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10/04/2004 -- Intra Caribbean pipeline scheme confirmed as viable
A feasibility study has confirmed that the Intra Caribbean natural gas pipeline project is both technically and commercially viable.
09/28/2004 -- Thailand's new state LNG firm plans LNG infrastructure, imports
Thailand's state-owned energy company PTT PLC has established subsidiary PTT LNG Co. to procure and regasify LNG.
09/27/2004 -- RasGas (II) charters three Teekay Nakilat LNG carriers
Ras Laffan LNG Co. Ltd. (II) [RasGas (II)], has signed an agreement to charter three LNG vessels—each with a 151,700 cu m LNG cargo capacity—from Teekay Nakilat Corp. for 20 years.
09/27/2004 -- El Paso, DKRW Energy plan Sonoran pipeline
El Paso Blue Atlantic US Inc. and Houston-based DKRW Energy LLC's LNG subsidiary Sonora Pacific Mexico agreed to lay a 350-mile pipeline in Sonora, Mex., to carry natural gas from the proposed 1.3 bcfd Sonora Pacific LNG facility at Puerto Libertad on the Gulf of California.
09/27/2004 -- Norwegian gas exports rising
Virtually all capacity in the Norwegian natural gas pipeline to continental Europe has been sold for the coming business year, which begins Oct. 1, said officials Friday at Gassco, the Norwegian gas transport operator.
09/27/2004 -- Northern Border to expand Chicago pipeline
Northern Border Pipeline Co., Omaha, concluded its open season with sufficient commitments to support expansion into the Chicago market.
09/27/2004 -- Rigid-PU coating addresses chronic corrosion on northern Chinese gas pipeline
An advanced rigid polyurethane coating was used to rehabilitate a gas pipeline in northeastern China.
09/24/2004 -- Irving Oil, Repsol partner to develop Irving Canaport LNG terminal
Spain's Repsol YPF SA is joining Irving Oil Ltd., Saint John, NB, in the development of an LNG receiving terminal in Saint John. Irving Oil received approval for the project Aug. 6 (OGJ Online, Aug. 6, 2004).
09/24/2004 -- BG Group signs LNG agreements in Egypt; plans new wells
BG Group plans to add two wells at Scarab Saffron field 90 km off Egypt's Nile Delta to debottleneck facilities and enable delivery of 800 MMscfd of natural gas by first quarter 2005.
09/17/2004 -- New methods for CP design offered
Two new methods for designing pipeline cathodic-protection systems employ newly developed CP design software for marine pipelines.
09/17/2004 -- Petrobras planning to start southeastern Brazil gas pipeline construction in October
Brazil's state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) plans to start construction of a 490 km natural gas pipeline in southeastern Brazil next month.
09/16/2004 -- Petrobras, Sinopec sign MOU to build $1.3 billion gas pipeline in Brazil
Officials from Brazil and China's Petroleum & Chemical Corp. (Sinopec) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) whereby Sinopec will evaluate whether to participate in the 1,225 mile Gasene gas pipeline project in Brazil. Construction on the $1.3 billion pipeline is scheduled to begin in July 2005 and to be completed in January 2007.
09/14/2004 -- Petrobras buys into Brazilian gas distribution concessionaire
Petróleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) recently purchased 40% of Companhia de Gás de Minas Gerais (Gasmig) through its Petrobras Gás SA (Gaspetro) subsidiary for 144 million reals.
09/14/2004 -- FACTS Inc.: Iran needs to move off high center on LNG exports
Iran needs to decide "if it wants to export natural gas and LNG or not," says FACTS Inc., a Honolulu consultancy headed by Fereidun Fesharaki.
09/13/2004 -- Talisman to develop Tweedsmuir fields in the North Sea
Talisman Energy (UK) Ltd., Calgary, plans in early 2005 to begin the $770 million (Can.) development of the Tweedsmuir and Tweedsmuir South oilfields Block 21/1aN about 100 miles northeast of Aberdeen. Four wells will be tied back to the Piper B platform 55 km to the north. Talisman will begin production of 40,000 b/d in late 2006.
09/10/2004 -- Uncertainty about gas quality could delay US LNG imports
Comments to a hearing before the US FERC earlier this year focused on the lack of a uniform US standard for gas quality in imports of LNG.
09/10/2004 -- Russo-Norwegian companies agree to Barents Sea LNG cooperation
Statoil ASA's Snøhvit LNG development experience off Norway—and the ability to market LNG in North America (OGJ Online, June 14, 2004)—may lead to its participation, with Russian giants OAO Gazprom and OAO NK Rosneft, in developing supergiant Shtokmanovskoye gas condensate field in the arctic Barents Sea and to their participation in the Snøhvit project and use of Statoil regasification capacities in North America.
09/09/2004 -- Cheniere agrees to sell capacity in Sabine Pass LNG terminal to Total unit
Total LNG USA Inc. has entered into a terminal use agreement with Sabine Pass LNG LP, a unit of Cheniere Energy Inc., Houston. Total will receive the right to1 bcfd of LNG regasification capacity in the planned 2.6 bcfd Sabine Pass LNG terminal for 20 years beginning Apr. 1, 2009 or earlier.
09/08/2004 -- Block 56 license contract award moves Peru LNG project forward
Peru Tuesday awarded a license contract for exploration on Block 56 in Peru's Amazon rainforest to Peru LNG consortium partners led by Hunt Oil Co. Gas from the block would be exported as LNG from a proposed $2.25 billion liquefaction plant south of Lima that the group is planning.
09/08/2004 -- TransCanada, Petro-Canada to develop LNG facility at Gros Cacouna, Quebec
TransCanada Corp. and Petro-Canada have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop "Cacouna Energy," an LNG receiving and storage terminal and regasification plant adjacent to the existing harbor at Gros Cacouna, Quebec—about 15 km northeast of Rivière-du-Loup. The proposed facility would have an average send-out capacity of 500 MMcfd/year of natural gas.

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