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07/28/2000 -- Processing news briefs, July 28
China National Offshore Oil Corp. � Statoil
07/28/2000 -- TransCanada nearing 40% of divestiture goal
In a move to reduce debt and restructure the company, Canada's TransCanada Pipelines Ltd. Friday said it is about 40% along toward its goal of selling some $3 billion (Can.) worth of noncore assets, mostly gas pipelines and processing facilities, by yearend.
07/27/2000 -- Transportation news briefs, July 27
Azerbaijan � Turkey � Turkmenistan � Norway � Poland � Poland Oil & Gas � Statoil � Ruhrgas � VNG-Verbundnetz Gas � Gazprom
07/26/2000 -- IOC-led consortium bags Andhra Pradesh LNG project
A consortium led by Indian Oil Corp. (IOC) that includes Petronas of Malaysia has been tapped by the Andhra Pradesh state government to establish a hydrocarbon terminal�inclusive of a facility for liquefied natural gas�at Kakinada on India�s eastern coast.
07/26/2000 -- Woodside to participate in China LNG plant tender
Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Perth, has solidified plans to take an interest in China�s LNG market with the recent establishment of a joint venture to tender for a $600 million LNG plant at the city of Shenzhen in the southern province of Guandong. Its partners in the tender are Chevron Corp., BHP Petroleum Pty. Ltd., and Korea Gas Corp.
07/26/2000 -- CGX Energy withdraws from Guyana project
CGX Energy Inc., Toronto, is withdrawing from an exploration project in Guyana because of a boundary dispute between Guyana and Suriname. The company said it was preparing to drill an oil prospect, Eagle, June 3 when personnel on Surinamese military vessels ordered the rig to leave because they said it was in Suriname waters.
07/26/2000 -- Race to deliver Qatari gas to Pakistan heats up
Pakistan's Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Resources signed a memorandum of understanding with Crescent Petroleum Co. International Ltd. of Sharjah, UAE, for building a gas pipeline from Qatar to Pakistan. Under terms of the agreement, Crescent would finance, construct, and operate the proposed gas pipeline, which would deliver about 1.6 bcf/day of Qatari gas to Pakistan. The pipeline route reportedly would be mainly offshore in Iranian waters.
07/25/2000 -- General interest news briefs, July 25
Russia ... Indian Oil Corp. ... Sonatrach ... Reganosa ... Tesoro Petroleum ... Wal-Mart
07/25/2000 -- Transportation news briefs, July 25
Cross Bay Pipeline � Williams � Duke Energy � KeySpan � Shell International Gas � Mitsubishi Heavy Industries � Shell International Trading & Shipping � Dow Benelux � Oiltanking ... TransCanada PipeLines ... Tuscarora Gas Transmission Pipeline Co. ... TC PipeLines ... Orica Ltd. ... Uni-Super ... National Australia Asset Management ... John Lang Investments
07/24/2000 -- OKIOC reveals details on Kashagan discovery well
The Offshore Kazakhstan International Operating Co. (OKIOC) partners on Monday opened the door a crack, revealing a few details of their Kashagan East 1 wildcat, spudded last fall in the North Caspian Sea. Drilled in 10 ft of water to 16,400 ft TD, the well encountered an oil-bearing interval in the Palaeozoic carbonates below 13,000 ft, says OKIOC. The lower zone, the first of two tests planned, flowed at rates as high as 3,700 b/d of 42-44� oil and 7 MMcfd of gas through a 32/64-in. choke.
07/24/2000 -- Russia's UES proposes Sakhalin power project
Anatoly Chubais, chief executive of Russian utility Unified Energy System (UES), disclosed plans for a $9.6 billion project to supply electricity to Japan from Sakhalin Island, Russian news agencies are reporting.
07/21/2000 -- MMS and Wyoming offer royalty crude
The US Minerals Management Service (MMS) and Wyoming Thursday offered to sell about 6,600 b/d of royalty crude from federal and state leases. This offering is the fifth sale in the federal-state royalty in-kind (RIK) test program.
07/21/2000 -- Second phase of Escravos gas project comes onstream
Chevron Corp. recently announced that the second phase of the $1 billion Escravos associated gas utilization project in Nigeria will come on stream later this month. The Escravos project was prompted by Chevron's desire to commercialize gas instead of flaring it.
07/21/2000 -- Shell still keen on Trans-Caspian gas line
A high-ranking executive with Royal Dutch/Shell Group said late last month that Shell would not abandon plans to build the Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline (TCGP). Shell remains eager to carry out the project, even though its partner, PSG International, has recently shut down some of its offices, said Zaharuddin Megat following a meeting June 30 with Turkmenistan's President Saparmurad Niyazov.
07/21/2000 -- Finance/Companies news briefs, July 21
Ramco Energy ... Amerada Hess ... Ranger Oil ... Canadian Natural Resources ... Remington Oil & Gas ... Mustang Engineering ... John Wood Group ... Bouygues Offshore ... China Offshore Oil Engineering . . . Beau Canada Exploration
07/20/2000 -- Arizona imports power from sizzling California
Stifling in 110� F heat, Arizona is importing power from power-starved California. California, stewing in its own heat wave, is in turn trying to import power from as far away as British Columbia. Arizona normally exports electricity to California.
07/20/2000 -- Red Cedar acquires Colorado Dry gathering system
Red Cedar Gathering Co., Durango, Colo.�a joint venture of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe�has acquired the Colorado Dry System in La Plata County, Colo. Located in the northern half of the San Juan basin, the 140-mile system gathers more than 25 MMcfd of gas; it is attached to 125 active wells.
07/20/2000 -- Electric Power news briefs, July 20
DPL Energy ... PacifiCorp .. Westinghouse Process Control Inc. ... Northeast Ohio Natural Gas ... FirstEnergy Corp. .. Calpine Corp. ... Tennessee Valley Authority .. Columbia Electric Corp. ... PG&E Corp. ... Endesa SA ... Cia Energetica do Ceara ... TC PipeLines GP Inc. ... TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. ... Chartwell Inc.
07/19/2000 -- Transportation news briefs, July 19
Texas Eastern Products Pipeline ... ARCO Pipe Line ... Sofregaz ... SN Technigaz ... Initec ... Bahia Gas ... Formosa Plastics Group
07/19/2000 -- Burlington, Talisman to develop Algerian fields
Burlington Resources Inc., Houston, and Calgary-based Talisman Energy Inc. said Tuesday that they have submitted a development plan for the Menzel Lejmat Block 405a in Algeria's Berkine basin. Wholly owned subsidiaries Burlington Resources Algeria Ltd. and Talisman (Algeria) BV, as well as Sonatrach, the national oil and gas company of Algeria, have applied for an exploitation permit for the block.

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