Stay Connected
1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013

Transportation 2005 P

  • 06/27/2005 -- Egyptian LNG on stream; BG taking cargoes
    The first train of the Egyptian LNG Project at Idku has come on stream before the Fos-Cavaou terminal on France's Mediterranean coast was ready to receive the gas.
  • 06/24/2005 -- ConocoPhillips, Essent mull LNG terminal in the Netherlands
    ConocoPhillips and Essent Energie BV of the Netherlands signed a memorandum of understanding to study the feasibility of developing an LNG import terminal at the Port of Eemshaven, the Netherlands.
  • 06/23/2005 -- Plains All American plans St. James storage
    Plains All American Pipeline LP, Houston, plans to build a crude oil terminal with 2.9 million bbl of storage capacity at St. James, La. The $70 million facility is expected to be operational in first quarter 2007.
  • 06/23/2005 -- Contract let for Langeled precommissioning
    Statoil AS has let a $22 million contract to the Pipeline and Process Services Department of Halliburton AS for precommissioning of the 42-44 in., 1,200 km Langeled pipeline system linking Ormen Lange gas and condensate field off Norway with the UK (OGJ, May 23, 2005, Newsletter).
  • 06/21/2005 -- TransCanada to lay gas pipeline in Mexico
    TransCanada Corp., Calgary, announced plans to invest $181 million to build, own, and operate a 36-in., 125-km gas pipeline from Pemex Gas facilities near Naranjos, Veracruz, in east-central Mexico to a power plant near Tamazunchale, San Luis Potosi.
  • 06/21/2005 -- System cuts VOC emissions in tanker loading
    Vela International Marine Ltd. cut emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) by nearly one-half during tanker loading of crude oil in tests of a system that increases vent pressure and recombines escaped gases with the cargo.
  • 06/20/2005 -- OMV to add compression to TAG pipeline
    OMV Gas GMBH plans to add a compressor station in 2008 on the 380-km Trans Austria Gasleitung gas pipeline extending from the Slovakian-Austrian border to the Austrian-Italian border.
  • 06/15/2005 -- Regency Gas to expand Louisiana gas line
    Regency Gas Services LLC, Dallas, will invest $125 million to expand and extend its intrastate natural gas pipeline in northern Louisiana.
  • 06/14/2005 -- India signs $18 billion LNG deal with Iran
    India has signed a deal with Iran worth $18 billion for the import of 5 million tonnes/year of LNG for 25 years, beginning in 2009.
  • 06/14/2005 -- Bigger permitting role urged for natural gas pipelines
    Natural gas pipeline developers need to take a bigger role in permitting and regulatory reviews if they are to build the systems needed to meet growing US demand, a report commissioned by the INGAA Foundation concluded.
  • 06/10/2005 -- HEP to buy, expand New Mexico pipelines
    Holly Energy Partners LP (HEP), Dallas, plans to acquire from Holly Corp. 65 miles of 10-in. and 8-in. feedstock pipelines extending from Lovington, NM, to Navajo Refining Co. LP's 60,000 b/d Artesia, NM, refinery.
  • 06/10/2005 -- North West Shelf LNG approves fifth train
    North West Shelf LNG Venture participants approved a $1.58 billion expansion that will add a fifth liquefaction train and associated infrastructure to the LNG complex at Karratha, 1,100 km north of Perth, Western Australia.
  • 06/08/2005 -- Work planned on first part of Taishet-Nakhodka pipeline
    The first section of Russia's proposed Taishet-Nakhodka pipeline will be laid in 2008, and two oil companies—Surgutneftegaz and OAO Yukos—will provide the crude oil to fill it, according to Russian Minister of Industry and Energy Viktor Khristenko.
  • 06/08/2005 -- Statoil completes laying Snøhvit gas line
    Statoil ASA has finished laying the 143-km main gas pipeline from Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea to the Hammerfest LNG plant on Melkøya island in northern Norway (OGJ Online, Apr. 20, 2005).
  • 06/07/2005 -- Irving Oil, Repsol form Canaport LNG
    Irving Oil Ltd., Saint John, NB, and Repsol YPF SA finalized agreements to develop an LNG receiving terminal in Saint John.
  • 06/07/2005 -- BG seeks markets for Trinidad and Tobago gas
    BG Group said it is seeking markets for about 3 tcf of natural gas in Trinidad and Tobago that remains uncommitted.
  • 06/07/2005 -- Sakhalin II LNG sales pact concluded
    Japan's Toho Gas Co. announced an agreement to purchase as much as 500,000 tonnes/year of LNG from Sakhalin Energy Investment Co., operator of the Sakhalin II gas and oil project.
  • 06/07/2005 -- Mitsui, Marubeni join EGLNG venture
    Japan's Mitsui & Co. and Marubeni Corp. will join Marathon Oil Corp. to produce LNG in Equatorial Guinea.
  • 06/06/2005 -- Repsol YPF to join Camisea, Peru LNG projects
    Repsol YPF, Madrid, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hunt Oil Co. to participate as a third partner in the Peru LNG SRL and Camisea natural gas projects in Peru.
  • 06/02/2005 -- S. Korea urges IMO security increase in Malacca Strait
    South Korea's President Roh Moo-hyun urged the United Nations International Maritime Organization (IMO) to increase security for South Korean oil tankers passing through the Malacca Strait in Southeast Asia.
file