TC Energy, Williams Companies: Your Daily Energy News

News highlights gathered by Industrial Info and IIR Energy (Sugar Land, Texas) dealing with the energy markets.

PIPELINES
Williams' Hillabee Phase 2 Expansion Begins Service - Williams Companies (NYSE:WMB) announced that that its Phase 2 Hillabee expansion on its Transco pipeline system in Alabama has begun service. (Projects 300149152, 300149134, 300148991)

Keystone XL Could be Delayed by a Year Because of Court Ruling - TC Energy Corporation (NYSE:TRP) could face up to a one-year delay building the Keystone XL oil pipeline after a U.S. legal setback, and is looking at options to keep work progressing, a company executive said on Friday. A U.S. court on April 15 ruled against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' use of a permit that allows new energy pipelines to cross water bodies, in the latest setback to Keystone XL. The ruling does not affect current work on a span of the $8 billion pipeline across the Canada-U.S. border, but it raises questions about securing water-crossing permits for the rest of the route. Click here for a list of related projects. (Reuters)

PRODUCTION
U.S. Oil Drillers Cut Rigs for Seventh Week in a Row - U.S. drillers cut 53 oil rigs in the week ending May 1, bringing the total count down to 325, the lowest since June 2016. (Reuters)

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