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09/07/2004 -- Shell to sell Distrigas and Fluxys shares to Suez-Tractebel
Following discussions initiated several months ago, Belgian Shell has agreed to sell its 16.67% interest in Belgian gas wholesale company Distrigas SA and in Brussels-based gas transmission company Fluxys SA to Suez-Tractebel SA, which already is the controlling shareholder of the two companies, holding 46.83% of each.
09/07/2004 -- Consultant R.W. Beck foresees growth of coal gasification technology
Boston-based consultant and engineering firm R.W. Beck foresees coal gasification technologies—particularly integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC)—becoming a key component in coal's anticipated resurgence.
09/07/2004 -- MARKET WATCH
Energy prices slip as summer driving fades
Energy futures prices generally declined Friday ahead of the long US Labor Day weekend as traders, apparently complacent again about crude supplies from Russia and Iraq, failed to follow through on Thursday's rally.
09/07/2004 -- World Energy Congress: Brent crude challenged as world oil price benchmark
The adequacy of Brent crude to continue serving as a world oil price benchmark was called into question at the World Energy Congress in Sydney Tuesday, and two delegates proposed establishing Persian Gulf crudes as a new benchmark.
09/03/2004 -- Land grab
Federal land management is, and always is likely to be, controversial. Just ask any Energy Bar Association member. Thanks to Enron Corp.'s woes, Houston and Washington, DC, law firms racked up record billable hours, but only for a time.
09/03/2004 -- IHS Energy acquires Cambridge Energy Research Associates
Houston-based oil and natural gas information service IHS Energy announced that it has acquired Cambridge Energy Research Associates (CERA), an oil, gas, and energy consultancy based in Cambridge, Mass.
09/03/2004 -- MARKET WATCH
Oil prices continue to climb
Oil prices continued to climb Thursday as OAO Yukos again shook up markets with claims that Russian court actions had "paralyzed" its operations by freezing more assets.
09/03/2004 -- Kinder Morgan acquires Kaston Pipeline Co. for $100 million
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Houston, has purchased 100% of Kaston Pipeline Co. LP, an affiliate of Western Refining Co. LP, for $100 million.
09/03/2004 -- US DOE: More diesels forecast to be hitting the road
A growing number of US families are forecast to buy fuel-efficient diesel cars, pickup trucks, and sports utility vehicles in coming years, the US Department of Energy reported.
09/02/2004 -- CHINA'S ENERGY CHALLENGE-1: Framework of policies, institutions in place to enable China to meet its soaring oil, gas demand
China must find additional sources of energy, both domestic and foreign, to fuel its growing economy.
09/02/2004 -- Whiting Petroleum acquires Permian basin producing properties
Whiting Petroleum Corp. agreed to buy interest in 17 fields in the Permian basin of West Texas and southeast New Mexico for a total price of $345 million from private companies whose identities were not disclosed.
09/02/2004 -- MARKET WATCH
Oil prices surge, natural gas price falls
The natural gas futures price sank to a low for this year, but oil prices soared Wednesday as the US Energy Information Administration reported US crude inventories fell by 4.2 million bbl to 287.1 million bbl during the week ended Aug. 27.
09/01/2004 -- Far East Energy pressing big CBM schemes in China
Far East Energy Corp. Chairman, CEOMike McElwrath "We're very confident about doing business in China in the sense that, historically speaking, for many years now—at least 2 decades—China has had an exemplary track record in the energy sector of honoring all its commitments."
09/01/2004 -- Merrill Lynch: Offshore drilling industry is poised for a recovery
Offshore drilling sector fundamentals continue to improve driven by strong energy commodity prices and increased upstream investment in offshore markets worldwide, Merrill Lynch Global Securities Research & Economics Group said in an Aug. 31 research note.
09/01/2004 -- MARKET WATCH
Crude prices continue to fall; new attack in Iraq
Oil futures prices continued to fall Tuesday, with traders reassured by reports that Iraq's crude exports were back near normal after a southern pipeline damaged in a weekend attack was repaired faster than expected.
09/01/2004 -- BLM gives environmental nod for ConocoPhillips's Alpine Satellite plan
A ConocoPhillips plan to expand its western North Slope Alpine field moved forward following a decision Tuesday by the US Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management.
08/30/2004 -- Cherington Capital, management acquire Superior Wellhead
Cherington Capital LLC, a Cambridge, Mass., private investment firm, joined with management to acquire Superior Wellhead Inc., formerly Superior Oilfield Supply Inc.
08/30/2004 -- Cameroon, Nigeria discuss oil-rich peninsula
Representatives of Cameroon and Nigeria met Sunday in Yaounde, Cameroon, and discussed how to peacefully implement a court order that the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula be handed over to Cameroon.
08/30/2004 -- MARKET WATCH
Energy prices rebound with new attacks on Iraqi oil pipelines
After a week-long plunge as speculators pulled out of the market, crude futures prices rebounded slightly Friday following the first in a new series of attacks by insurgents against oil field facilities in Iraq.
08/30/2004 -- Pullback from $50/bbl could be temporary
Is the so-called speculative bubble in crude oil prices about to burst? After flirting with $50/bbl, New York crude futures have plunged nearly $7/bbl as of this writing. Analysts cite a number of factors in assessing the pullback from the dreaded $50/bbl psychological watershed. The No. 1 factor is the easing of concern over a major oil supply disruption.

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