Pipeline

McDermott has safely wrapped up subsea pipeline installation and heavy-lift work for Sarawak Shell’s FaS development offshore Malaysia, marking more than one million safe work hours and reinforcing its role in Asia’s offshore infrastructure build-out.

Elevation Midstream has extended the open season for its DJ South Gathering crude pipeline, giving shippers until Jan. 15 to secure capacity on the planned system connecting Adams and Arapahoe Counties to key delivery points in Weld County. The project aims to boost crude gathering reliability across Colorado’s DJ Basin.

CRC Evans has secured a major contract for Saudi Arabia’s Master Gas III Pipeline Phase 3, delivering welding and construction on a 56-inch, 150-km pipeline. The award strengthens the company’s growing presence in the Middle East and highlights its advanced welding technologies and long-term role in the region’s gas infrastructure buildout.

Mozambique has awarded a 30-year concession to state-owned firms ENH, CFM, EDM and HCB to build and operate LNG terminals, storage facilities, and the 865-km Rompco pipeline.

Prospera Energy has completed three pipeline replacement and integrity projects across its Cuthbert and Hearts Hill fields, enabling injector and producer wells to return to service ahead of its 2025–26 winter capital program.

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Enterprise and ExxonMobil will boost the Bahia NGL pipeline to 1 million bpd and build a 92-mile New Mexico extension serving the Permian Basin under a new joint-interest agreement expected to close in early 2026.

BP has shut down the full 400-mile Olympic Pipeline system after a product leak triggered repeated shutdowns and inspections near Everett, Washington. Crews have begun excavating the affected segment, with no timeline yet announced for repairs or restart.

H2med partners have confirmed the technical feasibility of the BarMar hydrogen pipeline between Barcelona and Marseille after extensive geophysical studies. The project is now advancing toward a 2032 start date as part of Europe’s emerging cross-border hydrogen network.

The $500 million expansion will raise Enbridge’s U.S. working storage to 121 Bcf and deepen its connections to all operating Gulf Coast LNG export terminals.

Uganda’s petroleum regulator says the $5 billion East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline is now about 75% complete, with all pipe delivered along the 897-mile route to Tanzania’s Tanga port. The heated export line is critical for bringing TotalEnergies and CNOOC’s Albertine Basin oil developments online next year.

Energy Transfer’s Enable Mississippi River Transmission has proposed the Big Hollow Project, a 9.6-mile, 20-inch pipeline linking its Illinois system to Ameren’s planned Big Hollow Energy Center in Missouri.

Refinery closures in California are creating a nearly 280,000 bpd supply shortfall, triggering a three-way race among pipeline operators to deliver new fuel capacity to the West Coast. With limited connectivity and high price risk, only one project is likely to advance to construction.

Greenview Energy and Sparq Renewables are partnering with Reno County, Kansas, to convert landfill methane into pipeline-quality renewable natural gas, supplying the local utility network and generating long-term community revenue.

Bridger Pipeline will acquire 210 miles of Caliber Midstream crude oil and natural gas assets in North Dakota’s Williston Basin, expanding its gathering footprint and boosting Bakken takeaway capacity. The deal is expected to close in early 2026.