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  • 10/24/2000 -- Panel: Consumers face a 'perfect storm' of energy problems
    The United States is threatened by the energy equivalent of 'the perfect storm' that would constrain deliverability of all fuel supplies, not just oil and natural gas, said industry panelists at an Oklahoma energy forum hosted Tuesday by Gov. Frank Keating and The Heritage Foundation.
  • 10/24/2000 -- Echo-Yodel installation contract awarded
    Partners in the Echo-Yodel gas-condensate development project on Australia's North West Shelf awarded Coflexip Stena Offshore Asia Pacific Pty. Ltd. the subsea installation contract, Coflexip Stena Offshore's Asia-Pacific subsidiary said.
  • 10/23/2000 -- Electric Power news briefs, October 23
    Avista ... Petroleos Mexicanos ... Coral Energy ... Usinor Group ... Air Liquide SA ... Gaz de France Group ... Dominion Evantage ... AstroPower Inc. ... Southern Energy Inc. ... Sempra Energy Trading ... Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP ... Southern Union Co. ... CSG Systems ... RGS Energy Group ... H Power Corp. ... Shandong Huaneng Power Development Co. ... TotalFinaElf ... Gener ... Midland Cogeneration Venture ... UIL Holdings Corp. ... UtiliMAX.com ... Baldor Electric ... Ameren
  • 10/23/2000 -- Protest violence cuts short Thai-Malay pipeline hearings
    In Hat Yai, a southern Thai city, hundreds of angry protesters clashed with police and then stormed a public hearing on the Thai-Malay gas pipeline and separation projects. Proceedings of the hearing, which was supposed to last two full days, were hastily concluded barely 30 minutes after it started, but not before the hearing had been wrapped up quickly in support of the schemes.
  • 10/23/2000 -- Alliance Pipeline pushes back commercial in-service date
    Alliance Pipeline LP, Calgary, is shifting its commercial in-service date from Oct. 30 to Nov. 13 to complete system commissioning activities on the pipeline system. The line stretches from northeastern British Columbia to the Chicago area; it is intended to carry gas from Canada to the Northeast US.
  • 10/23/2000 -- Shell, Marathon sign Sakhalin swap agreement
    Royal Dutch/Shell Group subsidiary Shell Sakhalin Holdings has agreed to acquire Marathon Sakhalin Ltd. a 37.5% interest in Sakhalin Energy Investment Co. in exchange for Shell's 28% interest in the Foinaven field off the Shetland Islands in the UK.
  • 10/20/2000 -- Gazprom eager to participate in PetroChina's natural gas pipeline
    Russia's natural gas company Gazprom is keen to participate in the construction of China�s longest natural gas pipeline, to stretch between Xinjiang and Shanghai. Though PetroChina Co. Ltd. has stated it would welcome foreign investment, Gazprom's enthusiasm has not been met with a positive response from PetroChina.
  • 10/20/2000 -- WHO DARES TO USE OIL AS A POLITICAL WEAPON?
    A nervous oil market has quickly passed by the only hint so far of its worst nightmare.
  • 10/19/2000 -- Competition rules force ENI to diversify internationally
    A gas deregulation decree will require ENI SPA to grant other companies access to its gas pipeline network, which amounts to 99% of the Italian network. In anticipation of the order, ENI has already done a great deal of diversification, and will greatly decrease its market share in Italy.
  • 10/19/2000 -- Esso Chad begins work on Chad-to-Cameroon project
    Esso Exploration & Production Chad Inc. and its partners have begun construction on the Chad-Cameroon Oil Development and Pipeline Project, said ExxonMobil Corp. The $3.5 billion project will develop oil fields in southern Chad and transport the crude oil 663 miles to the coast of Cameroon for export to world markets.
  • 10/18/2000 -- Duke Energy executive calls for 50% rise in gas storage
    Natural gas pipeline and storage capacity must be increased by 50% or 40 bcf/day of deliverability to accommodate operating needs of new gas-fired generation, says Jim Donnell, chief executive officer of Duke Energy North America, a unit of Duke Energy Corp. 'We need tremendous increases in storage,' he said, to support up to 300 Gw of new electric generating capacity. 'There is no other means to meet the operational needs for fueling the merchant generation fleet.'
  • 10/18/2000 -- Duke Energy executive calls for 50% rise in gas storage, pipeline capacity
    Natural gas pipeline and storage capacity must be increased by 50% or 40 bcf/day of deliverability to accommodate operating needs of new gas-fired generation, says Jim Donnell, chief executive officer of Duke Energy North America, a unit of Duke Energy Corp. 'We need tremendous increases in storage,' he said, to support up to 300 Gw of new electric generating capacity. 'There is no other means to meet the operational needs for fueling the merchant generation fleet.'
  • 10/18/2000 -- Alaskan gas key to meeting US demand
    Alaskan gas will be an essential element in meeting future US demand, industry executives told a Ziff Energy conference in Calgary this week. One executive said US gas demand is forecast to grow at 1.5-2% a year, but he does not foresee a supply shortage because Alaskan gas will be part of the supply picture by 2010.
  • 10/18/2000 -- Hydro signs EMC to Vesterled project deal
    Norway's Norsk Hydro ASA has awarded European Marine Contractors Ltd. the $8.7 million contract to build and install the Vesterled pipeline, which will tie together the Norwegian gas network and the Frigg Norwegian Association pipeline in the Norwegian North Sea. The fast-track contract, which includes an option for installation of the pipeline for the Norskpipe project, will be carried out during the second and third quarters of 2001.
  • 10/18/2000 -- Transportation news briefs, Oct. 18
    Techint � Aviva Petroleum � WPS Energy Services � Enbridge Gas New Brunswick � Buccaneer Gas Pipeline
  • 10/17/2000 -- Electric Power news briefs, October 17
    National Fuel Gas Co. ... Reliant Resources Inc. ... FirstEnergy ... Public Service Co. of New Mexico ... San Juan Coal Co. ... Tucson Electric Power ... CMS Energy Corp. ... Fortis Inc. ... Magnum Hunter Resources ... Oneok Resources Co. ... TotalFinaElf ... Electricit�e France ... Texaco Inc. ... National Electric Power Authority ... Eskom ... Enron Corp. ... Chevron Corp. ... Calpine Corp. ... Seminole Electric Cooperative Inc. ... City Gas Co. of Florida ... Utility Engineering Corp.
  • 10/17/2000 -- Mexico, Guatemala push for Central American gas pipeline
    The proposed sale of Mexican natural gas to Central America via a pipeline through neighboring Guatemala is still being pushed by officials from both countries. The pipeline project, which would provide Guatemala with its first commercial supply of clean-burning gas, has been inching toward reality for years.
  • 10/17/2000 -- Phillips Alaska official: North Slope gas sales by 2007
    Sales of natural gas from Alaska�s North Slope to the Lower 48 are achievable as early as 2007, says the president and CEO of Phillips Alaska Ltd. Kevin Meyers told a Ziff Energy conference on gas supply and demand in Calgary today that a pipeline from the North Slope is the primary option being studied to move gas to southern markets.
  • 10/17/2000 -- Polar Tankers to build fourth millennium class ship
    Polar Tankers Inc., the Long Beach, Calif.-based shipping unit for Phillips Petroleum Co. subsidiary Phillips Alaska Inc., announced Oct. 13 that it will build a fourth millennium class tanker to carry crude oil from Alaska to the US West Coast and Hawaii. The fourth ship contract is valued at $197 million.
  • 10/16/2000 -- Companies rush to file FERC Order 2000 applications
    In a flurry of filings, transmission-owning companies submitted applications Monday to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to sell or transfer control of their transmission assets to parties that meet the requirements of FERC Order 2000. Order 2000 generally required all investor-owned electric utilities subject to FERC regulation to file a proposal on how they would create or join an RTO, or describe any barriers to joining or forming such a group.
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