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08/07/2000 -- LA council to consider $1.7 billion in power projects
The Los Angeles City Council is expected to take up within the next 2 weeks a $1.7 billion proposal to upgrade and repower 2,300 Mw of electric generating capacity owned and operated by the municipal Department of Water and Power. To help finance the plan, the municipal utility has proposed selling the city's share of the Mojave coal burning plant in Nevada and investing the proceeds in cleaner gas-burning facilities in the Los Angeles basin.
08/07/2000 -- Electric Power news briefs, August 7
PJM Interconnection LLC ... PNM Public Service Co. of New Mexico ... Frederickson Power ... Bonneville Power Administration ... Westcoast Power Inc ... EPCOR Utilities Inc. ... Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. .... Puget Sound Energy
08/04/2000 -- California plant failure forces alert
Heavy use is continuing to take a physical toll on California electric power generation units. The California Independent System Operator declared a Stage 1 power emergency Friday, signaling reserves had fallen below 7%.
08/04/2000 -- Canneft to evaluate Turkmen block
Canneft Inc., Calgary, has signed an agreement with Turkmengeology in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, to evaluate the Adzhiyap oil and natural gas territory, a 2,000 sq km block in southwest Turkmenistan on the border with Iran and on the Caspian Sea Coast.
08/04/2000 -- OPS to explain Olympic pipeline tests
The US Office of Pipeline Safety (OPS) will hold a public meeting Aug. 8 in Bellingham, Wash., to discuss the results of internal inspection tests on Olympic Pipe Line Co.'s 16-in. line from Ferndale to Allen, Wash.
08/04/2000 -- Electric Power news brief, August 4
Cheung Kong Infrastructure and Hongkong Electric Holdings ... ScottishPower PLC ... AES Corp. ... Kinko's Inc. ... PG&E Corp. ... Calpine Corp. ... Panda Energy International Inc. ... Nicor Gas ... Dynegy Inc. ... Southern Wholesale Energy ... Los Angeles Board of Water and Power ... Enron Power Marketing Inc. ... Enbridge Gas New Brunswick ... Manhattan Scientifics Inc. .. US Army ... Sierra Pacific Power Co. ... Bay Gas Storage Co. Ltd ... EnergySouth Inc.
08/03/2000 -- California goes to fourth day of power emergency
For the fourth day in a row, the California Independent System Operator declared a Stage 2 emergency Thursday after the loss of 400 Mw caused by mechanical failure at a northern California generator. The alert, signaling electrical reserves have fallen below 5%, is in effect until 8 p.m. PST.
08/03/2000 -- NY Power Authority calls off alert
The New York Power Authority Thursday called an electricity emergency from 11-2:30 p.m. and ordered interruptible customer load reductions of 16.2 Mw. The program ended 2� hr early after temperatures did not reach forecasted highs, a spokesman said.
08/03/2000 -- InterGen sets goal of 10,000 Mw in US
In a strategic shift, InterGen, the electric power company alliance between Royal Dutch/Shell Group and US engineering company Bechtel is stepping up its investment in the US. InterGen Pres. and CEO Carlos Riva told OGJ Online the company now hopes to have about 40% of its portfolio or up to 10,000 Mw of electric generating capacity planned, under construction, or operating in the US in the next 4 years
08/02/2000 -- Processing news briefs, Aug. 2
Malaysia LNG Tiga Sdn. Bhd. ... Japan Gas � Kellogg Brown & Root � Sime Engineering Joint Venture � Foxboro Malaysia � Triconex � Sakhalin Energy Investment � Linde � Shell Global Solutions International � Mitsui � Mitsubishi � Neville Chemical � BOC Gases
08/02/2000 -- Canadian pipeline spills oil into Pine River
Emergency crews are working to contain a major crude oil pipeline spill in the Pine River in northeastern British Columbia. A 13-mile slick was moving on the river towards the town of Chetwynd, about 60 miles Northeast of Prince George, BC, and posing a threat to its water supply. Chetwynd has a population of about 4,000.
08/02/2000 -- Work on new Caspian pipeline to begin in 2000
Participants in a newly proposed Caspian Sea gas pipeline project plan to begin construction before the end of the year, said Georgian International Gas Corp. Pres. Aleksei Gotsiridze in Tbilisi July 27. The pipeline is a rival to the much ballyhooed, and terminally delayed, Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline.
08/02/2000 -- Halliburton clinches major SNS services deal
Conoco UK, the British exploration and production arm of Conoco Inc., and Halliburton Co. yesterday cemented a major services and support contract that ranks as one of the largest deals of its kind ever awarded in the UK oil and gas industry. The $225 million deal covers the provision of a wide range of services�including planning and support, engineering and construction, maintenance, materials management, and personnel�to Conoco�s southern North Sea natural gas businesses.
08/01/2000 -- California ISO cuts price cap to $250
The California Independent System Operator Tuesday cut its price cap to $250/Mw-hr from $500/Mw-hr for wholesale power buyers amid warnings California was treading dangerously close to more involuntary rolling black outs. In a related action, San Diego Gas & Electric said it will ask the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to review the design and structure of the California ISO which SDG&E says is fundamentally flawed.
08/01/2000 -- Exploration/Development news briefs, Aug. 1
Petroleum Geo-Services � EEX � ExxonMobil � PanCanadian Petroleum � Enterprise Oil � Murphy Oil � PanCanadian Petroleum
08/01/2000 -- MMS rule clarifies offshore pipeline jurisdiction
The US Minerals Management Service has issued a rule to clarify the regulatory jurisdiction of oil and gas pipelines on the Outer Continental Shelf. MMS said the regulation resolves some regulatory issues stemming from a 1996 agreement between the interior and transportation departments regarding regulation of OCS pipelines.
07/31/2000 -- California calls Stage 2 power alert
The California Independent System Operator called a Stage 2 electricity emergency from 2-8 p.m. Monday and will order state utilities to cut usage by 1,500 Mw through interruptible customer load reductions. It said operating reserves throughout the western US are slim due to widespread heat that has blanketed the area for the third day in a row.
07/31/2000 -- UtiliCorp, United Energy win bid for Perth firm
UtiliCorp United Corp., Kansas City, Mo., reported its $189 million joint bid with United Energy Ltd. for 45% of AlintaGas, a gas distribution utility in western Australia, has been accepted by the state's government. The transaction is expected to close by the end of October.
07/31/2000 -- Future of Baku-Novorossiisk export pipeline in doubt
State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) has resumed crude exports to the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiisk, although the volume is just a trickle. But the future of the Baku-Novorossiisk export route remains in question, as Azerbaijan International Operating Co. has made clear its preference for either of two alternate routes.
07/31/2000 -- Rosneft wants to farm out part of its CPC stake
State-owned Russian oil company Rosneft is ready to sell a portion of its stake in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), company Vice-Pres. Sergei Oganesyan said at a briefing in Moscow last week. CPC is building an oil export pipeline from western Kazakhstan to the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk.

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