Oil & Gas projects in Europe and Russia. The webinar will be held August 28 at 9 a.m. CDT (2 p.m. GMT). Join Gordon Gorrie, Industrial Info's vice president of Oil & Gas research; Shane Mullins, vice president of product »

The $5.5 billion Train 1 at Corpus Christi is in its final commissioning stages and is expected to be fully operational in the first quarter of 2019; the $5.5 billion Train 2 is under construction and is expected to start up in a little more than a year's time. Each has a 4.5 million-metric-ton-per-year capacity. For more »

Billions of dollars in new export terminal projects are now at risk as China's retaliatory measures extend to the U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) sector. China's newly proposed 25% tariff on U.S. LNG imports could place $200 billion in unsanctioned project development along the Gulf Coast at risk. U.S. developers seeking to secure sales contracts to fund »

Global liquefied natural gas (LNG) imports increased 9.9% in 2017 to 289.8 million tons, the highest annual growth rate since 2010, according to the latest annual report by the International Association of Liquefied Natural Gas Importers (GIIGNL). Despite several delayed start-ups, new liquefaction capacity continued to come online in various areas of the world ranging from the U. »

As record amounts of new ethylene capacity continue to be announced globally, so does the number of planned polyethylene units. Currently, more than 190 individual polyethylene units are being proposed around the world, with an estimated nameplate capacity of more than 138 billion pounds per year, according to Industrial Info's project database. A significant portion of the planned units are »

Trey Hamblet, Industrial Info's Vice President of Research for the Chemical Processing Industry, will present an outlook on the industry's spending trends at the Rice Global E&C Forum on Friday, June 8. The forum event will be held 11:15 a.m.-1:45 p.m. at Grand Hall in the Ley Student Center at Rice University. The »

Industrial Info is keeping busy in June with plenty of trade shows and webinars that will demonstrate its far-reaching research and analysis. Two of the most anticipated webinars--both free to subscribers--are the 2018 Global Power Spending Outlook and 2018 Global Chemical Processing Spending Outlook. 2018 Global Power Spending Outlook Britt Burt, Industrial Info's Vice President of Research for the Power »

Tony Salemme, Industrial Info's Vice President - Craft Labor Group, will speak at Petrochemical Update's Downstream 2018 Conference and Exhibition this week in Galveston, Texas.The conference will take place May 31-June 1. Salemme said he will be speaking on project labor supply imbalances and rising costs in the Gulf Coast region."We have an 'oil-to-gas ratio,' which is »

Industrial Info is tracking more than $231 billion in active Oil & Gas Production projects in Canada, including more than $33 billion worth that are set to begin construction before the end of the year. Industrial Info also is tracking more than $40 billion in active Pipeline projects in Canada, including about $16 billion worth that are set to begin »

Industrial Info Resources is pleased to be holding a complimentary Market Outlook & Networking Event on May 2 in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Industrial Info’s industry experts will be discussing the latest trends that will impact project spending in North America. Among the market regions to be discussed are the Northeast and New England, where Industrial Info is tracking more »

A growing number of natural gas processing plant projects are dotting the landscape as gas is extracted from U.S. tight shale formations. Industrial Info's natural gas processing plant database is tracking more than 100 projects for planned, or already underway, natural gas processing projects involving grassroot construction or expansions at existing plants. While the bulk of these projects are »

Continued development of shale, tight oil and natural gas resources will lead to the transition of the U.S. from a net energy importer to a net energy exporter by 2022, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's (EIA) new annual outlook report. At the same time, energy consumption is projected to grow at a more modest pace, so »

Written by Brock Ramey, Power Specialist for Industrial Info Resources--Power-Gen Asia, which ran September 18-22 in Bangkok, Thailand, showed Southeast Asia to be among the fastest-growing markets in the Power Industry. More than 10,000 attendees attended the trade show at the Bangkok International Trade and Exposition Center. Natural gas was among the most widely discussed topics at Power-Gen Asia. »

IIR Energy BREAKERS: Natural Gas Pipeline Clears Regulatory Hurdle The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a favorable environmental impact statement for Dominion Energy's planned Atlantic Coast natural gas pipeline. The pipeline would run 600 miles from West Virginia to North Carolina, carrying up to 1.5 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas. (Plant: 1043346) Killen Power »

Construction costs for most power plant types fell from 2013 to 2015, based on survey data for utility-scale electric generators (those with a capacity greater than one megawatt) built in that period, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). In 2015, wind, natural gas and solar were the most commonly added capacity types, according to the EIA, adding »

In last week's webinar on global spending in the Power Industry, Britt Burt, Industrial Info's vice president of research for the Power Industry said that there was more than $1.1 trillion of power projects under construction, with more than $5.4 trillion in the planning and engineering stage. East Asia, with $368 billion under construction, leads in terms of »

Cheniere Starts Short Maintenance Turnaround at Sabine Pass LNG Terminal Cheniere is performing a brief maintenance turnaround at its Sabine Pass Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminal in Cameron, Louisiana. The turnaround began Tuesday, and production levels should be back to normal on Thursday. Train #4 is still on track to be completed in the third quarter of this year, which »