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Transportation 2005 P

  • 11/29/2005 -- RasGas II LNG Train 4 starts operation
    Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd. II (RasGas II) reported the start-up of its 4.7 million tonne/year Train 4 LNG facilities at Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar. RasGas II is a 70:30 joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil RasGas Inc.
  • 11/28/2005 -- BP gets third double-hull tanker for Alaska
    BP Oil Shipping Co. USA said the third of four Alaska-class double-hull crude oil tankers being built by National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. (Nassco), San Diego, was delivered Nov. 22. The fourth ship will be delivered in late 2006.
  • 11/23/2005 -- Suez LNG Trading signs transport agreements
    Suez LNG Trading SA of France has signed a 20-year contract with three Japanese firms for the transport of LNG from Yemen to the US and Europe.
  • 11/22/2005 -- CNOOC, partner plan Hainan LNG facility
    China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) and Hainan Development Holding Co. (HDHC) reported plans to invest $691 million to build an LNG import facility at Hainan.
  • 11/21/2005 -- Inergy unit to double Stagecoach gas storage capacity
    Inergy LP subsidiary Central New York Oil & Gas Co. LLC (CNOG) proposed an expansion plan that will add 13 bcf of natural gas storage capacity at the 13.6 bcf Stagecoach facility 150 miles northwest of New York City in Tioga County.
  • 11/17/2005 -- Fluor to perform RasGas III off-plot work
    Fluor Corp. subsidiaries were awarded a contract by Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd. III to provide initial engineering, procurement, and construction management services for RasGas' common off-plot projects in Qatar.
  • 11/16/2005 -- RasGas III LNG project officially launched
    Work on the Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd. III (RasGas III) LNG megaproject was officially launched in Doha, reported Qatari joint venture partners Qatar Petroleum, 70%, and ExxonMobil Ras Laffan (III) Ltd., 30%.
  • 11/16/2005 -- Kochi LNG terminal due on stream in 2009
    Petronet LNG's much-delayed $435 million, 2.5 million tonne/year LNG terminal at Kochi is expected to go on stream in March 2009.
  • 11/15/2005 -- Kazakhstan-China oil pipeline completed
    China National Petroleum Corp. and Kazakhstan's National Petroleum & Natural Gas Co. have completed construction of the 1,000-km Atasu-Alashankou oil pipeline.
  • 11/15/2005 -- Sovcomflot lets contract for crude tankers
    South Korea's Samsung Heavy Industries Co. has won a $422.5 million contract to build three ice-class crude oil tankers for Russian state-owned shipper Sovcomflot.
  • 11/10/2005 -- WIC proposes added pipeline capacity for Uinta basin
    El Paso Corp. subsidiary Wyoming Interstate Co. (WIC) proposed a pipeline that will provide 250-350 MMcfd of additional natural gas transportation capacity to handle increasing production from eastern Utah's Uinta basin.
  • 11/09/2005 -- Indonesia, Japan agree on LNG contract extension
    Indonesia officials and Japanese buyers have agreed on a pricing formula for the proposed extension of an LNG supply contract of 6 million tonnes/year that expires in 2010.
  • 11/08/2005 -- ConocoPhillips to ship on Keystone pipeline
    TransCanada Corp.'s proposed 1,840-mile Keystone pipeline project received a boost Nov. 3 when ConocoPhillips signed a memorandum of understanding committing to ship crude oil on the pipeline.
  • 11/08/2005 -- Chevron to build natural gas storage facility
    Chevron Global Gas said it filed an application Nov. 2 with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build an underground natural gas storage facility in northeastern Colorado near Brush in Morgan County.
  • 11/08/2005 -- Canadian, US pipeline regulators cooperating
    Canadian and US pipeline regulators have signed a memorandum of understanding, effective Nov. 1, that provides for improved pipeline safety through cooperation and information sharing between the two agencies.
  • 11/07/2005 -- Contract let for Caspian pipeline pigging services
    BP Exploration (Caspian Sea) Ltd. has let a contract to PSL Energy Services (Baku) Ltd., Aberdeen, for pigging services to pipelines connecting with the Sangachal oil terminal in Baku, Azerbaijan.
  • 11/07/2005 -- Chevron signs gas contract for Sabine Pass line
    Chevron Global Gas has signed a binding agreement with Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP to ship natural gas via a 3.2 bcfd pipeline system that will be connected to the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, La.
  • 11/03/2005 -- China, Russia to accelerate pipeline talks
    Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said he and his Russian counterpart, Mikhail Fradkov, agreed to accelerate negotiations on a proposed oil pipeline between the two countries.
  • 11/01/2005 -- Chevron unit plans Mississippi LNG terminal
    The Bayou Casotte Energy LLC subsidiary of Chevron Corp. applied to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to own, construct, and operate an LNG import terminal to be named Casotte Landing in Jackson County, Miss.
  • 11/01/2005 -- Russia to hike rail exports of oil to China
    Russia will export at least 15 million tonnes of crude oil to China by rail in 2006, according to an agreement signed on Nov. 1 by Russian and Chinese deputy prime ministers, Aleksandr Zhukov and Wu Yi.
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