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08/26/2005 -- Japan shipping resumes in wake of typhoon
Japanese refiners, reporting no damage in the wake of Typhoon Mawar, mostly resumed normal shipping operations Aug. 26 in the country's central and eastern region.
08/25/2005 -- CNR taps Pembina for oil sands transport
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (CNR) let a contract to Pembina Pipeline Corp., a subsidiary of Pembina Pipeline Income Fund, to provide dedicated pipeline transportation service from CNR's Horizon Oil Sands Project 70 km north of Fort McMurray to Edmonton, Alta.
08/24/2005 -- Contract let for Bear Head LNG storage
Bear Head LNG Corp., a subsidiary of Anadarko Petroleum Corp., signed a contract worth more than $100 million with Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. for design and construction of storage tanks for an LNG import terminal in Canada.
08/17/2005 -- Kinder Morgan, Sempra eye Rockies gas line
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP, Houston, and Sempra Pipelines & Storage, a unit of Sempra Energy, San Diego, have proposed a $3 billion gas pipeline linking Rocky Mountain production with the US Midwest and East.
08/17/2005 -- Alert issued for commingling propane, butane
The Society of International Gas Tanker & Terminal Operators has issued a safety alert about the commingling of propane and butane on LPG tankers.
08/17/2005 -- Mexican gas storage facility permit sought
Terranova Energia S de RL de CV, the Mexican subsidiary of Tidelands Oil & Gas Corp., San Antonio, filed for a permit with Mexico's Energy Regulatory Commission for its proposed underground natural gas storage facility.
08/15/2005 -- Japanese group gets Qatar-US LNG contract
Ras Laffan Natural Gas Co. awarded five Japanese firms a joint contract to ship LNG from Qatar to the US. The contract is the firms' first for transport of LNG to North America.
08/15/2005 -- Azerbaijan to keep using Russian oil line
Azerbaijan will continue to use Russia's Baku-Novorossiysk pipeline even as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline is being commissioned, according to Natiq Aliyev, president of the State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan.
08/10/2005 -- RasGas III orders 12 LNG carriers
Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd. III ordered 12 LNG carriers worth $2.9 billion total, three South Korean shipbuilders reported.
08/10/2005 -- Work to start on Russia's Pacific oil line
Russia will begin construction this fall of the first leg of its planned 4,130-km crude oil pipeline from Taishet in eastern Siberia to the Sea of Japan, Boris Govorin, governor of the Irkutsk Region, told Russia's Interfax News Agency on Aug 10.
08/09/2005 -- Tangguh group charters seven LNG carriers
Tangguh Production Sharing Contractors, a consortium led by BP Berau, awarded contracts to three carrier groups to provide seven vessels to transport LNG from Indonesia's Tangguh project.
08/09/2005 -- TransCanada Keystone pipeline progresses
TransCanada has made minor adjustments to its proposed 1,870-mile Keystone Pipeline route after preliminary discussions with potential shippers and key stakeholder groups this summer.
08/08/2005 -- Woodside to base new LNG facility on Pluto find
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. has added a new gas project to its global list of developments with the announcement that planning has begun for a new LNG facility centered on its recent Pluto gas discovery.
08/08/2005 -- China to limit LNG terminal construction
China has ordered that only one LNG terminal will be built in each of its coastal provinces in order to prevent duplication of large energy infrastructure projects, the South China Morning Post reported Aug 8.
08/08/2005 -- Statoil, Sonatrach sign cooperation accord
Norway's Statoil ASA and Algeria's Sonatrach have sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) covering international cooperation.
08/05/2005 -- KeySpan seeks rehearing for LNG upgrade
KeySpan Corp. formally asked the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to reconsider its July order denying authorization for an upgrade of the existing Fields Point LNG peaking plant in Providence, RI.
08/04/2005 -- Kazakhstan to sign BTC pipeline agreement
Kazakhstan will sign an agreement on joining the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan oil pipeline project in October, according to Energy Minister Vladimir Shkolnik.
08/03/2005 -- Russian firm to lay gas line in Algeria
Algeria's state-owned Sonatrach has let contract to Russia's Stroitransgaz for construction of a 273-km natural gas pipeline between Souguer and a power plant under construction at Hadjret En Nouss.
08/03/2005 -- Well off Australia a boost for possible LNG train
Success of Woodside Petroleum Ltd.'s Pluto-2 appraisal well on the North West Shelf off Western Australia could lead to the construction of a sixth LNG train on the Burrup Peninsula, the company said.
08/02/2005 -- Sempra to start Cameron LNG construction
Sempra LNG, San Diego, reported it plans to begin construction within the next 2 months on its Cameron LNG receiving terminal near Lake Charles, La.

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