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Transportation 2004 P

  • 03/23/2004 -- LNG14: World's gas demand growth pushes LNG projects; new RasGas train dedicated
    Despite movement toward spot contracts for LNG cargos in recent years, Algeria's Minister of Energy and Mines Chakib Khelil Sunday defended the centrality of long-term contracts in LNG trade in a keynote address that opened LNG14 in Doha.
  • 03/22/2004 -- Calpine aborts Eureka, Calif., LNG project
    NIMBY ("not in my back yard") seems to have claimed another LNG project, this one aborted in California. Calpine Corp., San Jose, Calif., which was in the early stages of investigating the feasibility of constructing an LNG receiving and gasification terminal at Samoa Point, in Eureka, Calif., reported Friday that it has withdrawn those plans. The company said it is ceasing development activities on the project.
  • 03/22/2004 -- ChevronTexaco to operate new LNG carrier for Australia's North West Shelf venture
    ChevronTexaco Shipping Co. LLC, San Ramon, Calif., Thursday reported that its affiliate, Chevron Transport Corp. Ltd., will be operator of the North West Shelf venture natural gas project's newest LNG carrier, the Northwest Swan —the ninth and largest vessel in their fleet. Current plans call for the vessel to deliver LNG from the project's Western Australian operations to customers in Japan, Korea, and China and to the LNG spot market.
  • 03/17/2004 -- Pipeline companies file for rehearing in pipe relocation case
    More than 20 pipeline companies filed a motion Monday for rehearing en banc regarding the recent Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decision that they must bear the costs for removing and relocating pipelines affected by the Port of Houston Authority's joint project with the US Army Corps of Engineers to deepen and widen the Houston Ship Channel.
  • 03/17/2004 -- Mackenzie Gas project review process schedule established
    An executive committee comprising the heads of western Canada's environmental assessment and regulatory bodies has formalized the review steps for the proposed Mackenzie Delta natural gas pipeline through the Northwest Territories, preparatory to processing an application by July.
  • 03/17/2004 -- Qatargas II operators award GE compressors, turbines supply contract
    Qatar Petroleum Co. and ExxonMobil Corp., joint partners in the Qatargas II LNG expansion project at Ras Laffan Industrial City, have awarded a contract to GE Energy, Florence, for the supply of liquefaction train equipment.
  • 03/15/2004 -- CNOOC to develop third LNG terminal in China
    CNOOC Ltd. reported its parent company, China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC), has signed an agreement with the provincial government of Zhejiang to jointly develop China's third LNG terminal.
  • 03/12/2004 -- ChevronTexaco wins Plataforma Deltana Block 3 license off Venezuela
    Venezuela's Ministry of Energy and Mines has selected ChevronTexaco affiliate ChevronTexaco Overseas Petroleum to operate the Plataforma Deltana Block 3 offshore exploration license on Venezuela's Atlantic continental shelf.
  • 03/12/2004 -- EU tanker safety
    The European Commission late last month gave its 12 member states until Apr. 5 to implement new tanker safety rules following two catastrophic oil tanker accidents off the European coast.
  • 03/12/2004 -- NOx-trading recoups emission-retrofit costs for compressor engines
    An analysis has been conducted on several NOx emission-reduction alternatives suitable for natural gas engines used as gas-compression drivers.
  • 03/10/2004 -- Fairwinds suspends Harpswell LNG project
    TransCanada Corp. and ConocoPhillips reported Wednesday that they would suspend further work on the Fairwinds LNG regasification terminal in Harpswell, Maine, following a vote Tuesday by local residents against leasing the former US Navy Fuel Depot site for the project. The action is the second LNG regasification project dropped this month because of the withdrawal of a site critical to the project.
  • 03/09/2004 -- Freeport LNG Development assigns total capacity for Texas LNG terminal
    Freeport LNG Development LP reported that it reached a 20 year terminal use agreement with Dow Chemical Co. for as much as 500 MMcfd of natural gas throughput capacity at Freeport LNG's proposed LNG receiving terminal at Quintana, southeast of Freeport in Brazoria County, Tex., (OGJ Online, June 20, 2003).
  • 03/08/2004 -- Tasman Spirit wreck removed; crewmen await release from Pakistan
    Contractor SMIT Salvage BV has completely removed the wrecked Tasman Spirit tanker from the shipping channel leading to the Port of Karachi, making navigation safer into and out of the port, which handles about 90% of Pakistan's seaboard trade. However, seven rescued crewmen and a Greek salvage master remain in Pakistani custody facing charges filed by the Karachi Port Trust.
  • 03/05/2004 -- Russia-Belarus gas delivery standoff ends; European deliveries via Belarus resume
    Russia's Gazprom and TransNafta have resumed natural gas deliveries to Belarus, reported Interfax news agency. Gasprom had ceased deliveries the first of the year and TransNafta's contract expired Feb. 18.
  • 03/05/2004 -- New method developed for siting line heaters on gas pipelines
    A new analytical technique estimates the appropriate location of the line heaters along natural gas pipelines, applying the general energy equation.
  • 03/05/2004 -- US gas market complexity fogging outlook
    US natural gas market dynamics are getting to be almost as complicated as those for oil. All that is lacking are a dominant producing group calibrating supply to support prices and some messy geopolitics.
  • 03/03/2004 -- Bow Mariner tanker sinks off Virginia
    Virginia and Maryland officials are watching a 6 mile fuel oil slick 50 miles off Virginia that occurred Saturday night following the explosion and sinking of the Bow Mariner tanker that left three dead and 18 crewmen still missing in the frigid water.
  • 03/03/2004 -- AP Moller-Maersk AS orders four new product tankers in China
    AP Moller-Maersk AS, Copenhagen, said it has awarded orders to the Chinese shipyards Dalian New Shipbuilding Ltd. and Guangzhou Shipyard International Co. Ltd. to supply four new product tankers.
  • 03/02/2004 -- Marathon cancels Baja California LNG project following site expropriation
    Marathon Oil Corp. has cancelled its proposed LNG complex in Baja California, following the state government's move over the weekend to appropriate for public use an area near Tijuana known as "Il Monumento," which included land Marathon had selected for its project (OGJ Online, Mar. 2, 2004).
  • 03/02/2004 -- Baja California authorities expropriate Marathon LNG site properties
    Baja California state authorities Saturday announced the expropriation of 847 hectares that a Marathon Oil Corp. subsidiary had identified as the site of its proposed LNG complex, said George Baker, Houston-based energy consultant and editor of Mexico Energy Intelligence.
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