As the price of crude oil continues to remain under $50 per barrel, supply, demand and price forecasts are being significantly revised and this, in turn, will continue to shape the investments being made in crude oil infrastructure throughout North America. In its Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), the EIA estimates that month over month U.S […]
Continue ReadingVarious regulatory developments occurred throughout the month of July: the American Petroleum Institute released its recommendations for the safe operation of liquid and gas pipelines (RP 1173), the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality and the Attorney General’s office released the Michigan Petroleum Pipeline Task Force report, and Canada’s provincial premiers signed the Canadian Energy Strategy, […]
Continue ReadingA series of pipeline project announcements and open seasons is continuing to fill out US crude oil, NGL’s and products delivery infrastructure. Among these: Enbridge’s Sandpiper Pipeline project (Beaver Lodge, ND to Clearbrook MN) has received a certificate of need from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission but still will have to present a detailed review […]
Continue ReadingRail safety rules…too much or too little? The responses from different industry stakeholders to the announcement of the final ruling for the safe transportation of flammable liquids by rail have been quite diverse. On the one hand, the American Petroleum Institute (API) filed a lawsuit in federal court to extend the time for the retrofitting […]
Continue ReadingMartin Tallett participated in this CSIS event “The Future of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve” where he talked about how the current North America crude landscape affects the actual SPR configuration and the different variables that need to be addressed in order to adjust this configuration to represent the new US Energy reality. You can download […]
Continue ReadingDuring the month of April an array of announcements indicate that activity in the North America crude logistics landscape is far from slowing down. For April, EnSys Energy compiled similar numbers of announcements from both industry and government. Pipelines and open seasons (mainly) move ahead Enbridge’s Sandpiper (Beaver Lodge ND, to Superior WI via Clearbrook […]
Continue ReadingMartin Tallett participated in this CSIS forum “U.S. Refining and Crude Oil Exports: An Update” where he talked about potential world refinery markets for U.S. crude. EnSys Energy and ICF collaborated in the study “The Impacts of U.S. Crude Oil Exports on Domestic Crude Production, GDP, Employment, Trade, and Consumer Costs” for the American Petroleum […]
Continue ReadingAlthough the first three months of 2015 have shown some industry’s retraction due to sustained low crude prices, there are still plenty of developments which demonstrate the continued dynamism of the North America Crude Renaissance. For example, EIA data show that crude imports from Canada continue to increase. EIA reports that 3.2 mbd of Canadian […]
Continue ReadingMonthly Overview from EnSys North America Logistics Review Service – February 2015 edition Keystone XL Saga After the U.S. Senate approved a bipartisan bill to start the construction of the Keystone XL pipeline, U.S. President Barack Obama vetoed the bill, arguing that the bill would undercut the longstanding process for determining if projects serve the […]
Continue ReadingPresident Barak Obama vetoed legislation that aimed to authorize the Keystone XL pipeline project. EnSys Energy has worked with the US Department of State and Energy since 2010 analyzing the impacts of this project in the oil markets.
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