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Transportation 2002 P

  • 02/04/2002 -- Tariff accord clears way for Russian exports via trans-Balkan pipeline
    Ukraine's approval of a tariff accord could enable Russian oil to be exported by yearend via a trans-Balkan pipeline network to the Adriatic Sea. Existing lines would be used and a 110.5-mile, 36-in. line between Sisak, Croatia, and the port of Omisalj would be reversed.
  • 02/04/2002 -- Maritimes initiates $250 million expansion of Nova Scotia-US gas pipeline
    Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline LLC applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for approval of the $250 million Phase IV expansion that will nearly double the capacity of its natural gas pipeline from offshore Nova Scotia to northeast US markets.
  • 02/01/2002 -- Electric Power news briefs, Feb. 1
    National Grid Group PLC ... Niagara Mohawk ... Select Energy ... Framatome ANP Inc. ... Duke Energy Corp. ... UtiliCorp Networks Canada ... Aquila ... Southwest Gas Corp. ... Hurd Investments ... Copano Energy ... Williams Cos. Inc. ... PG&E Corp. ... Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator ... Utah Power
  • 02/01/2002 -- Transco to pay $1.4 million fine for environmental violations
    Williams Gas Pipeline Corp.'s Transco pipeline unit agreed to pay a $1.4 million civil fine for violation of environmental rules protecting soil and water quality.
  • 01/31/2002 -- Entergy assessing turbine strategy with rating agencies
    Entergy Corp. Chairman Wayne Leonard Thursday said the New Orleans energy producer and marketer is still struggling to reach a decision on what to do with 15 gas turbines scheduled for delivery in the next 3 years. 'That is one of our highest priorities in 2002,' he said during a conference call.
  • 01/31/2002 -- Williams sells stakes in three South Texas pipeline systems
    Hurd Investments Ltd., San Antonio, and Copano Energy, Houston, acquired Williams Cos. Inc.'s stakes in the Webb-Duval, Olmitos, and Cinco Compadres pipeline systems for $6 million, said Williams.
  • 01/31/2002 -- Dynegy takes possession of disputed Enron pipeline
    Energy marketer Dynegy Inc. Thursday took temporary possession of Enron Corp.'s Northern Natural Gas pipeline and named Dan Dienstbier as the pipeline's president. Dynegy acquired the pipeline after Enron failed to repay a $1.5 billion equity infusion by Dynegy as part of a failed merger attempt with Enron last fall.
  • 01/31/2002 -- Dynegy completes acquisition of Northern Natural from Enron
    Dynegy Inc. Thursday closed its acquisition of Northern Natural Gas from Enron Corp. and named Daniel Dienstbier president of the pipeline.
  • 01/31/2002 -- Work on West African gas pipeline grid to begin next year
    The Economic Community of West African States has said work will begin in 2003 on the long-awaited West African Gas Pipeline.
  • 01/31/2002 -- Oil companies praise US decision to lift sanctions against Azerbaijan
    US oil companies are praising a White House decision Wednesday to conditionally waive a decade-old sanction that blocks official US aid to oil-rich Azerbaijan. President George W. Bush waived Sec. 907 of the Freedom Support Act.
  • 01/30/2002 -- Electric Power news briefs, Jan. 30
    NRG Energy Inc. ... Nisource Inc. ... South Carolina Electric & Gas Co. ... Composite Power Corp. ... OG&E Electric Services ... Electricité de France ... Brighton Beach Power LP ... Coral Energy Canada Inc. ... Cook Inlet Power LP ... Cincinnati Gas & Electric Co. ... New York Power Authority ... Pacific Texas Corp. ... Karaha Bodas ... TC PipeLines LP ... NorthWestern Corp.
  • 01/30/2002 -- FERC approves expansion of Tuscarora pipeline system in Nevada
    The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved Tuscarora Gas Transmission Co.'s proposed $60 million pipeline expansion.
  • 01/30/2002 -- US officials, firms to discuss Arctic gas pipeline next week
    Alaska North Slope producers and pipeline companies will meet with US officials Feb. 4 in Washington to review regulatory obstacles that could delay or postpone a proposed arctic gas pipeline, according to industry and government officials. Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles (D) was invited but will not attend, a spokesman said.
  • 01/29/2002 -- Technigaz, Zachry Construction to work on LNG projects in US
    Technigaz, a wholly owned subsidiary of French company Bouygues Offshore SA, and privately held Zachry Construction Corp., San Antonio, have formed a partnership to work on liquefied natural gas projects in the US.
  • 01/29/2002 -- BP revives $1 billion Indian LNG import terminal, power station
    BP PLC and two partners have revived plans to invest $1 billion in a liquefied natural gas import terminal and power station in the eastern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Completion would be expected by 2007.
  • 01/28/2002 -- ERCOT adds new pricing zone; design similar to California
    Wholesale electricity prices could rise in Houston during high demand periods after the Texas grid operator added a new Houston pricing zone. Market analysts said the Texas congestion management system bears a strong resemblance to the failed California model.
  • 01/28/2002 -- Pacific Texas near funding deal for $1.3 billion Texas-to-Arizona gas line
    Privately held Pacific Texas Pipeline & Transportation Inc., Phoenix, is in final discussions with a banking syndicate to fund its proposed $1.3 billion West Texas-to-Arizona gas pipeline. The names of the banks involved were not disclosed.
  • 01/25/2002 -- Paragon prepares filings for Western Frontier pipeline project
    A unit of Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, chose Paragon Engineering Services Inc., Houston, to coordinate its application with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build the proposed Western Frontier Pipeline.
  • 01/24/2002 -- Mexico's Fox serves up new electricity reform proposal
    Mexican President Vicente Fox has put electricity reform back on the national agenda with a proposal that is not so far reaching as his predecessor's. Industry observers are hopeful it will be more palatable to opponents.
  • 01/24/2002 -- US company puts Indonesian oil assets up for sale
    Oklahoma-based Devon Energy Corp. has set February as the sale date for its oil assets in Southern Sumatra. Indonesian state-owned oil company Pertamina, in partnership with the local provincial government in Jambi, has emerged as the most likely purchaser.
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