Pipeline & Gas Journal

Demand for U.S. natural gas to produce liquefied natural gas (LNG) for export this year is headed for its first decline since the country started exporting the super-chilled fuel from the lower 48 states eight years ago. https://ow.ly/NLTu50Uw71h

The head of the Japan Gas Association on Friday urged the government to enhance diplomatic efforts to eliminate destination clauses in long-term LNG contracts, ensuring flexibility for resale in response to demand trends. https://ow.ly/hEcf50Uw6ZP

Russian and Kazakh oil flows to Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Germany via the Druzhba pipeline have stopped since Thursday due to technical problems at a Russian pumping station, four people familiar with the matter said. https://ow.ly/JJHY50Uw6W0

McDermott has inaugurated a state-of-the-art welding and technology center at the Oilfields Supply Center in Dubai's Jebel Ali Freezone. https://ow.ly/GlJq50Uw6Ty

U.S. natural gas futures jumped about 5% to a 23-month high on Friday on early forecasts for much colder weather in mid-January that could freeze oil and gas wells and lift spot prices by reducing output as in past years. https://ow.ly/eEIS50Uw6QN

Venture Global LNG wants to extend the force majeure at its Calcasieu Pass LNG plant in Louisiana to 2025, delaying first supplies under long-term contracts to three years after starting production. https://ow.ly/k1JG50Uw6OQ

The Scarborough Energy Project achieved a major milestone with the final modules for Pluto Train 2 arriving at the Pluto LNG facility in Karratha, Western Australia. https://ow.ly/TYlf50Uw5Gi

Risk models are prominent #PipelineIntegrityManagement (#PIM) tools used to make data-driven decisions. As computing power has increased and data acquisition methods have proliferated, risk models have become more complex. #RiskModeling https://ow.ly/V50050UvMYz

Scott Hallam, who currently serves as #Boardwalk’s president and chief executive officer, joined the organization in September 2023. He brings with him over two decades of upstream, midstream and downstream knowledge of the natural gas industry. https://ow.ly/gPoH50UvMV9

Despite taking the reins of #PPI at the outset of a global pandemic, David Fink saw a bright future for the plastics pipe industry and a growing role for its products across an expanding range of underground applications. https://ow.ly/Po3f50UvMZ8