Secretary Chris Wright Targets $42 Million in Defense Production Act Funding to Advance Constitution Pipeline, Aiming to Cut Costs for New York and New England Consumers

On October 19, 2026, the U.S. Department of Energy announced it will use up to $42 million in Defense Production Act (DPA) Title III funding to advance the long-stalled Constitution Pipeline. The 125-mile natural gas line would move up to 650,000 dekatherms per day of Marcellus Shale gas from northeastern Pennsylvania into New York, connecting […]

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Europe’s Gas Prices Close to 2022 High as LNG Market Shifting

European benchmark natural gas prices remain near multi-year highs in mid-October 2026, approaching levels last seen at the end of 2022. The Dutch Title Transfer Facility (TTF) front-month contract traded around €86 per megawatt-hour (MWh)—roughly $96.50/MWh—after a sharp rally driven by constrained Middle East LNG supplies and historically low storage heading into winter. Prices have […]

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Trump Weighs Joining Saudi Campaign Against Houthis After Deadly Riyadh Airport Attack; Kingdom Targets 10 Million BPD Pipeline Capacity

Newly released footage shows the moment a Houthi strike hit King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh on Saturday, October 10, 2026, in an attack that killed at least 13 people and wounded more than 300—the deadliest assault on Saudi soil in more than a decade. The escalation has prompted U.S. President Donald Trump to state […]

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Permian Gas Takeaway Is Critical, and New Pipelines Are Key to Stabilize Gas Long Term

The Permian Basin remains the engine of U.S. oil growth, but it is steadily becoming gassier. Rising gas-to-oil ratios (GORs) mean every incremental barrel of crude now brings more associated natural gas. Without matching takeaway capacity, that gas depresses local prices, forces curtailments or flaring, and erodes the economics that keep oil drilling active. New […]

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Massachusetts Gov. Healey to feds: Step on the gas — after years of bragging she stopped the pipelines

Governor Maura Healey is asking the Trump administration to move faster on a natural gas pipeline expansion she once made a political career out of opposing. The request landed on October 1, about a month before the November 2026 general election, in a letter to Energy Secretary Chris Wright urging federal agencies to clear reviews […]

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Doug Ford and Danielle Smith’s Northern Shield Energy Corridor is a 3,300-kilometre all-Canadian crude oil pipeline proposal from Hardisty, Alberta, to Sarnia, Ontario.

Announced in July 2026 and still at the feasibility-study stage, it would initially move 500,000 barrels per day (expandable to 800,000) of Western Canadian crude to Sarnia’s refining hub. Ontario is leading the study, due by the end of 2026, and Ford has said the province is prepared to provide “patient capital” while seeking private […]

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NatGas Spikes As Major West Virginia Pipeline Declares Force Majeure

TC Energy’s Columbia Gas Transmission (TCO) declared force majeure Thursday after an unexpected mechanical issue on the Mountaineer XPress (MXP) system forced an immediate pressure reduction on Line 100 between the Mt. Olive Compressor Station in Jackson County and the Saunders Creek Regulator Station in Cabell County, West Virginia. The restriction takes the MXPSEG MA42 […]

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