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Transportation 2005 P

  • 11/01/2005 -- Japan, Russia expedite oil pipeline talks
    Senior Japanese and Russian government officials have agreed to speed up their talks on possible cooperation in building oil pipelines linking eastern Siberia with Russia's Pacific coast.
  • 11/01/2005 -- Contract let for Indonesian subsea gas line
    Indonesian gas distributor PT Gas Negara (PGN) has awarded PT South East Asia Pipe Industry (SEAPI) an $84.2 million contract to construct a subsea pipeline between South Sumatra and West Java.
  • 10/27/2005 -- Indonesia mandates tender for gas pipeline
    Indonesia has ruled that a natural gas pipeline project connecting East Kalimantan to Java must be submitted to public tender and not assigned to a state agency backed by a major Chinese petroleum firm.
  • 10/27/2005 -- Indonesia to trim LNG as gas flow sags
    Indonesia expects to reduce its LNG exports by 10% due to lower production in aging gas fields at Kalimantan and Aceh, according to Eddy Purwanto, deputy of marketing and finance for the Upstream Oil and Gas Regulatory Agency (BP Migas).
  • 10/26/2005 -- Sempra, Sonatrach discussing US LNG deal
    Sempra LNG, San Diego, and Algeria's state-owned Sonatrach SA have signed a heads of agreement (HOA) and are proceeding with detailed negotiations to bring Algerian natural gas to the US Gulf Coast.
  • 10/26/2005 -- BP exec clarifies BTC line start: early '06
    The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline could begin operating by early 2006, according to Tony Hayward, chief executive of the BP PLC exploration and production division.
  • 10/25/2005 -- CEPA: Pipeline delays could prove costly
    A 2-year delay in construction of the Mackenzie Valley gas pipeline, Alaskan gas pipeline, and LNG receiving terminals could cost Canadians $57.7 billion (Can.) during 2006-25, the Canadian Energy Pipeline Association (CEPA) said.
  • 10/25/2005 -- SUEZ signs charters for two LNG vessels
    SUEZ LNG Trading SA of France has signed two 20-year charter agreements with Bergesen Worldwide Gas ASA for a pair of LNG carriers to deliver Yemen LNG to North America.
  • 10/24/2005 -- ConocoPhillips, Alaska agree on gas line
    ConocoPhillips has agreed to fiscal terms proposed by the state of Alaska for a natural gas pipeline to the Lower 48, Alaska Gov. Frank H. Murkowski said late Oct. 21 during a news conference in Fairbanks.
  • 10/24/2005 -- Progress sought on Siberia-Pacific oil line
    Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov—in an effort to speed up implementation of the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline project—has directed relevant ministries and departments to prepare a detailed proposal by Nov. 10.
  • 10/20/2005 -- Australian gas line capacity to increase
    Australian Pipeline Trust (APT), Sydney, plans to add a gas turbine compressor at the Paraburdoo compressor station on its Goldfields natural gas transmission pipeline, which extends from Dampier to Kalgoorlie-Kambalda in Western Australia.
  • 10/19/2005 -- GAIL seeks Australian exploration, LNG
    India's state-run gas company GAIL (India) Ltd. has earmarked about $500 million (Aus.) for oil and gas investment in Australia over the next 3-5 years.
  • 10/18/2005 -- Russian oil exports by rail to China rising
    Russia exported 5.7 million tonnes of crude oil to China via railway transportation in the first three quarters of 2005, an increase of 22% over the same period in 2004, according to Russian Railways Co.
  • 10/18/2005 -- New gas aggregation methods urged for pipeline commitments
    Natural gas pipelines are moving aggressively to expand transmission and storage capacity, but new approaches to aggregate production for capacity commitments will be necessary if more significant additions are to be made, Kinder Morgan Inc.'s top gas pipeline official told a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission conference in Washington, DC.
  • 10/18/2005 -- Georgian section of BTC pipeline opens
    The Georgian section of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline was inaugurated on Oct. 12 in the Gardabani District of southern Georgia in a ceremony attended by Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, Turkish President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, and the US presidential envoy on Caspian issues, Steven Mann.
  • 10/17/2005 -- Contract to be signed for Vietnam gas line
    Vietnam's state-owned PetroVietnam will sign an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract on Oct. 17 with the Vietnam-Russia oil and gas joint venture company Vietsovpetro for construction of the PM3-Ca Mau natural gas pipeline, according to state media.
  • 10/14/2005 -- Williams to transport Blind Faith oil, gas
    Williams Cos. Inc., Tulsa, has signed agreements to transport oil and gas produced for the life of the leases in Blind Faith field on Mississippi Canyon Blocks 695 and 696 in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.
  • 10/13/2005 -- USCG to review Neptune LNG deepwater port application
    Neptune LNG LLC, a subsidiary of Suez LNG LLC, said its application with the US Coast Guard to build a deepwater port 22 miles off Boston has entered into a statutory 330-day review period.
  • 10/10/2005 -- Japan warns of 'bold action' in E. China Sea
    Japan's Trade Minister Shoichi Nakagawa has warned that his country will take "bold action" if China is found to be building a pipeline to carry crude oil or natural gas from a disputed region of the East China Sea.
  • 10/07/2005 -- CNPC completes gas pipeline in Kazakhstan
    China National Petroleum Corp. subsidiary CNPC-Aktobemunaigaz has completed construction of a 156-km pipeline to carry natural gas from Zhanazhol oil and gas field in Kazakhstan to the Bukhara-Urals trunkline.
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