TransCanada confirmed rumors reported in these pages last week that the company will acquire Houston-based Columbia Pipeline Group and its 24,000-km pipeline network for $13 billion, creating one of the largest regulated natural gas transmission businesses in North America.
TransCanada is reportedly in talks to acquire Columbia Pipeline Group in the United States in a deal worth $12 billion in total.
Israel Natural Gas Lines announced last week that a gas pipeline currently being constructed in the Dead Sea area will begin supplying gas from the Tamar reservoir in the Mediterranean to private customers in Jordan next year.
Anadarko has announced the sale of its majority stake in the Springfield Pipeline LLC to Western Gas Partners for $750 million.
In keeping with the current upswing in the European natural gas market, the Salzgitter Group has announced the award of three contracts by Open Grid Europe for approximately 70,000 tons of spirally-welded large-diameter pipes.
The pipes will be used in the extension of the natural gas grid in southern and western Germany, enhancing the security of supply.
NDT Global, a leading supplier of ultrasonic pipeline inspection and integrity services, has announced that it has received a multi-million euro contract, on behalf of Gassco, from Statoil, Norway's leading gas and oil enterprise.
In a new effort to significantly expand the French gas pipeline network along the north - south axis, Max Streicher GmbH & Co. has been commissioned to execute several pipeline construction lots as part of the Haute de France II and Arc de Dierrey projects.
Williams Partners' Gulf Connector project, intending to connect two Gulf Coast liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities under construction in Corpus Christi and Freeport, also heralds continental U.S.'s first time export of this commodity.
Norway, Europe's biggest supplier of natural gas after Russia, is seeking a signal from the European Union regarding the future role of its gas within the European energy mix.
Andy Bain, an accomplished veteran of the pipeline inspection industry, will be joining NDT Global as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for the company's global business operations.
Saipem is seeking redress at the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce for € 759 million in damages sustained when Gazprom cancelled a contract to build a natural gas pipeline on the floor of the Black Sea.
Arbitration will be the preferred method of dispute resolution.
The Trans-Anatolian Pipeline consortium (TANAP) has selected Punj Lloyd - Limak Limited to build the 459 km section of the natural gas pipeline from Turkey's Eskisehir to the border with Greece.
Leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Israel met last week in Nicosia to explore the possibility of constructing a gas pipeline from newly-discovered offshore gas fields in Israel to Greece via Cyprus.
In the wake of Iranian President Rouhani's visit to Italy this week, Saipem has announced that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) concerning major pipeline projects in Iran.
Jesus Soto, PG&E's Senior Vice President of Gas Operations, has been elected to the Common Ground Alliance (CGA) Board of Directors, effective January 1, 2016. CGA is a member-driven association of 1,700 individuals, organizations and sponsors advocating safe digging practices across the underground utility industry.