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Transportation 2006 P

  • 05/12/2006 -- Alaska pipeline contract would freeze oil, gas taxes
    Alaska would implement no tax changes for the three North Slope oil producers for up to 45 years under a draft contract outlining terms for a proposed $20 billion pipeline to carry natural gas to the Lower 48.
  • 05/09/2006 -- McMoRan to seek changes to LNG permit
    McMoRan Exploration Co. said it will initiate steps to obtain approval for a change to its Deepwater Port license permit of its proposed $400 million offshore LNG receiving terminal, which includes open rack vaporization (ORV) technology, at Main Pass Energy Hub (MPEH), about 37 miles east of Venice, La. (OGJ, Apr. 4, 2005, Newsletter).
  • 05/09/2006 -- ExxonMobil says Gorgon decision could be delayed until 2007
    A final investment decision on the Gorgon LNG joint venture in Australia could be delayed until next year, ExxonMobil Australia Chairman Mark Nolan told reporters at an energy conference in Australia.
  • 05/08/2006 -- Interest gauged in Trans Mountain expansion
    Kinder Morgan Canada is seeking shipper interest in second-phase expansion of its 225,000 b/d Trans Mountain Pipeline (TMX-2) in Alberta and British Columbia.
  • 05/08/2006 -- Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica sign gas deal
    Trinidad and Tobago will supply Jamaica natural gas at a favorable price under a long-term LNG agreement.
  • 05/05/2006 -- Joint venture plans 750-mile NGL pipeline
    Overland Pass Pipeline Co. LLC, Tulsa, plans to build a 750-mile NGL pipeline from gas processing facilities in the Rocky Mountains to a market hub in Central Kansas.
  • 05/04/2006 -- Indonesia to launch delayed gas line tender
    Indonesia will launch the tender for construction of a 1,219-km natural gas pipeline linking East Kalimantan to Central Java on May 24, following a 1-month delay.
  • 05/03/2006 -- All Sakhalin II LNG said to have buyers
    Sakhalin Energy Investment Co. is reported to have found buyers for all projected output of LNG from the Sakhalin II project off Russia's east coast.
  • 05/02/2006 -- North West Shelf LNG gets second renewal
    The North West Shelf LNG Joint Venture has signed its second renewal contract with an original customer.
  • 05/02/2006 -- Malaysian LNG to supply Chubu Electric
    Malaysia LNG Sdn. Bhd. (MLNG) has signed an agreement to supply 540,000 tonnes/year (tpy) of LNG to Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc. for 20 years.
  • 05/02/2006 -- Petrobras lets contract for gas pipeline
    Petrobras and Sinopec have signed a $239 million contract for engineering, procurement, and construction of the Cabiúnas-Vitória gas pipeline in Brazil.
  • 05/01/2006 -- FERC moves three LNG projects closer to final approval
    US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staffers gave favorable environmental reviews to three LNG projects, and final approval awaits a vote by the FERC commissioners.
  • 04/28/2006 -- Pan-Ocean completes three more Gabon wells
    Pan-Ocean Energy Corp. Ltd., St. Helier, Jersey, UK, recently completed three development wells and has spudded another, all in the northeastern part of Tsiengui oil field in Gabon.
  • 04/26/2006 -- Putin changes Siberia-Pacific oil line route
    Russian President Vladimir Putin said the Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline project should be implemented on schedule but moved away from Lake Baikal for ecological reasons.
  • 04/26/2006 -- Official says both arctic gas pipelines are needed
    Construction of both the Alaska natural gas pipeline and the Mackenzie River Delta pipeline are needed to help meet escalating gas demand, the Northwest Territories minister of industry, tourism, and investment told the Ziff Energy Group gas strategies conference.
  • 04/25/2006 -- Burrup Peninsula ammonia production starts
    Indian-owned Burrup Fertilisers Pty. Ltd. has started production from its $800 million (Aus.) ammonia plant on the Burrup Peninsula of northwest Western Australia, where an LNG plant is planned.
  • 04/25/2006 -- Transneft: Pipeline will trim oil to Europe
    Semyon Vainshtok, head of Russia's state-owned pipeline company OAO Transneft, said the planned Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean crude oil pipeline will reduce Russian oil deliveries to Europe.
  • 04/25/2006 -- Explorer Pipeline plans capacity boosts
    Explorer Pipeline, Tulsa, plans to increase capacity of its products pipeline to Dallas-Fort Worth by 20,000 b/d by modifying tanks at Greenville, Tex.
  • 04/24/2006 -- Japanese venture joins Olokola LNG project
    Japan's Sojitz Corp. and Sumitomo Corp. plan to participate in Nigeria's Olokola LNG project, joining state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corp., Chevron Corp., Shell Gas & Power Developments BV, and BG Group.
  • 04/21/2006 -- BTC Pipeline seeks Kazakh crude, faces costs
    Baku-Tblisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Co. is holding talks with a number of oil producers in Kazakhstan aimed at securing crude for transmission through the line.
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