News on Energy Transportation

Tax bill targets oil pipeline

2010-02-22T08:38:54Z

<div id="subtitle">Bill removing tax breaks for western South Dakota oil pipeline advances to House</div><div><p>The company planning to bury an oil pipeline across western South Dakota said it would lose an estimated $38 million in tax incentives under a bill approved by state lawmakers on Thursday.</p><p>The bill changing state law so oil pipelines would n...

3 dead in small plane crash into California home

2010-02-22T09:04:06Z

<div id="subtitle">3 dead in small plane crash that set homes, cars ablaze in Northern California neighborhood</div><div><p>A small plane crashed Wednesday in a residential neighborhood shrouded in heavy fog, killing all three aboard, igniting fires and scattering debris onto a house where a children's day care center operated, authorities said. There were no reports of i...

WWF fears for Siberian tiger after Russian oil leak

2010-02-22T16:23:14Z

<div><p>A leak from Russia's new Siberian oil pipeline shows the potentially damaging consequences the project could have for the endangered Siberian tiger, an environmental campaign group warned on Friday.</p><p>Around 300 cubic metres (10,600 cubic feet) of oil leaked from the pipeline in eastern Siberia, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday hailed the launch of a gas pipeline link to Iran from its energy-rich neighbor Turkmenistan, while on a visit to the Central Asian state.</p><p>Ahmadinejad and his Turkmen counterpart Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday inaugurated a new gas pipeline link to Iran from its energy-rich neighbour Turkmenistan, which he said would take ties to a "new level."</p><p>Ahmadinejad, on his first trip abroad since a crackdown on opposition suppor...

Putin launches new Russia oil route to Asia

2010-02-23T08:54:34Z

<div><p>Prime Minister Vladimir Putin launched Russia's long-awaited Siberian oil export route Monday, giving energy-hungry Asia a new supply source from the world's largest crude exporter seeking to diversify its client base away from Europe.</p><p>Putin,...

NY electric grid operator wants new control center

2010-02-23T14:41:27Z

<div id="subtitle">NY electric grid operator wants to borrow up to $50M for control center for 'smart grid'</div><div><p>The operators of New York's electrical grid are asking state regulators for permission to borrow as much as $50 million to build a new control center they say is needed to maintain reliable service amid emerging "smart grid" technologies.</p><p>Th...

Obama nominates Persily as pipeline coordinator

2010-02-23T18:32:40Z

<div id="subtitle">Obama nominates former Palin aide Persily as federal coordinator for Alaska pipeline project</div><div><p>President Barack Obama has nominated a former aide of ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to serve as the federal coordinator for the Alaska natural gas pipeline project.&...

Kinder Morgan names pipeline executives

2010-02-23T22:48:35Z

<div id="subtitle">Pipeline company Kinder Morgan makes changes in natural gas operations</div><div><p>Pipeline and energy storage company Kinder Morgan said Monday that it has named Tom Martin president of its natural gas pipeline operations as part of changes it is making in natural gas pipelines group.</p>...

Correction: Oil Pipeline Story

2010-02-24T10:25:30Z

<div id="subtitle">Correction: Oil Pipeline Story</div><div><p>In a Nov. 2 story about a hearing for the South Dakota portion of a proposed crude oil pipeline, The Associated Press erroneously reported that the project's construction manager said access to medical facilities during construction was the project's bi...

Hydro-Quebec buying energy transmission assets

2010-02-24T12:11:51Z

Hydro-Quebec says proposed energy deal will expand its power exports to the US

North America's largest utility company Hydro-Quebec has announced it will pay 4.7 billion Canadian dollars ($4.4 billion) for transmission lines of New Brunswick Power, a deal that would help the company se...

Finland may OK Nord Stream pipeline: PM

2010-02-24T14:41:23Z

<div><p>Finland may authorise Russia's Nord Stream gas pipeline to pass under its waters by the end of the year, Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen said on Sunday during a visit in Russia.</p><p>"The Finnish government will make a decision...

Alaskans await progress on Palin pipeline plan

2010-02-24T14:43:46Z

<div id="subtitle">Alaskans wait to see if Palin's gas pipeline plan will produce state's next big economic boom</div><div><p>Sarah Palin hit the vice presidential campaign trail last year and touted what Alaska could provide for the rest of America — a natural gas pipeline to help lead ...

Palins Pipeline

2009-10-25T07:45:38Z

FILE- This Aug. 1, 2008, file photo show than Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, center, addressing members of the media and legislators during a news conference following the Senate's approval of the TransCanada proposal under the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act to build a gas pipeline, in Juneau, Alaska. Palin hit the vice presidential campaign trail last year a...

Ameron restructures top management team

2010-02-24T17:05:12Z

<div id="subtitle">Ameron restructures management team, eliminates chief operating officer job</div><div><p>Ameron International Corp. said Monday it has restructured its management team and eliminated the job of chief operating officer.</p><p>Pasadena, California</div><div><p>California's electricity grid manager has declared a power emergency after strong winds knocked down a high-voltage transmission line in Monterey County.</p><p>The collapse of the line nea...

Gas pipeline project faces 'fierce' competition

2010-02-25T06:42:37Z

<div id="subtitle">Consultant says North Slope natural gas pipeline faces 'fierce' competition from Lower 48</div><div><p>An energy consultant says a proposed North Slope natural gas pipeline will have to control costs to compete with supplies in the Lower 48.</p><p>The consultant from Calgary, Gerry Goobie of Pu...

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2009-08-26T22:25:53Z

STRLMD - High voltage power transmission lines seen near Whitby, Ontario....

Siemens buys majority in 2 Chinese metal companies

2010-02-25T15:30:30Z

<div id="subtitle">German conglomerate Siemens buys majority in Yangtze Delta and GIS Steel &amp; Aluminum of China</div><div><p>German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG said Wednesday it bought a majority stake in two small Chinese metal companies, but did not release financial det...

Dzuarikau-Tskhinvali gas pipeline under construction

2009-08-18T00:45:53Z

ITAR-TASS 19: TSKHINVALI, SOUTH OSSETIA.AUGUST 18, 2009. Dzuarikau-Tskhinvali gas pipeline being laid. (Photo ITAR-TASS / Dina Gassiyeva) Photo via Newscom...