Transportation 2003 P

12/02/2003 -- TransCanada Alberta natural gas line break is second in 24 hr
TransCanada reported a break and resulting fire early Tuesday on its Alberta natural gas system about 20 km southwest of Valleyview, Alta., and the Sturgeon Lake First Nation.
12/01/2003 -- Georgia Strait Crossing pipeline receives joint review panel approval
Georgia Strait Crossing Pipeline Ltd. has received approval to construct and operate a 37.2 mile, 16-in. natural gas pipeline from Boundary Pass, east of Saturna Island, BC, to Vancouver Island.
11/26/2003 -- UPDATING API 650-1: Revision addresses new approaches for storage tank loads
API's pressure vessel and tank committee recently concluded a 5-year effort to revise Standard 650, which provides design rules to give reasonable margins against failure of petroleum storage tanks due to loads imposed on them.
11/24/2003 -- Duke Energy places Patriot natural gas pipeline expansion in service
Duke Energy Gas Transmission, the Houston-based division of Duke Energy Corp., Charlotte, NC, has placed into service its 95-mile, 24-in. Patriot pipeline extension in southwestern Virginia and northern North Carolina. The line expands the company's existing 1,129-mile East Tennessee Natural Gas Pipeline System in Tennessee and Virginia.
11/24/2003 -- Energizing China
The US should work harder to bolster energy ties with China, industry experts and academics told an Oct. 30 hearing of the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
11/24/2003 -- OPEC in disarray ahead of next meeting?
OPEC's decision at its last ministerial meeting to cut production quotas by 900,000 b/d, effective Nov. 1, took the market by surprise. Now some analysts are beginning to warn darkly of a need for OPEC to cut production early next year to avoid a price collapse. Will OPEC spring another surprise at the Dec. 4 ministerial meeting in Vienna?
11/21/2003 -- Talisman Energy completes Erith pipeline project
Talisman Energy Inc., Calgary, has completed its $63 million Erith natural gas pipeline project, enabling the company to set a new Alberta Foothills production record of 153 MMcfd, up from 125 MMcfd in September.
11/21/2003 -- North Adriatic LNG terminal FEED contract expected soon; project gets new partners, sales agreements
A contract is expected within the next few weeks for front-end engineering and design work on the Edison Gas North Adriatic LNG terminal to be constructed in the north Adriatic Sea off Rovigo in northern Italy (see illustration, map OGJ, Sept. 6, 1999, p. 21). The terminal will be designed to regasify more than 4 billion cu m/year.
11/21/2003 -- Trinidad and Tobago mulls further LNG expansions, JV projects with Venezuela
Atlantic LNG partners are considering the construction of a fifth LNG train in Trinidad and Tobago although construction began less than 3 months ago on the 800 MMcfd fourth train. Major partners are BP PLC unit BP Trinidad & Tobago LLC and wholly owned subsidiaries of BG Group PLC and Repsol-YPF SA.
11/21/2003 -- Use of high-strength line pipe can improve economics of long-distance gas lines
Application of X-120 line pipe in higher pressure, smaller-diameter pipelines can result in total project costs savings of 5-15%.
11/20/2003 -- ConocoPhillips makes Sutu Trang discovery off Viet Nam; starts production in Sutu Den
ConocoPhillips and partners in the Cuu Long Joint Operating Co. (CLJOC) Tuesday said they successfully completed exploratory well 15-1-ST-1X in Sutu Trang (White Lion) field off Viet Nam just as production is beginning in nearby Sutu Den (Black Lion) field.
11/19/2003 -- Pakistan buys two Aframax tankers, plans for another
Pakistan National Shipping Corp. (PNSC) has purchased two more Aframax class oil tankers from a Croatia-based shipping company. The tankers, built in 1985 at El Ferrol shipyard in Spain, were registered in Malta.
11/18/2003 -- ChevronTexaco given nod to construct offshore Port Pelican LNG terminal
ChevronTexaco Corp. Tuesday reported that its subsidiary, Port Pelican LLC, has received approval for a Deepwater Port License from the Maritime Administration of the Department of Transportation to construct, own, and operate an LNG receiving and regasification terminal.
11/17/2003 -- World LNG trade responding to increased natural gas demand
World LNG trade will significantly increase over the next 20 years from the current 150 million tpy to more than 200 million tpy.
11/14/2003 -- Shell to develop 'Gulf Landing' LNG offshore terminal
Gulf Landing LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell US Gas & Power LLC, is filing application under the Deepwater Port Act for a license to construct and operate an LNG storage and regasification terminal 38 miles off Louisiana in West Cameron Block 213.
11/14/2003 -- Seminole Group plans to build Liberty crude oil pipeline
Seminole Group LP, Tulsa, reported plans to build a 280 mile, 20-in., 200,000 b/d crude oil pipeline extending from Longview, Tex., to Cushing, Okla.
11/13/2003 -- BG, Petroplus plan LNG import facility in Wales
BG Group PLC subsidiary BG Energy Holdings Ltd. and Amsterdam-based Petroplus International NV have agreed to create Dragon LNG Ltd. as a 50:50 joint venture to own and operate an LNG import and regasification facility at Milford Haven, Wales.
11/12/2003 -- FGT boosts natural gas deliveries with Phase VI expansion
Florida Gas Transmission Co. (FGT) reported Nov. 1 it placed into service its $100 million the Phase VI expansion facilities for rendering winter service.
11/12/2003 -- Indonesia tries to dispel LNG buyers' concerns after contracted supply cuts
The Indonesian government, reversing earlier optimistic statements, is seeking to allay concerns of Japanese and South Korean LNG buyers after announcing a decrease in contracted supplies for December from ExxonMobil Corp.'s Arun natural gas facilities in the worn-torn province of Aceh.
11/07/2003 -- Iraq transparency
Within 6 months, a new international auditing panel will issue the first of what will likely be several reports detailing how the US will spend Iraq's petrodollars.

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