Construction nears for Hillabee expansion project

Williams Partners LP expects to begin construction in May on its Hillabee natural gas pipeline expansion project, recently approved by the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The first phase of the project is expected to go into service in May 2017. Source: News

AOC says Hangingstone 1 SAGD project production hits 8,000 b/d

Athabasca Oil Corp. (AOC), Calgary, said bitumen production from its Hangingstone 1 steam-assisted gravity drainage oil sands project in Alberta has reached 8,000 b/d and is on track to reach design capacity of 12,000 b/d in this year’s fourth quarter. Source: News

Cabot to appeal Dimock water-well award

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. said it will appeal a federal court award of $4.24 million to two families who said hydraulic fracturing of two wells by the company in Dimock Township, Pa., contaminated their well water. Source: News

LBC Tank Terminals expands storage capacity at Port of Rotterdam

LBC Rotterdam BV, a division of LBC Tank Terminals Holding Netherlands BV, has let a contract to Engicon nv (Geldof), Harelbeke, Belgium, to provide engineering and construction services for all mechanical aspects of a project to expand storage capacity for petroleum products and chemicals at LBC’s terminal in the Port of Rotterdam. Source: News

Japan mulls strategic moves in changing energy landscape, forum told

Mounting Middle East instability has further complicated Japan’s efforts to move ahead on an ambitious energy supply diversification strategy, speakers said at a Mar. 10 discussion at the Atlantic Council. Lower crude oil and natural gas prices are making the government’s development of economic and strategic policies more difficult, they said. Source: News

Mariner East 1 ships first ethane for export

Sunoco Logistics Partners LP said its Mariner East 1 pipeline between the Pittsburgh area and Mark Hook, Pa., on the Delaware River has begun carrying ethane along with propane and has delivered its first ethane for export. Source: News