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Ethiopia and Djibouti concluded an agreement giving a green light for the construction of an oil pipeline that stretches across the two countries. The pipeline is going to be managed by the US based African infrastructure development company Black Rhino. The agreement was signed at the beginning of February by Tolosa Shagi, Ethiopian Minister of Mines and Ali Yacoub Mahamoud, Djibouti

he Slovakian company Eustream’s gas pipeline, expected to deliver gas to countries in the Balkans, and Gazprom’s Turkish Stream will be complementary projects, Eustream’s international development and public affairs head told RIA Novosti on Thursday. Eustream’s Eastring pipeline will run from Bulgaria to Romania and then, via Hungary or Ukraine, to Slovakia. Mirek Topolanek said that the Eastring and the Turkish Stream would be « in no way » competing projects. « On the contrary, they can complement each other and be ...

Mexico’s energy regulatory commission (CRE) has authorized the national gas control center (Cenag

An attempt to force U.S. President Barack Obama to approve the Keystone XL pipeline is being rebuffed, with the White House confirming that the president will veto a pro-Keystone bill, the first legislation of its kind passed by Congress. « I would anticipate that, as we’ve been saying for years, the president would veto that legislation, » Obama spokesman Josh Earnest told a press briefing. « And he will. » It may be a milestone in a long debate

Enbridge Inc. (TSX:ENB) says it’s exploring a number of low-cost expansions to its pipeline infrastructure to keep crude oil moving while various larger-scale pipeline proposals remain mired in legal and regulatory delays. « All of these involve relatively small, low cost, bolt-on projects that can be staged in increments as required to meet shipper needs, » Guy Jarvis, the company’s president of liquids pipelines, said during a conference call Friday. « For that reason, we think that they will be attractive ...

Fluor Corporation has been awarded a contract by NEXUS Gas Transmission, LLC, to provide engineering, procurement and construction management services for an approximately 250 mile natural gas transmission pipeline in Ohio and Michigan that is capable of transporting 2 billion ft3/d. Fluor booked the contract for an undisclosed value in the first quarter of 2015.

Refining process will be left unfinished, company warns stolen fuel could damage motors Slammed by a 70 per cent increase in illegal pipeline taps in one year, Mexico’s state oil company announced Tuesday that it will no longer ship finished, usable gasoline or diesel through its network of ducts. Analysts said it was a striking admission of Mexico’s inability to stop the fuel thefts, in which thieves drill into pipelines operated by Petroleos Mexicanos more than 10 times ...

Iran is ready to exports gas to Afghanistan via pipeline, Afghan news portal Wadsam reported. Iranian Consul General in Herat, Mahmud Afkhami Rashedi, said Tehran was ready to lay the pipeline and export gas into Herat. This comes after two nations, last month, discussed expanding bilateral economic cooperation. Iran has expressed its willingness to boost energy exports to neighbouring countries mainly Iraq and Afghanistan. Last year, Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC) ...