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12/31/2007 -- Russia, others sign Caspian gas pipeline deal
Russia, Kazakhstan, and Turkmenistan signed an agreement to build a natural gas pipeline along the Caspian Sea coast.
12/31/2007 -- FERC issues final EIS for High Plains line expansion
Colorado Interstate Gas's proposed High Plains gas pipeline expansion project would have minimal environmental impact, FERC reported.
12/21/2007 -- Should proxy groups determining pipelines' return on equity include MLPs?
FERC will host a technical conference on Jan. 23 solely focusing on master limited partnership growth rates in determining pipelines' allowable returns on equity.
12/20/2007 -- South Korea offshore oil spill investigated
South Korean authorities said the Hong Kong-based oil tanker, Hebei Spirit, spilled 12,547 kl of crude oil into the sea west of the Korean Peninsula, an increase of 19.5%, or 2,047 kl, over the earlier estimate of 10,500 kl.
12/20/2007 -- Petrobras funded for Amazonas pipelines
The Brazilian National Social and Economic Development Bank (BNDES) has awarded state-owned Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) 2.49 billion reais for the construction of several pipelines in Amazonas state.
12/14/2007 -- Greece proposes Libyan gas pipeline
Greece is interested in having a new gas pipeline from Libya to the island of Crete, according to media reports. Details have not yet been released, but the two nations are in consultation regarding the project.
12/14/2007 -- Gas utilities add climate change to supply concerns
US natural gas utilities are closely watching the way global climate change legislation evolves because it potentially will affect the price of supplies.
12/12/2007 -- Oil spills from Statfjord platform
The Norwegian Clean Seas Association for Operating Companies is carrying out an emergency response following an oil spill of 4,000 cu m from the Statfjord A platform in the Norwegian North Sea.
12/11/2007 -- No spill from Gulf of Aden tanker collision
No oil pollution has resulted from a collision between the oil carrier Samco Europe and a container ship in the Gulf of Aden Dec. 10, Total SA said.
12/11/2007 -- El Paso plans 680-mile Ruby gas pipeline
El Paso Corp. has filed a federal right-of-way application with the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management for its Ruby Pipeline, a 680-mile, 42-in. natural gas transmission line that will extend from the Opal Hub in Wyoming to the Malin, Ore., interconnect near California's northern border.
12/11/2007 -- Sunshine Gas, Sojitz, plan Gladstone LNG plant
Sunshine Gas Ltd., Brisbane, plans to build a $572 million (Aus.) LNG plant at Gladstone on Queensland's east-central coast. It is the third company to do so after separate, but similar plans announced earlier this year by Arrow Energy and Santos.
12/10/2007 -- Angola LNG receives final investment decision
Angola LNG will become the latest African export project as the partners have taken the final investment decision to start deliveries in early 2012.
12/07/2007 -- Marathon signs processing deal for Piceance production
Marathon Oil Co. is the latest in a slew of major oil and gas producers that have entered into long-term agreements with Enterprise Gas Processing LLC for the gathering, treating, processing, and compression of natural gas produced in the Piceance basin of northwest Colorado.
12/07/2007 -- PTT buys 25% of East Mediterranean Gas Co.
Thailand's state-owned PTT PLC has acquired a 25% interest in Egyptian gas firm East Mediterranean Gas Co. SAE (EMG) for $487 million.
12/05/2007 -- Metgasco to extend Casino-Ipswitch gas pipeline
Sydney-based coal seam methane explorer Metgasco Ltd. is planning to extend its proposed 140 km Casino-Ipswitch gas pipeline further north to BP Australia's refinery on the Brisbane River. The pipeline previously was designed to deliver gas from the Casino area in northern New South Wales to CS Energy's Swanbank power station near Ipswitch, Queensland.
12/03/2007 -- Gazprom, Eni sign South Stream pipeline agreement
Russia's OAO Gazprom and Eni SPA of Italy signed an agreement to build the projected 560-mile South Stream gas pipeline under the Black Sea and through Bulgaria.
12/03/2007 -- Russia, Turkmenistan hasten Caspian pipeline work
Russia and Turkmenistan have agreed to accelerate development of the proposed Caspian Gas Pipeline project following talks between Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller, Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, and Deputy Prime Minister Tachberdy Tagyyev.
11/29/2007 -- Pipeline fire occurred on replaced section
A pipeline fire that killed two workers in northern Minnesota Nov. 28 occurred at a section that had been replaced because of a pinhole leak detected 3 weeks earlier.
11/29/2007 -- Nabucco gas line chief sees policy role
The coordinator for the Nabucco gas pipeline project between Azerbaijan and Europe seeks to make Nabucco the core of a European Union energy policy.
11/28/2007 -- FERC issues draft EIS on Rockies Express East pipeline
A proposed 639-mile gas pipeline from Missouri to Ohio would have limited environmental impacts, FERC staff concluded in a draft EIS Nov. 23.

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