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08/13/2004 -- Oil pipelines
Tabulation of oil pipeline survey for 2004.
08/13/2004 -- Gas pipelines
Gas pipeline table for 2004.
08/12/2004 -- Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago to negotiate LNG sale
After a lengthy spat over the price of LNG, Jamaica's government has entered into formal negotiations with Trinidad and Tobago to supply LNG to Jamaica.
08/11/2004 -- Brazilian governor seeks Supreme Court halt of sixth oil, gas licensing round
Roberto Requião, governor of Brazil's southern state of Santa Catarina and Conservative Party member, on Aug. 9 filed a lawsuit asking Brazil's Supreme Court to impede the National Petroleum Agency's (ANP) sixth licensing round slated for Aug.17-18. Multinationals fear political fallout from the situation.
08/09/2004 -- Algeria's Sonatrach takes delivery of new LNG tanker
Algerian state oil and gas company Sonatrach has taken delivery of a new LNG tanker from Daewoo Shipyard in South Korea.
08/06/2004 -- Irving Oil receives East Coast LNG terminal permit
Privately held Irving Oil Ltd., St. John, NB, has received approval to develop a $750 million (Can.) LNG receiving terminal at the company's existing Irving Canaport, an ice-free deepwater marine terminal near St. John (OGJ Online, Mar. 31, 2004). The LNG terminal, scheduled to be operational in 2007, will have a throughput capacity of 1 bcfd of natural gas.
08/06/2004 -- Unique approach developed for installing heated export lines at Brazilian terminal
Expected operating conditions for two planned oil export pipelines at Petrobras' Capixaba North Terminal caused modifications to conventional installation and burial procedures.
08/05/2004 -- Transwestern Pipeline approved to expand San Juan pipeline
Transwestern Pipeline Co., Houston, received Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approval to expand its San Juan lateral.
08/04/2004 -- Enagas awards Foster Wheeler an LNG terminal expansion contract in Spain
Enagas SA, a Spanish natural gas supplier, awarded Foster Wheeler Ltd. subsidiary Foster Wheeler Iberia SA a contract for an LNG terminal expansion in Cartagena, Spain.
08/03/2004 -- Tidelands unit plans two US-Mexico pipeline border crossings
A unit of San Antonio, Tex-based Tidelands Oil & Gas Corp.—Arrecefe Management LLC—is planning two natural gas pipelines at the US-Mexico border: a 30-in. line between Progreso, Tex. and Nuevo Progreso, Mex. and a 36-in. line west of the Mission, Tex.-Arguelles, Mex. border.
08/02/2004 -- NLNG board approves addition of Train 6 at Bonny, Nigeria, LNG plant
Nigeria LNG Ltd. (NLNG) directors and shareholders Friday approved the addition of a sixth train at NLNG's LNG liquefaction plant at Finima on Bonny Island, Nigeria. The additional train will boost NLNG's production capacity about 4 million tonnes/year to 22 million tonnes of LNG and 5 million tonnes/year of natural gas liquids. Train 6 is scheduled to start up in fourth quarter 2007.
08/02/2004 -- PDVSA unit signs crude carrier maintenance MOU with Argentine shipyard
Petróleos de Venezuela's subsidiary PDV Marina has inked a memorandum of understanding with Argentine shipyard Astilleros Río Santiago for the repairs to oil tankers in PDVSA's fleet.
08/02/2004 -- Fluxys awards expansion contract for Belgian Zeebrugge LNG terminal
Brussels-based Fluxys SA has awarded a lump sum turnkey contract for the extension of the Belgian Zeebrugge LNG receiving terminal on the Belgian coast to ENI SPA unit Saipem SPA.
07/30/2004 -- European pipeline project gets major boost
Plans for a major European petrochemical pipeline took an important step forward earlier this summer when a commission of the European Union approved subsidies for the project.
07/29/2004 -- ConocoPhillips approved to develop Saturn Unit area in North Sea
ConocoPhillips (UK) Ltd., operator of the Saturn Unit area in the UK southern North Sea, received UK Department of Trade and Industry approval to develop the area. First natural gas production—75 MMcfd—is expected in fourth quarter 2005, with production ramping up to a maximum 170 MMcfd within a year.
07/29/2004 -- Fuel truck attacked in Pakistan
A tanker truck supplying aviation fuel to US aircraft in the Chaman area of Baluchistan Province, Pakistan, was attacked Monday by two unknown gunmen who sprayed the truck with bullets, causing the spillage of thousands of liters of gasoline. No one was injured.
07/27/2004 -- RasGas II, FPL Group ink HOA to supply LNG to Florida
Ras Laffan LNG Co. Ltd. (II) and FPL Group Resources LLC (FPLGR), a unit of FPL Group Inc., Juno Beach, Fla., inked a heads of agreement to supply LNG from Qatar to a proposed LNG terminal and regasification facility at South Riding Point on Grand Bahama Island.
07/26/2004 -- Telvent to deliver SCADA system for Pakistan pipeline
China Petroleum Engineering & Construction Group Corp., an international contractor, has selected Telvent to supply the supervisory control and data acquisition for the White Oil Pipeline Project in Pakistan.
07/26/2004 -- A case for natural gas price stability
The forecast for US natural gas prices is: more of the same. Get used to it. One need not be clairvoyant to predict the mid-to-long term direction of gas prices in North America. Simply look at recent price trends and project them out beyond the midpoint of the decade.
07/23/2004 -- Construction begins on Iran section of Iran-Armenia gas pipeline
ZAO Armrosgazprom has begun construction on the 100 km Iranian section of the $210-220 million Iran-Armenia natural gas pipeline that will promote gas deliveries from Turkmenistan through Iran to Armenia (OGJ, Feb. 3, 2003, p. 62). Iran is funding its section, which is being built by an Iranian contractor, Russia's Interfax news agency reported Thursday.

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