11/11/2002
-- Iran considers participating in the Energy Charter Iran is considering possible participation in the Energy Charter, an inter-governmental organization devoted to promoting East-West energy cooperation among its 51 European and Asian member states.
11/11/2002
-- Step change still looming for gas markets While the near-term outlook for natural gas prices remains volatile, there continues to be healthy case-building for a step change in gas pricing fundamentals in the coming years.
11/08/2002
-- El Paso to exit energy trading business El Paso Corp., Houston, reported Friday that it planned to exit its energy trading business, citing "substantially diminished business opportunities" and "higher capital costs".
11/08/2002
-- No simple answers As Congress prepares for more debate over a new Department of Homeland Security, two foreign policy think tanks warn that the public and private sectors still talk past each other in the war on terrorism.
11/08/2002
-- Tesco acquires casing running business Tesco Corp. said it has acquired all of the assets and the ongoing business of Bo Gray Casing Co. and A&M Tubular Maintenance from Houston-based Catalyst Group Inc. and its partners for $10.5 million.
11/08/2002
-- PDVSA planning natural gas exports in 2005 Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) expects to have enough natural gas production to begin exporting it in 2005, Fernando Puig, PDVSA gas president, told OPEC News Agency earlier this week.
11/07/2002
-- Exploration of Trinidad & Tobago's deep waters continues apace The world's leading oil and gas companies are not ready to give up their search for hydrocarbons in commercial quantities in deep waters off Trinidad and Tobago, even though they have already spent hundreds of millions of dollars.
11/06/2002
-- Pluspetrol: Camisea could spur Peruvian gas exploration boom like Bolivia's The Camisea natural gas megaproject has the potential to spur a surge in gas exploration in Peru comparable to that seen in Bolivia following the development of the Bolivia-Brazil gas pipeline, according to the head of the company leading Camisea's upstream effort.
11/06/2002
-- Mexico seen relying more on imports, notably LNG, for gas supply needs Mexico will be increasingly reliant on imports to meet its natural gas supply needs, despite its best efforts to boost domestic gas production, says a top executive with that country's state oil company.
11/05/2002
-- Tesoro to sell 70 Northern California retail stations Tesoro Petroleum signed three separate sale and purchase agreements to sell 70 retail stations for a sum total of $67 million in cash, including $5 million in estimated associated working capital.
11/05/2002
-- AltaGas to acquire EnCana's natural gas midstream assets AltaGas Services entered into an agreement to acquire EnCana Corp.'s interests in two natural gas pipelines in Suffield, Alta., and nine natural gas gathering and processing systems for $115 million.