Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line was granted a crucial authorization last week, bringing the Northeast Supply Enhancement (NESE) one step closer to fruition. This project will allow the Williams Company pipeline to flow an incremental 400 MMcf/d to New York City and Long Island. A key portion of the work involves looping existing pipe under Raritan Bay between New York and New Jersey. The work will require two piling hammers to work underwater, creating vibrations in the bay. The National Marine Fisheries Service issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) last week, allowing the pipeline to perform the work even if it causes some annoyance to marine wildlife.
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All We Are Saying ... Is Give (NESE) a Chance – Can Williams Finally Build Its New York City Pipeline?
This past spring — 10 years after Williams Cos. first proposed the Northeast Supply Enhancement Project and one year after it scrapped plans for it — the effort to add 400 MMcf/d of natural gas pipeline capacity into New York City was revived. Since then, FERC has re-approved the project and regulators in New York and New Jersey have been mulling over whether to issue water-quality permits. In today’s RBN blog, we discuss Williams’s renewed push to get NESE permitted and built.
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Q1 2026 Earnings Calls: Williams Companies Highlight Steady Growth in Gas, Power Generation
Williams Companies held its first-quarter 2026 earnings call earlier in May. CEO Chad Zamarin covered the company’s various commercial initiatives, while CFO John Porter reviewed the financial results and prospects.
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Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now - Will There Be a New Oil Pipeline from Alberta to Canada’s West Coast?
A framework agreement between Canada’s federal government and the province of Alberta aims to kickstart a process to construct a new crude oil pipeline to the country’s west coast that would expand direct crude exports to Asia and reduce reliance on the U.S. as an export customer.
