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10/05/2001 -- CMS, Sempra report plans for Mexican LNG terminal
LNG terminal operator CMS Energy Corp. and utility holding company Sempra Energy Friday reported an agreement to jointly develop a LNG receiving terminal on the Pacific Coast north of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. The proposed plant will have a send-out capacity of 1 bcfd of natural gas, the companies said.
10/05/2001 -- Western Gas and Questar form gas-gathering joint venture in Wyoming
Subsidiaries of Western Gas Resources Inc., Denver, and Questar Market Resources Inc., part of Questar Corp. in Salt Lake City, are forming a joint venture to provide gas gathering and compression services in the Hoback Basin of southwest Wyoming, officials said Friday.
10/04/2001 -- Maritimes reports strong interest in Eastern Canada pipeline expansion
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline LLC said an open season indicated strong interest in the proposed Phase IV expansion of its gas pipeline from Nova Scotia to New England.
10/03/2001 -- Boston ban on LNG imports will drive up energy costs
A continued ban blocking liquefied natural gas tankers from Boston harbor will drive up regional prices for both natural gas and electric power this winter, an energy analyst said Wednesday.
10/03/2001 -- Banned in Boston, LNG tanker will unload in Savannah
A tanker loaded with liquefied natural gas, banned from Boston harbor as a potential target for terrorists, will become the first vessel to offload at El Paso Corp.'s newly reactivated LNG import terminal at Elba Island near Savannah, Ga., officials said Wednesday.
10/03/2001 -- Intertanko seeks option to coat over tin-based paints on tankers
Intertanko has urged the International Maritime Organization to give it more flexibility to meet a proposed phaseout of tin-based antifouling systems.
10/03/2001 -- Michigan group complains of competing Midwest RTOs
A Michigan business group Wednesday called on federal lawmakers to take a stronger role in electric transmission issues, noting the development of competing regional transmission organizations to serve the Midwest. The Association of Businesses Advocating Tariff Equity charged companies have been shifting their support for these two groups depending on their own financial interests.
10/03/2001 -- House panel votes to boost security at energy sites, Senate to act soon
A US House of Representatives committee Wednesday approved legislation to improve security at federal dams, power stations, and electric transmission lines. A Senate panel plans to mark up a similar bill next week, and then turn to an omnibus energy bill the following week.
10/03/2001 -- Gulfstream is on schedule with largest pipeline in Gulf of Mexico
Gulfstream Natural Gas System LLC now has all major segments of its $1.6 billion, 753-mile pipeline project under construction and on schedule to begin delivering natural gas to Florida utilities and power-generation facilities next June, officials said.
10/03/2001 -- Gas pipelines planned to fuel Texas power plant
Units of TXU Corp., Dallas, and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Houston, plan to build natural gas pipelines to fuel the 1,789-Mw power plant being built in Forney, Tex., by FPL Energy LLC, a unit of FPL Group Inc., Juno Beach, Fla.
10/03/2001 -- BG Group buys Enron's Indian oil and gas assets for $388 million
BG Group PLC has bought all of the assets of Enron Oil & Gas India Ltd. (EOGIL) for $388 million in cash from Enron Corp. The assets include 30% of Tapti gas field and Panna-Mukta oil and gas field, and a 62.64% interest in the CB-OS/1 exploration license, all on the west coast of India.
10/02/2001 -- Electric Power news briefs, Oct. 2
Calpine Corp. .. SeaWest WindPower Inc. .. PG&E National Energy Group .. Empire District Electric Co. .. Tucson Electric Power Co. .. Northern Border Pipeline Co. .. Falcon Gas Storage Co. Inc. .. Emera Inc. .. Greyhawk Gas Storage Co. LLC .. Keith Companies Inc. .. Pacific Engineering Corp. .. Gulfstream Natural Gas System LLC .. Nevada Power Co. .. Bonneville Power Administration .. Idaho Power .. Select Energy Inc. .. Air Products and Chemicals Inc. .. El Paso Corp.
10/02/2001 -- El Paso proposes offshore pipeline to serve Florida power plants
El Paso Corp. Tuesday reported plans to explore customer interest in a pipeline that would transport natural gas from the company's proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in the Bahamas to Florida. El Paso said the projects will help supply the fuel requirements of 11,000 Mw of proposed new generating capacity by 2005.
10/02/2001 -- El Paso proceeding with offshore gas line from Nova Scotia to US
El Paso Corp. plans to build a $1.6 billion subsea pipeline to move gas from fields off Nova Scotia to markets in Canada and the northeastern US. Named the Blue Atlantic Transmission System, the proposed project would consist of 750 miles of 36-in. pipe and would carry up to 1 bcfd.
10/01/2001 -- Plains All American buying Unocal's Dollarhide system
Plains All American Pipeline LP is buying the Dollarhide pipeline system and Midland, Tex., tank farm facilities from Unocal Pipeline Co. for $2.6 million.
10/01/2001 -- CNOOC to build 800 million cu m/year gas pipeline
CNOOC Petroleum & Chemical Co. Ltd., with 30% partner Hainan Fuel and Chemical Corp., next year will begin building a 256-km pipeline from Dongfang gas field in the South China Sea to Haikou City in Hainan province via Yangpu.
10/01/2001 -- Azerbaijan, Georgia agree on tariffs for gas pipeline to Turkey
An important step in the process to build a gas export pipeline from Azerbaijan across Georgia and into Turkey has been taken with the signing of an agreement between Azerbaijan and Georgia on tariffs for the pipeline. The two countries signed the agreement in Baku over the weekend.
10/01/2001 -- Manitoba Hydro cuts participation deal with Midwest ISO
Canada's Manitoba Hydro said it reached a coordination agreement with the Midwest Independent System Operator in a deal that would represent the first international extension of a regional transmission organization. Under the deal, the Canadian crown provincial utility, Canada's fourth largest, will participate in the Midwest ISO and remain compliant with Canadian law.
09/28/2001 -- Midwest utilities form transmission company
Six electric utility companies, including three public power operators, Friday asked federal regulators to let them integrate operations of their electric transmission systems into a single system through formation of TRANSLink Transmission Co. LLC.
09/28/2001 -- Finance/Companies news briefs, Sept. 28
Westport Resources Corp. ... Devon Energy Corp. ... PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd. ... Williams Cos. Inc. ... Bowridge Resource Group Inc. .... ESI Energy Services Inc. ... Talisman Energy Inc. ... Lundin Oil AB

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