Enbridge, TransCanada: Your Daily Energy News

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

PIPELINES
TransCanada's Mountaineer XPress Pipeline Placed into Service - The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has given permission for TransCanada (NYSE:TRP) to place the Mountaineer Xpress natural gas pipeline in West Virginia into full service. (Projects 300412034, 300412295, 300412327, 300412333) (Globe Newswire)

Enbridge Delays Line 3 Replacement Completion - Enbridge's (NYSE:ENB) Line 3 replacement project, previously slated to start shipping crude in the fourth quarter of this year, is now expected to enter service in the second half of 2020, the company said Friday. Construction is being pushed back because the Minnesota permitting process won't be complete until November, and the federal permits won't be received until as long as 60 days after that. (Project 300158904) (Bloomberg)

LNG
Japanese Nuclear Restarts to Displace LNG Imports in 2019 - In 2018, Japan restarted five nuclear reactors that were shut down after the 2011 Fukushima accident. As those reactors return to full operation, the resulting increase in nuclear generation is likely to displace generation from fossil sources, in particular natural gas. Because Japan imports all of its natural gas in the form of liquefied natural gas (LNG), increased nuclear power production is likely to reduce Japanese imports of LNG in the electric power sector by as much as 10% in 2019. (EIA)

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