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10/07/2003 -- Southern Union unit awards expansion contract for Lake Charles, La., LNG plant
Trunkline LNG Co., a unit of Southern Union Co., has awarded an $80 million lump-sum, turnkey contract to Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV for an LNG terminal expansion project in Lake Charles, La.
10/07/2003 -- Gaz de France signs service training contract for Dahej LNG project
In the framework of its status as a "strategic partner" of India's Petronet LNG, Gaz de France has signed a service contract to train a team of Indian technicians who will be called upon to operate Dahej LNG terminal.
10/06/2003 -- US deploying airborne snipers to protect northern Iraqi pipelines
The US soon will begin deploying airborne snipers to prevent further acts of sabotage that already have stopped the flow of oil from Iraq's northern fields to its export terminal at the Turkish port of Ceyhan.
10/03/2003 -- Tests prove indentation technique for assessment of in-service pipe
Laboratory tests and field measurements of an indentation system for determining line pipe integrity indicate the system is effective and accurate.
09/29/2003 -- Ecuador's OCP pipeline to move 180,000 b/d of Oriente oil next month
Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados Ecuador SA will begin moving 180,000 b/d of heavy oil from Ecuador 's Oriente basin in October through its recently completed 450,000 b/d OCP pipeline, according to Business News Americas.
09/29/2003 -- Trinidad and Tobago, Venezuela mull over Caribbean-US natural gas pipeline
Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela have agreed to look into the feasibility of a natural gas pipeline that would be constructed under the Caribbean Sea to the US.
09/26/2003 -- Russia's new pipelines will debottleneck exports, production
Whether Russia can really push Mideast oil exporters off the market will depend on further development in the country's oil pipelines.
09/25/2003 -- Karachaganak exports via CPC delayed slightly
Oil from the Karachaganak oil and gas condensate reservoir in northwest Kazakhstan became contaminated with caustic soda as it entered the CPC export pipeline during the development's Phase II sequential start-up, reported operator BG Group PLC. The contamination has temporarily delayed sales of oil through the pipeline, now expected during the fourth quarter.
09/24/2003 -- Shell's Hazira LNG terminal to be completed by yearend 2004
Royal Dutch Shell Group subsidiary Hazira Port Pvt. Ltd. anticipates completing in third quarter 2004 its planned Hazira LNG regasification terminal on India's northwestern coast. Commercial operations would begin in October-December 2004.
09/22/2003 -- El Paso Corp. unit seeks FERC approval to expand proposed Cheyenne Plains gas line
Cheyenne Plains Gas Pipeline Co., a unit of Houston-based El Paso Corp., has applied for approval from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to increase to 36-in. an earlier proposed 30-in. natural gas pipeline spanning from the Rocky Mountains to Kansas.
09/22/2003 -- ConocoPhillips, TransCanada evaluate Maine site for LNG plant
ConocoPhillips and TransCanada Corp. Sept. 18 reported the formation of "Fairwinds," a joint venture that will evaluate a site in Harpswell, Me., about 15 miles northeast of Portland, for the development of an LNG regasification facility.
09/19/2003 -- PNSC acquires tanker to fulfill delivery contracts
Pakistan National Shipping Corp. (PNSC) has purchased a 97,789 dwt tanker valued at $5.5 million to facilitate completion of contacts to transport 2.75 million tonnes/year of crude oil for Pak-Arab Refinery Co. Ltd., 4.1 million tonnes/year for National Refinery Ltd., and 0.5 million tonnes/year for Pakistan Refinery Ltd. (PRL).
09/19/2003 -- Public hearing planned for Peru LNG project
Peru LNG SRL is advertising a public hearing to be held Oct. 2 on the environmental impact study of its project to export LNG from Camisea fields in Peru in 2007.
09/19/2003 -- Innovations drive pipeline installation in Cook Inlet
In summer 2002, three pipelines were installed by the pull method to the Forest Oil Corp.'s Redoubt Shoal field Osprey platform, Cook Inlet, Alas., in a project that used new technology in several areas
09/15/2003 -- Douglas-Westwood: Strong growth forecast for global LNG market
Capital expenditures for global LNG projects during the 2003-07 period are expected to nearly double the $20 billion spent during the previous 5-year period, said UK analysts Douglas-Westwood Ltd.
09/15/2003 -- Oman-UAE pipeline nears completion; gas to flow in December
Omani authorities say a 45 km pipeline to supply natural gas to the Dolphin Energy Ltd. (DEL) project in the UAE will be completed by November, with gas volumes to begin flowing soon thereafter. Oman Gas Co. (OGC) will operate the pipeline.
09/15/2003 -- CNOOC Ltd. to explore upstream investment in Gorgon project
CNOOC Ltd. last week signed a letter of agreement with the joint venture partners of the Gorgon natural gas project off Western Australia to begin discussions about "a potential upstream investment" in the project by CNOOC.
09/15/2003 -- New equation calculates friction factor for turbulent flow of non-Newtonian fluids
Tests for a proposed friction-factor equation have shown it to be accurate for calculating pressure loss in turbulent flow for a non-Newtonian fluid.
09/12/2003 -- Gas spotlight
The latest US government and private energy forecasts predict residential natural gas customers will pay more to heat their homes this winter. It's still unclear whether those prices will reach the "crisis" proportions some politicians were counting on.
09/12/2003 -- Double-hulled Polar Discovery tanker delivered to ConocoPhillips
Polar Discovery, a new double-hulled, Endeavour class tanker, was delivered last week to Polar Tankers Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of ConocoPhillips.

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