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07/07/2003 -- PetroKazakhstan, Lukoil sign agreement for CPC pipeline access
PetroKazakhstan Inc. has signed a memorandum of understanding with Russia's OAO Lukoil under which Lukoil will designate Turgai Petroleum (formerly CJSC Kumkol-Lukoil) as an affiliated shipper in the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC).
07/03/2003 -- US Coast Guard issues interim security rules for offshore platforms, vessels
The US Coast Guard Tuesday issued sweeping interim maritime security rules for ports and waterways that will also impact offshore platform operators.
07/02/2003 -- Dominion prepares to reactivate Cove Point LNG terminal
Dominion Resources is pumping nitrogen into three miles of pipe at its Cove Point LNG terminal as part of the "cooling down" process prior to receiving a "commissioning load" of LNG "sometime that week" of its July 23 target date.
06/27/2003 -- Japan will continue to dominate Asian LNG picture
As the world's largest LNG importer, Japan will play a significant role in development of Asian contract terms.
06/27/2003 -- Sakhalin II project partners award contract for LNG storage tanks
Partners in the Sakhalin II LNG project on Russia's Sakhalin Island have awarded $95 million in lump sum contracts for the construction of two LNG storage tanks at a planned natural gas liquefaction plant at Prigorodnoye on Aniva Bay, Sakhalin Island.
06/26/2003 -- Budapest and Bucharest
With the Russian energy sector becoming increasingly cost-competitive, multinationals are also mulling opportunities to expand their leverage in central Europe, a key transit area for Russian oil and gas pipelines.
06/23/2003 -- PetroKazakhstan reports completion of KAM oil pipeline in Kazakhstan
Calgary-based PetroKazakhstan Inc. reported that construction has been completed on the 16-in., 177 km KAM oil pipeline and Dzhusaly railcar loading terminal.
06/20/2003 -- LNG UPDATE-Conclusion: New supply projects to push LNG into major markets
LNG's share of the world's trade in natural gas set records in 2002 even as gas production growth was flat.
06/19/2003 -- Gas crisis
In 2001, the US government declared an energy crisis. Two years later, policymakers are more specific: Now there is a natural gas crisis.
06/16/2003 -- Hyundai Heavy Industries lets $70 million tanker contract to ENOC unit
Emirates National Oil Co.'s (ENOC) transportation subsidiary Dubai Shipping Co. (DSC) has awarded South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. (HHI) a $70 million contract to build two 75,000 dwt double-hulled, clean product tankers for delivery in 2005.
06/12/2003 -- LNG UPDATE-1: LNG poised to consolidate its place in global gas trade
Despite marginal production growth for natural gas in 2002, LNG's share of the world's trade in natural gas set records.
06/12/2003 -- Unocal unit holds open season for GOM deepwater port, crude oil terminal system
Unocal Midstream & Trade (UMT), a unit of Unocal Corp., is holding an open season to offer crude oil port and pipeline transportation services from its proposed Bulk Oil Offshore Transfer System (BOOTS) facility in the Gulf of Mexico.
06/11/2003 -- Trinidad and Tobago begins multimillion-dollar Cross Island Pipeline project
An unprecedented multimillion-dollar natural gas pipeline building program is now under way in Trinidad and Tobago that is designed to meet the Caribbean island's gas needs for the rest of the decade.
06/10/2003 -- East Texas gas line would serve Freestone Trend producers
Pipeline capacity is to be added in East Texas to transport gas from the burgeoning Freestone Trend to more interstate pipelines.
06/09/2003 -- Oman LNG inks LNG deal with Mitsubishi unit
Oman LNG (OLNG) has signed an agreement with Petrodiamond Singapore, a unit of Mitsubishi Corp., for the supply of 360,000 tonnes of LNG over a 2-year period.
06/06/2003 -- CNPC becomes sole owner of Kazakh-Chinese development JV
China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) has become 100% owner of the CNPC-Aktobemunaygaz Kazakh-Chinese joint venture after purchasing Kazakhstan's 25.12% stake during trading on the Kazakh Stock Exchange (KASE).
06/06/2003 -- Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan to transport Kazakh crude through BTC pipeline
Oil officials from Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, confirming an earlier statement by Georgian President Eduard Schevardnaze, have announced plans to transport Kazakh crude oil through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) Pipeline, now under construction.
06/05/2003 -- Kremlin dialogue
The US-Russian Business Council earlier this month presented a report card to US President George W. Bush and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on the state of trade relations between the two countries.
06/05/2003 -- CB&I wins EPC for Southern LNG terminal expansion
Southern LNG Inc. has awarded a$90 million lump-sum, turnkey contract to Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV (CB&I), The Woodlands, Tex., to perform engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning of an LNG terminal expansion near Savannah, Ga. The terminal expansion is expected to be completed by the end of 2005.
06/05/2003 -- ADB awards Penspen feasibility study for TAP pipeline
The Asian Development Bank has awarded a contract to Penspen Ltd., London, to conduct a 5 month techno-economic feasibility study for its proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan (TAP) natural gas pipeline project.

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