A federal appeals court has vacated a Corps of Engineers construction permit for the 300-mile Mountain Valley natural gas pipeline from West Virginia to southern Virginia.

Parsons Corp. has been named the EPC partner for development of a proposed $3.4-billion regional underground storage facility for natural gas liquids and derivatives.

The cross-border Keystone XL pipeline was hit with another setback on Aug. 15 when a U.S. District Court judge in Montana ordered the U.S. State Dept. to perform a supplemental environmental impact statement on a new route through Nebraska.

Dominion Energy Transmission can continue work on certain portions of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline, despite a court order halting construction on the 600-mile project, according to an Aug. 14 decision by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

While a new report forecasts spending on North American pipelines and midstream infrastructure will begin declining after next year, at least one engineering firm sees significant near-term activity, partly on higher oil prices.

The government of Canada has assumed control of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion, including a $4.5-billion deal to purchase the existing 710-mile Edmonton-Vancouver line from Houston-based Kinder Morgan.