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08/23/2000 -- IOC to form four JVs for Kakinada LNG project
The Indian Oil Corp.-led liquefied natural gas consortium that was recently awarded the right to construct an LNG complex in the eastern Indian port city of Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh plans to float four separate joint ventures to implement different segments of the ambitious 194 billion-rupee ($4.22 billion) project.
08/23/2000 -- Electric Power news briefs, August 23
Hydro-Qu�c ... Allegheny Energy Inc. ... Gaz de France ... TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. ... Public Service Co. of Colorado. ... Altra Energy Technologies Inc. ... Global Thermoelectric Inc. ... Goepel McDermid Inc. ... TD Securities Inc. ... CP&L Energy Inc. ... Florida Progress Corp. ... Astris Energi Inc. ... Dynegy Coal Trading & Transportation LLC ... SolArc Inc. ... Duke/Fluor Daniel
08/23/2000 -- TransCanada to sell Netherlands assets to French firm
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd., Calgary, has agreed to sell its Netherlands assets to GDF International SA, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gaz de France, for 371 million euros ($332.9 million). The sale will have an effective date of July 1, 2000. The divestiture is part of TransCanada's business refocusing program announced in 1999.
08/23/2000 -- Montana wildfires interrupt California power supply
Wednesday is another power watch day in California as the state continues to struggle to keep the lights on. Citing the effects of wildfires burning in the West on electricity supply and transmission, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) called a Stage 1 power emergency Tuesday afternoon, after Bonneville Power Administration shut two kv power transmission lines in Montana to protect them while the fires through.
08/21/2000 -- BP studies participation in Chinese gas pipeline
A senior official at BP affiliate BP China said that the oil major is on track to sign a gas marketing agreement with state oil company PetroChina Co. Ltd. next month, and the company is continuing to �very seriously study� possible participation in the construction of a proposed $4.8 billion gas pipeline running some 4,200 km across China (OGJ Online, Aug. 7, 2000).
08/21/2000 -- El Paso Natural Gas pipeline rupture kills 10, injures more
A natural gas pipeline belonging to El Paso Natural Gas Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of El Paso Energy Corp., ruptured Saturday morning, causing an explosion that killed 10 people�including 5 children�and injured several more.
08/20/2000 -- Issues & Analysis: Electric transmission gridlock
OGJ Online Senior Power Writer Ann de Rouffignac examines the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's proposal to make the nation's transmission operate more efficiently and the industry's response to it.
08/18/2000 -- US LNG trade in growth mode
BP Friday became the second big oil company to order new LNG tankers. BP said it has placed an order worth in excess of $300 million with South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. for two tankers�and options to buy a further three vessels. Shell International Gas Ltd. earlier reported it ordered two LNG carriers from the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries shipyard in Japan. Tankers of both companies will be used to supply the Cove Point terminal in Maryland where both have secured capacity.
08/18/2000 -- General Interest news briefs, Aug. 18
India�Alaska's Department of Natural Resources�Zimbabwe�National Oil Co. of Zimbabwe
08/18/2000 -- India, Iran discuss trans-Pakistan pipeline
India's Foreign Ministry has announced a high-ranking government delegation is on its way to Tehran to forge the first joint committee to discuss the transportation of gas from Iran to India.
08/18/2000 -- BP orders two tankers to develop LNG trade
Energy giant BP has placed an order worth more than $300 million with South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. for two new liquefied natural gas carriers�and options to buy a further three vessels�as part of a strategy to develop the group's international traded gas business.
08/18/2000 -- Electric Power news briefs, August 18
Deere & Co. ... TXU Energy Services ... PPL EnergyPlus ... Delaware Valley College ... Constellation Power Source ... Holland Energy LLC ... El Paso Energy Corp. ... Enerplus Group ... US General Services Administration ... Pepco Energy Services Inc.. ... Applied Power Corp. ... Edison Mission Energy ... CBK Power Co. Ltd. ... CMS Energy Corp. ... Essential.com Inc. ... Duke Energy International ... Electric Power Research Institute ... DCH Technology Inc. ... Agip SPA
08/18/2000 -- Duke Energy International completes $297 million Australian pipeline
Duke Energy International, a subsidiary of Duke Energy Corp., Charlotte, NC, announced Wednesday that it has finished building the $297 million Eastern Gas Pipeline in Australia. The pipeline runs from Longford, Victoria, to Sydney.
08/18/2000 -- Alliance pipeline completed
The $4.6 billion (Can.) Alliance natural gas and liquids pipeline from western Canada to the US Midwest has completed the construction phase and is now commissioning its main line, laterals, compressors, and supervisory equipment.
08/16/2000 -- Finance/Companies news briefs, Aug. 16
CMS Energy�Marathon Ashland Petroleum�TEPPCO Partners�Centennial Pipeline�Michael Petroleum�MPAC Energy�Wayland Investment Fund�Tracer Petroleum�Kuwait Petroleum International Co.
08/16/2000 -- Statoil's Heidrun north flank on stream
Norway's Statoil AS said oil production began flowing Aug. 15 from the Heidrun north flank development in the Norwegian Sea. The project is part of Statoil's 5.6 billion kroner Heidrun plateau program. Output from the north flank will extend plateau production from the Heidrun tension leg platform (TLP), totaling 125 million bbl, to 2004.
08/16/2000 -- After delay, NEB approves Maritimes & Northeast lateral
After a delay, the Canadian National Energy Board, Calgary, approved an application from Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Management Ltd. to open the Point Tupper pipeline lateral. The Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline carries gas from the Sable Offshore Energy Project off Nova Scotia to markets in Canada and the gas-hungry US Northeast.
08/16/2000 -- Anderson Exploration highest bidder in Canadian lease sale
Anderson Exploration Ltd., Calgary, was the highest bidder in a Canadian sale of lands in the Mackenzie Delta and in the Beaufort Sea which attracted $466 million (Can.) in bids. The sale was held by the federal Northern Oil and Gas Directorate.
08/16/2000 -- NEB approves application to open Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline lateral
The Canadian National Energy Board, Calgary, approved an application from Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline Management Ltd. to open the Point Tupper pipeline lateral. The Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline carries gas from the Sable Offshore Energy Project off Nova Scotia to markets in Canada and the US Northeast.
08/16/2000 -- Electric Power news briefs, August 16
Kauai Island Utility Cooperative ... Citizens Communications ... Electric Lightwave Inc. ... Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc. ... PLTsolutions Inc. ... Ambient Corp. ... TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. ... Albrecht Inc. ... FirstEnergy Services Corp. ... Reliant Energy Inc. ... BMC Software Inc.

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