Daily News Energy Headlines from December 18, 2017

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

PIPELINES
TransCanada Seeks Permission to Put Leach Xpress Pipeline into Service - TransCanada Corporation's (NYSE:TRP) Columbia Gas Transmission unit asked U.S. regulators for permission to commence service on the company's Leach XPress natural gas project in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia on January 1, according to a filing on Thursday with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (Projects 300226131) (Reuters)

Ineos Sticks with Two- to Four-Week Estimates for Forties Pipeline Repair - Repairing Britain's Forties crude oil pipeline in the North Sea is still expected to take two to four weeks, operator Ineos said on Monday, as assessment continues a week after it was closed down. (Reuters)

Tellurian Proposes New Natural Gas Pipeline Network - Houston-based Tellurian Incorporated (NASDAQ:TELL) said it proposes to build an ambitious, $7 billion network of natural gas pipelines from West Texas' Permian Basin to liquefied natural gas export hubs in southern Louisiana. (Fuel Fix)

TERMINALS
TransMontaigne Acquires Terminals from Plains All American - TransMontaigne Partners L.P. (NYSE:TLP) announced Monday that it completed the acquisition of the Martinez Terminal and Richmond Terminal in California from an affiliate of Plains All American Pipeline (NYSE:PAA). (Business Wire)

POWER
New Jersey Weighs Nuclear Subsidies - New Jersey became the latest state to consider subsidizing nuclear power with a $320 million-a-year plan to keep struggling reactors from going out of business. (Bloomberg)

PRODUCTION
Total to Launch Brazilian Development - The French oil company Total SA (NYSE:TOT) has decided to launch the first large-scale development of its Libra oil project in the deep ocean waters off Brazil, in the prolific Santos Basin, the company said Monday. (Fuel Fix)

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