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09/10/2002 -- FERC reasserts jurisdiction over gas-gathering system off South Texas
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp. and Williams Field Services "acted in concert" to charge excessive rates for gas-gathering services on Transco's pipeline system in the Gulf of Mexico.
09/10/2002 -- ANR files for Westleg pipeline in Midwestern US
ANR Pipeline Co., a unit of El Paso Corp., has applied to the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for approval to construct its proposed $42 million Westleg natural gas pipeline in the Midwest.
09/09/2002 -- More change in prospect for reorganized Sonatrach
Algerian Energy and Mining Resources Minister and Sonatrach Pres. Chakib Khelil"Sonatrach basically will have a better financial return (under new Algerian law) than it has right now and will be able to dedicate more capital to more exploration nationally and internationally."
09/09/2002 -- TransCanada to install first commercial X-100 grade line pipe
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. (TCPL), Calgary, has ordered 500 tons of X-100 (Grade 690) steel line pipe which it plans to install on a 1 km section of its 63.5 km Westpass expansion, south of Calgary.
09/09/2002 -- Uncertainty clouds offshore drilling industry outlook for 2003
"There will be a small but steady growth in overall offshore rig demand in coming months, with North America jack ups accounting for the bulk of the increase," said Tom Kellock, senior research analyst.
09/09/2002 -- TotalFinaElf awards LNG shipping contract for Snøhvit to Mitsubishi unit
TotalFinaElf SA unit TotalFinaElf Exploration Norge has awarded a contract to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. to build a 145,000 cu m LNG carrier.
09/04/2002 -- PG&E completes natural gas expansion project
San Francisco-based Pacific Gas & Electric Co. has completed a $40 million expansion project that adds 14.1 miles of new 42-in. transmission pipeline to its existing Line 401 system.
08/30/2002 -- ChevronTexaco confirms Aparo discovery off Nigeria
Texaco Nigeria Outer Shelf Ltd. "encountered a substantial amount of net oil sand" during test drilling on its deepwater oil prospecting license (OPL) Block 213 oil discovery in Aparo field off Nigeria.
08/27/2002 -- BP awards McDermott Aspen subsea flowlines, umbilical contract
BP PLC has awarded a $15 million contract to a subsidiary of J. Ray McDermott Inc. to install facilities associated with the Aspen subsea development on Green Canyon Block 243 in the Gulf of Mexico.
08/27/2002 -- BP commissions Magnus EOR gas pipeline project
Pipeline engineering, testing, and commissioning operations have been successfully completed for the BP PLC-operated Magnus enhanced oil recovery project in the UK North Sea.
08/27/2002 -- Holly files suit in long-running legal battle
Holly Corp. along with Navajo Refining filed suit this month in its court battle with Longhorn Partners Pipeline, LPP's principal partners, and the corporations and investment fund that control LPP.
08/27/2002 -- Pipelaying marks progress in deepwater Gulf of Mexico
Technip-Coflexip's US unit, Technip Offshore Contractors Inc.—formerly Coflexip Stena Offshore Inc.—received two contracts for installation of deepwater pipelines in the Gulf of Mexico.
08/23/2002 -- BG, ChevronTexaco expand interests in Atlantic Basin LNG
BG Group PLC reported that Hibiscus field, in the North Coast Marine Area off the north coast of Trinidad and Tobago, has produced first gas into the newly commissioned Train 2 at Atlantic LNG Co.
08/19/2002 -- Kinder Morgan to hold open season for Advantage expansion project
Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC (KMIGT)said it would hold an open season to gauge shipper interest in its planned Advantage natural gas expansion project.
08/19/2002 -- Pakistan moves closer to Iran-India gas pipeline agreement
A $3.2 billion natural gas pipeline from Iran to India via Pakistan is showing more promise with the expectation that Pakistan and Russia will sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in Moscow.
08/16/2002 -- Caspian finish line
Even a pessimist would concede that the US has won a major energy policy victory in Central Asia.
08/14/2002 -- NWS to supply Guangdong LNG, partner with CNOOC
China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) and Guangdong LNG partners have selected Australia's North West Shelf Venture (NWS) as sole Phase I supplier for China's first LNG import terminal.
08/13/2002 -- Environmental opposition to Camisea pipeline forces joint EIA hearings
Environmental opposition to the Camisea natural gas transmission pipeline has forced a series of joint public hearings on all three aspects of Peru's Camisea gas megaproject.
08/09/2002 -- Sonatrach, Shell sign Algerian LNG sales agreement
Algeria's state oil and gas company Sonatrach and Shell Gas & Power, a unit of Royal Dutch/Shell, have entered into a LNG master sales agreement.
08/07/2002 -- ATP Oil & Gas to develop Helvellyn field off UK in the North Sea
The UK Secretary of State for Trade and Industry has approved development of Helvellyn field on Block 47/10 in the southern gas basin of the UK continental shelf in the North Sea.

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