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Russia Backs Iraqi Push To Reopen Key Oil Pipeline To Syria As Gateway To Europe

OilPrice

The multi-layered strategic importance of Syria to Russia was underlined in 2011 when President Vladimir Putin ordered his military to intervene to counter the popular uprising that threatened to depose then-President Bashar al-Assad at that time.

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Iraq to discuss Rehabilitation of Oil Pipeline through Syria

Iraq Business News: Oil & Gas

Exploring the rehabilitation of the Iraqi oil pipeline running through Syria to the Mediterranean. The pipeline from Kirkuk to the Syrian port of Baniyas [Banias] has not been operational since 2003. The pipeline from Kirkuk to the Syrian port of Baniyas [Banias] has not been operational since 2003.

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Methanex Egypt Completes Pipeline Construction for Methanol Delivery to SMD Plant in Damietta Region

Egypt Oil & Gas

Methanex Egypt has completed the construction of a 450-meter pipeline and installed a new transfer pump for the direct delivery of methanol from its plant to the adjacent Suez Methanol Derivatives Company (SMD) plant in Damietta to fully meet its methanol requirements. million tons.

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Federal Offshore Pipeline Decommissioning in BOEM Significant Sediment Resource Areas

The Energy Law

In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of denials of applications to decommission offshore pipelines in place in a departure from the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement’s (“BSEE”) longstanding practices. Prior to 2015, BSEE routinely granted applications to decommission pipelines in place pursuant to 30 C.F.R.

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Texas Supreme Court to Review $500 Million Verdict in Case Involving Formation of Partnership to Construct Crude Oil Pipeline

The Energy Law

The dispute between ETP and Enterprise began in 2011, when Enterprise approached ETP about potentially building a crude oil pipeline together. for the construction of the pipeline. Energy Transfer Partners has garnered significant amicus support on both sides of the “v.” and has been closely followed by the energy industry.

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A Summary of Professor Jim Rossi’s Lecture on the “Federalism Battles in Energy Transportation”

The Energy Law

The examples include the Constitution Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline segment connecting Pennsylvania to New York, and the Plains & Eastern Clean Line Project, a direct current transmission line transporting wind energy from Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas to Tennessee, Arkansas, and the rest of the south and southeast.

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How the Oil & Gas Industry is Helping Reduce Emissions

Energy Transfer

have fallen 44 percent since 2011. Methane emissions have also plunged. According to just-released data from the Environmental Protection Agency, methane emissions across all major oil and gas basins in the U.S. This has occurred even as our country continues to produce more crude oil than any other nation ever has.

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