Transportation 2003 P

12/26/2003 -- Cheniere Energy applies to FERC for two LNG terminals, pipelines
Cheniere Energy Inc. filed application to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Dec. 22 for permits to construct LNG receiving terminals at Sabine Pass, La., and Corpus Christi, Tex., and two natural gas pipelines from the sites. One pipeline would extend 120 miles from the Sabine Pass terminal site to Henry Hub and another, from the Corpus Christi site to interstate pipelines 25 miles to the northwest.
12/26/2003 -- World's tanker fleet has banner year
The year 2003 was very profitable for the shipping industry, with tanker rates at near-record highs for much of the year.
12/23/2003 -- ConocoPhillips joins Freeport LNG terminal project partners
ConocoPhillips has agreed to join with Freeport LNG Development LP and assume a 50% general-partnership managing interest in the proposed LNG receiving terminal at Quintana, southeast of Freeport in Brazoria County, Tex.
12/23/2003 -- Pertamina's 2004 plans include exploration in eastern Sulawesi
PT Pertamina's 2004 work plan includes delineation of the large Donggi gas-condensate discovery on remote eastern Sulawesi Island that could anchor another Indonesian LNG export center.
12/22/2003 -- Sempra Energy, Shell plan Mexican LNG receiving terminal
Shell International Gas Ltd. and Sempra Energy LNG Corp.—the newest subsidiary of Sempra Energy Global Enterprises—Monday reported they will combine two separately proposed Baja California LNG receiving terminals into a single project—Energia Costa Azul—"significantly reducing the impact on the local environment."
12/19/2003 -- Shell-Total JV signs contract to construct Mexico's first LNG terminal
Terminal de LNG de Altamira S de RL de CV—a joint venture of Royal Dutch/Shell Group and Total SA—has signed a $250 million contract with Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (IHI) and ICA Fluor Consortium for the construction of what would become Mexico's first LNG regasification terminal.
12/19/2003 -- BP, Indonesia ink Sempra LNG supply deal
BP PLC and Indonesia Thursday signed a nonbinding "heads of agreement" to supply natural gas to a planned 1 bcfd Sempra Energy LNG Corp. facility in Baja California, Mexico.
12/18/2003 -- Talks suspended on Transit Protocol
Negotiations among 51 European and Asian nations on a legally binding international agreement on energy transit issues were suspended during an Energy Charter Conference meeting in Brussels.
12/16/2003 -- Fluor, Lukoil Neftegazstroy to build Russian oil products export terminal
Lukoil Neftegazstroy (LNGS), the construction affiliate of Russia's OAO Lukoil, has tapped Fluor Corp. to construct a 220,000-b/d petroleum products and crude oil export terminal on Vysotsky Island on the Gulf of Finland 18 miles north of Primorsk near St. Petersburg.
12/16/2003 -- NEB approves Trans-Northern pipeline relocation in Hamilton, Ont.
Trans-Northern Pipelines Inc., Calgary, has received approval from Canada's National Energy Board to relocate a section of products pipeline and lower two other sections of line in Hamilton, Ont., to accommodate the construction of an expressway.
12/15/2003 -- US pipelines face increased criminal threat from heightened environmental scrutiny
US pipeline owners and operators must understand the federal government's criminal envorcement program in order to minimize the likelihood that any company or its employees will face criminal investigation or prosecution.
12/11/2003 -- Statoil awarded additional Ormen Lange pipeline responsibilities
Norsk Hydro SA has concluded a new agreement with Statoil ASA that gives Statoil responsibility for procurement and delivery of steel line pipe, anodes, and pipeline coating for proposed pipelines from the field to a processing and export plant at Nyhamna, Norway.
12/09/2003 -- International Maritime Organization agrees to ban single-hull tankers by 2010
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) Environment Protection Committee agreed to accelerate the phase out of single-hull tankers from international waters by 2010 instead of a previous deadline of 2015.
12/05/2003 -- OPS: External corrosion is possible risk to new pipelines
The US Office of Pipeline Safety issued an advisory bulletin to owners and operators of natural gas transmission and hazardous liquid pipelines warning them to consider external corrosion as a possible risk to new pipelines.
12/05/2003 -- Natural gas pipeline to connect France, Spain gas grids
A 30-km, 500 million cu m/year international natural gas pipeline connection is being planned between France and Spain, with construction slated to be completed by 2005.
12/05/2003 -- UPDATING API 650-Conclusion: New load combination approach brings API 650 into line with ASCE 7
This is the second and final article reviewing the major revisions to API Standard 650 that provides design rules for reasonable margins against failure of petroleum storage tanks due to imposed loads.
12/05/2003 -- Corrosion blamed for TransCanada's pipeline breaks in western Alberta
In a brief update, TransCanada PipeLines Ltd. said Thursday that external corrosion was the most likely cause of two breaks in its pipeline system earlier in the week in western Alberta (OGJ Online, Dec. 2-3, 2003).
12/04/2003 -- FERC sets tougher standards for gas pipelines, electric power transmission
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Nov. 26 adopted a final rule that sets tougher standards of conduct between interstate natural gas pipelines and their energy affiliates. The rule also applies to public electric utilities.
12/03/2003 -- ARC Energy reports production outage due to line break
Calgary-based ARC Energy Trust reported Wednesday that it has had to shut in about 4,000 boe/d of production from the Ante Creek area in Alberta because of two line breaks on the NPS 36 Western Alberta System Mainline Extension in the Waskahigan region of Alberta.
12/02/2003 -- Precommissioning completed on Shell's Goldeneye development
Shell UK Exploration & Production, operator of Goldeneye field in the Outer Moray Firth area of the UK Central North Sea, has successfully completed precommissioning 101 km of 20-in. export pipeline and 4-in. mono-ethylene glycol pipeline from the field to its onshore gas plant at St. Fergus, Scotland.

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