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Transportation 2006 P

  • 02/24/2006 -- Protesters attack two pipelines in Ecuador
    Ecuador's President Alfredo Palacio declared a state of emergency in the Napo province Feb. 22 after protesters attacked two oil pipelines.
  • 02/22/2006 -- Trinidad and Tobago seeks gas for local use
    The government of Trinidad and Tobago has told oil and gas companies wanting to be part of future LNG expansions that they will have to commit some of their gas for domestic use.
  • 02/21/2006 -- Expansion planned for Australian gas line
    Industrial growth in Western Australia has prompted an increase in the size of the proposed Stage 5 expansion of the Dampier-Bunbury natural gas trunkline to handle an additional 375 TJ/day of natural gas to come online in 2007-09.
  • 02/17/2006 -- Joint venture to develop Russian LNG project
    Repsol YPF SA plans to form a joint venture with Tambeineftegaz and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. to conduct an integrated LNG project in Russia's Yamal Peninsula.
  • 02/16/2006 -- Talks start on use of Russia-China oil line
    Rosneft has begun negotiations with Kazakhstan's KazMunaiGaz and KazTransOil, China National Petroleum Corp., and Russia's Transneft on using the recently completed Atasu-Alaskhankou pipeline to supply China with crude oil.
  • 02/16/2006 -- First shipment from BTC oil line set for May
    Azerbaijan's Minister of Energy and Commerce Natiq Aliyev said the first tanker to lift crude from the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline will depart the Turkish terminal at Ceyhan in May.
  • 02/16/2006 -- Russian railway's oil shipments to China up
    Russian Railways subsidiary East Siberian Railway increased shipments of crude oil to China by 42.8% year-on-year to more than 790,000 tonnes in January.
  • 02/15/2006 -- Indonesia renegotiating Fujian LNG price
    Indonesia is renegotiating the price of LNG under a contract it signed with China's Fujian LNG Project in 2002, according to Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources Purnomo Yusgiantoro.
  • 02/15/2006 -- Pakistan gas plant restarts after explosions
    Operations have resumed at Oil & Gas Development Corp.'s Loti gas processing plant in the Nasirabad district of Pakistan's Baluchistan province following repairs to damage caused by pipeline explosions and fires 2 weeks ago.
  • 02/15/2006 -- Sunoco Logisitics to buy Texas pipelines
    Sunoco Logistics Partners LP has agreed to buy the idle Amdel crude oil pipeline in Texas and plans to expand its capacity to 40,000 b/d from 27,000 b/d by yearend.
  • 02/15/2006 -- Alaskan governor reports gas line status
    Alaska hopes to reach agreements with the two remaining Alaska North Slope producers about their participation in a gas pipeline to the Lower 48 states by June, Gov. Frank H. Murkowski said.
  • 02/14/2006 -- Enap to report LNG terminal bid choice
    Chile's state oil company Empresa Nacional del Petróleo (Enap) is expected to announce by mid-February the successful bidder for construction of a $400 million LNG regasification terminal at the port of Quintero, near Santiago in central Chile. The plant will have an initial capacity of 9-10 million cu m/day.
  • 02/14/2006 -- Pipeline planned from Jordan Cove LNG plant
    An equal partnership of Fort Chicago Energy Partners LP of Calgary, Northwest Pipeline Corp., and Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) plans a 250-mile gas transmission pipeline from the Jordan Cove LNG receiving terminal and regasification plant being developed by Fort Chicago at Coos Bay, Ore.
  • 02/14/2006 -- Gazprom executive outlines company's plans for LNG
    OAO Gazprom plans to become a major LNG supplier and is building its LNG expertise, particularly in North American markets, according to John Hattenberger, LNG director of Gazprom Marketing & Trading Ltd. of London.
  • 02/13/2006 -- Kalimantan-Java gas line nets five bids
    Indonesia's oil and gas regulatory body BPH Migas has reported five bids for the construction of a 1,219-km natural gas pipeline connecting East Kalimantan with Central Java.
  • 02/13/2006 -- Iran seeks more gas from Turkmenistan
    Iran wants to increase its imports of natural gas from Turkmenistan and will accept a higher price, according to Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Motaki.
  • 02/13/2006 -- BP enters 20-year deal with Brass LNG
    BP PLC has agreed to buy 2 million tonnes/year of LNG from Brass LNG in Nigeria for 20 years, starting in 2010.
  • 02/08/2006 -- Petrobras plans 975-km ethanol pipeline
    Petrobras has signed an accord with the Goias state government to build a $226 million, 975-km pipeline to transport 4 billion l./year ethanol, according to Petrobras Pres. Sergio Gabrielli.
  • 02/07/2006 -- Firms to develop LNG scheme for Pakistan
    Pakistan's Associated Group has signed an MOU with Excelerate Energy to jointly develop a $50 million LNG import option for Pakistan based on Excelerate's "energy bridge" technology for regasifying LNG aboard LNG carriers.
  • 02/07/2006 -- El Paso starts up Elba Island LNG expansion
    El Paso Corp. has placed in service expanded capacity at its Elba Island LNG receiving terminal near Savannah, Ga.
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