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Transportation 2003 P

  • 09/08/2003 -- Petrobras estimates a fivefold increase in natural gas reserves
    Executives of Brazil's state-owned oil firm Petroleo Brasileiro SA reported that the estimated reserves of 70 billion cu m of nonassociated natural gas reported last April for Blocks BS-400 and BS-500 in Santos Basin off São Paulo state were revised to 419 billion cu m after additional production tests.
  • 09/05/2003 -- Method calculates SIF for branch piping connections
    A method has been developed for calculating the nominal wall thickness of matching pipe for certain sizes of branch connections and stress intensification factor.
  • 09/04/2003 -- Unocal: Company not considering leaving Myanmar project; trial reset
    Unocal Corp. Wednesday repudiated what it called "a misleading and erroneous headline" in an El Segundo, Calif., newspaper that indicated the company was considering a withdrawal from its investment in the Yadana natural gas project in Myanmar.
  • 09/03/2003 -- Cove Point receives first commercial LNG shipment in 23 years
    The Dominion Cove Point LNG terminal has received its first commercial cargo of LNG in 23 years. BP Group subsidiary BP Energy delivered about 130,000 cu m of LNG from Trinidad and Tobago to Dominion Resources Inc.'s dock in southern Maryland aboard the Berge Boston tanker Aug. 22. The cargo ultimately will be regasified into 2.9 bcf of natural gas.
  • 09/02/2003 -- Construction commences on China's Zhongxian-Wuhan gas pipeline
    PetroChina Co. Ltd. Thursday initiated construction of its 718.9 km Zhongxian-Wuhan natural gas pipeline, the second largest long distance gas transmission pipeline in China after the 3,800 km, 1,016-mm West-East gas pipeline project due for completion in 2004 (OGJ three-part series, starting Mar. 17, 2003, p. 68)
  • 09/02/2003 -- Steady growth forecast for offshore pipelines 2003-07
    The installation of 51,000 km of offshore pipeline worldwide is forecast during the next 5 years, representing a 42% increase compared with the previous 5 years, said UK analysts Douglas-Westwood and Infield Systems.
  • 09/02/2003 -- US pipeline companies solidly profitable in 2002, scale back contruction plans
    US oil and natural gas pipeline companies in 2002 reported another profitable year, according to filings with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
  • 08/29/2003 -- LNG from Indonesia to supply Tijuana Regional Energy Center
    Marathon Oil Corp. subsidiary GNBC VENTAS S de RL de CV (GNBC), on behalf of its Tijuana Regional Energy Center partners—Grupo GGS SA de CV and Bermuda-based Golar LNG Ltd.—has signed a memorandum of understanding with Pertamina and PT Exspan Tomori Sulawesi for long-term LNG supplies from Indonesia.
  • 08/28/2003 -- TAP gas pipeline steering committee to meet, finalize PSA agreements
    The steering committee of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)-backed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan natural gas pipeline project (TAP) is scheduled to meet Sept. 26-27 to prequalify companies for bidding on the project as well as to finalize purchase and sale agreements (PSAs).
  • 08/26/2003 -- Kinder Morgan restarts Tucson-Phoenix pipeline, increases gasoline volumes
    Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP restarted its Tucson-Phoenix, Ariz., pipeline Sunday, restoring the line and increasing service to183,000 b/d from 175,000 b/d of gasoline, jet fuel, and diesel fuel.
  • 08/26/2003 -- Pakistan tanker-truck strike hinders supply from interior refineries
    A tanker-truck strike by members of the All Pakistan Oil Tankers Owners Association (APOTOA), affecting more than 10,000 oil and products tanker trucks, entered its fifth day Monday in Pakistan.
  • 08/25/2003 -- Pakistan seeks compensation for tanker oil spill
    Pakistan has lodged a formal complaint with the International Maritime Organization, claiming damages from the owner of a Malta-based tanker after a massive oil spill from its broken hull polluted a large coastal belt near the port of Karachi (OGJ Online, Aug. 14, 2003) reported Iftikhar Arshad, general manager of the Karachi Port Trust.
  • 08/18/2003 -- Pertamina places order for two newbuild oil tankers
    PT Nanindah Mutiara Shipyard and another Pertamina unit have placed an order with Singapore-based Labroy Marine Ltd. for the construction of two new oil product tankers, OPECA News Agency reported.
  • 08/18/2003 -- BHP Billiton considering a $550 million floating LNG terminal off California
    Australian BHP Billiton Petroleum Inc. announced plans to build a floating LNG terminal off California. If approved, the proposed $550 million terminal could be operational in 2008, a spokesman said.
  • 08/15/2003 -- UK's North Sea gas infrastructure must compete with LNG
    The UK gas market will see increasing competition develop between piped gas imports and LNG imports, with significant implications for the UK gas infrastructure.
  • 08/12/2003 -- Freeport LNG taps Technip for Texas LNG terminal FEED contract
    Freeport LNG Development LP has awarded a contract to Technip unit Technip USA Corp., Houston, for the front-end engineering design (FEED) for its planned LNG receiving terminal on Quintana Island near Freeport, Tex. The FEED is slated for completion by yearend, and engineering and procurement leading to construction is expected to begin in first quarter 2004, Technip said.
  • 08/12/2003 -- Strong 21st licensing round response confirms UK North Sea interest
    The UK's Department of Trade and Industry offered 88 new exploration licenses covering 137 blocks on the UK Continental Shelf to 62 companies July 31, following the close of its 21st offshore licensing round. Energy Minister Stephen Timms said successful applicants would have a fixed period in which to decide whether or not to accept the offers.
  • 08/11/2003 -- Anadarko's Wyoming CO2pipeline construction approved, to start immediately
    The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has given final approval to Anadarko Petroleum Corp.'s wholly owned subsidiary, Howell Petroleum Corp., to begin construction on a 125-mile, 16-in., carbon dioxide (CO2) pipeline across central Wyoming.
  • 08/08/2003 -- NEB approves Trans-Northern pipeline capacity expansion, flow reversal
    Canada's National Energy Board has approved an application by Cagary-based Trans-Northern Pipelines Inc. (OGJ Online, Nov. 8, 2002) to increase pipeline capacity on its 10-in. products pipeline system from Montréal, Que. to Farran's Point near Ingleside, Ont., and to reverse the direction of flow from Farran's Point to the Clarkson Junction in Mississauga, Ont.
  • 08/05/2003 -- Indonesia, Singapore initiate major gas pipeline project
    In a ceremony Monday, Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri and Singapore Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong formally initiated the start of activities leading to the construction of 470 km of natural gas pipeline from Indonesia to Singapore, reported OPEC News Agency.
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