U.S. Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Memphis) urged president Joe Biden Monday to rescind a federal permit for the Byhalia Connection pipeline ahead of a possible Tuesday.
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Over the last year, residents of South Memphis, Tennessee have fought to stop the construction of the Byhalia Connection Pipeline. The companies behind Byhalia promise economic opportunity and neighborhood investment. But members of the community have organized against the further development of oil and gas infrastructure in an area plagued by a cancer risk four times the national average.
In December 2019, Valero Energy and the Texas-based company Plains All American Pipeline announced a joint venture that would run for 49 miles, directly south out of Memphis with a long eastward curve through Mississippi. At the end of the line, Byhalia would connect to an existing pipeline, carrying as much as $21 million dollars
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16 Feb, 2021 Author Allison GoodCorey Paul
Some Gulf Coast oil and natural gas midstream infrastructure remained sidelined Feb. 16 as Texas bore the brunt of historically harsh winter weather and extended power outages.
Andy Weissman, CEO of energy research and consulting firm EBW AnalyticsGroup, told clients on Feb. 15 that at least 7 Bcf/d of [gas] production was shut-in and . at least 1.5 million [barrels/d] of oil production is lost as drillers halted operations.
As of Feb. 16, these supply disruptions were still trickling down to the pipelines that transport oil and gas volumes from shale plays like West Texas Permian Basin and the Mid-Continent.