Williams holding Transco expansion open season

Williams Partners LP is holding a binding open season for the Northeast Supply Enhancement project, an expansion of the Transco interstate pipeline, to provide 400 MMcfd of incremental firm natural gas to the US Northeast. Transco plans to place the project into service for the 2019-20 winter heating season. Source: News


Chinese integrated refiner commissions unit

Shandong Shouguang Luqing Petrochemical Co. Ltd. (SSLPC) formally has accepted performance of Honeywell International Inc. subsidiary Honeywell UOP LLC’s C4 Oleflex process unit for production of isobutylene at its integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Bohai Industrial Park in Shouguang City, Shandong Province, China. Source: News


Petronas’s first FLNG vessel sets sail for Sarawak field

Malaysia’s state-owned Petronas has reported that its first floating LNG (FLNG) facility, PFLNG Satu, has sailed from South Korea for its location on the Kanowit gas field offshore Sarawak. Source: News


BP’s Bight exploration plans fall short for second time

BP Australia’s plans for an exploration drilling program in the Great Australian Bight offshore South Australia have fallen short of the regulator’s environmental requirements for a second time. Source: News


Constitution Pipeline sues to overturn DEC’s water-permit denial

Constitution Pipeline LLC has sued two federal courts to overturn the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) denial of a water-quality certificate required for the proposed natural gas pipeline’s construction. Source: News