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Transportation 2007 P

  • 03/09/2007 -- Russian oil terminal at Kozmino given environmental nod
    Russia's environmental oversight agency Rostekhnadzor said a projected oil terminal at Kozmino, on Russia's Pacific Coast, will present no threat to its surroundings when constructed.
  • 03/08/2007 -- Dolphin gets QP gas; prepares for UAE imports
    Dolphin Energy Ltd., Abu Dhabi, has received its first supplies of natural gas through a pipeline from Qatar and is testing its import facilities ahead of the project's planned commercial launch this summer.
  • 03/08/2007 -- Pipelay work due Northeast Gateway LNG port
    Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC, an affiliate of Spectra Energy Corp., has let a contract to Horizon Offshore Contractors Inc. for pipelaying and burying services associated with the Northeast Gateway Deepwater LNG Port being built in Massachusetts Bay, near Boston.
  • 03/08/2007 -- Technically advanced Gaselys LNG carrier launched
    NYK Armateur, a joint subsidiary of Japan's ship-owner NYK Line 60% and Gaz de France 40%, has launched the 154,500 cu m Gaselys LNG carrier, sister ship of the giant Provalys carrier launched in mid-November 2006 (OGJ, Nov. 27, 2006, Newsletter).
  • 03/08/2007 -- Bangor Gas settles FERC's rule-violation charge
    Bangor Gas Co. agreed to pay $1 million to settle a charge of violating the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's "shipper must have title" requirement in the first civil penalty involving natural gas under FERC's new authority granted by the 2005 Energy Policy Act.
  • 03/06/2007 -- Indonesia seeking higher price for LNG exports
    In an effort to obtain higher prices for its LNG exported from Tangguh in Papua New Guinea, Indonesia wants to renegotiate LNG contract terms with South Korea.
  • 03/05/2007 -- JV adds three LNG vessels for Peru LNG project
    Repsol YPF SA and Gas Natural Stream have acquired three LNG carriers for their joint-venture Peru LNG project.
  • 03/05/2007 -- Alaska governor outlines gas pipeline bill
    Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has introduced legislation intended to induce construction of a multibillion-dollar pipeline that would deliver North Slope natural gas to the Lower 48 states.
  • 03/02/2007 -- PLN receives bids for Indonesia LNG terminal
    Indonesia's state-owned electricity company PLN is assessing bid documents submitted by investors for a contract to build an LNG receiving terminal in Bojonegare, Banten.
  • 03/01/2007 -- Nigeria LNG lets FEED for Bonny Island trains
    Nigeria LNG has hired Foster Wheeler and Chiyoda Corp. to carry out FEED work for the SevenPlus project on Bonny Island, which would add two liquefaction trains, each with a capacity of 8.5 million tpy.
  • 03/01/2007 -- Tangguh LNG nears completion, seeks new financing
    Construction on Indonesia's Tangguh LNG facility is 70% complete, and startup is expected by fourth quarter 2008, if operator BP Indonesia receives further financing for the project, said Kardaya Warnika, chairman of Indonesia's upstream oil and gas executive agency BP Migas.
  • 02/27/2007 -- Jacobs to pre-engineer French LNG plant expansion
    Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a contract to provide conceptual engineering studies and owner engineering support for an extension of Gaz de France's LNG terminal at Montoir-de-Bretagne in France.
  • 02/26/2007 -- PDVSA to deliver oil to Japan's Marubeni, Mitsui
    Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA) expects to begin shipments of about 20,000 b/d of crude by summer to Japan's Marubeni Corp. and Mitsui & Co.
  • 02/23/2007 -- MacKenzie Valley Pipeline clears hurdle
    The Mackenzie Valley natural gas pipeline sponsors have reached an agreement with Northwest Territories on socioeconomic benefits, moving the project forward a notch.
  • 02/22/2007 -- Two Mississippi LNG projects get FERC nod
    The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved two LNG terminal projects in Mississippi that could add supplies totaling 3.1 bcfd of gas.
  • 02/22/2007 -- Excelerate veers away from Florida, California
    Excelerate Energy is deemphasizing plans for Florida and California LNG ship regasification projects in favor of other international opportunities proving to be more viable.
  • 02/22/2007 -- Nigeria misses gas supply deadlines to Ghana
    Nigeria has delayed supplying gas to Ghana through its $560 million West African Gas Pipeline because of militants' vandalism on related infrastructure in the Niger Delta.
  • 02/21/2007 -- Trinidad and Tobago's NGC signs gas deals
    Trinidad and Tobago's National Gas Co. Ltd. (NGC) has signed agreements with three producers for an additional supply of 550 MMcfd of gas starting in 2009.
  • 02/21/2007 -- First supertanker loaded from BTC pipeline
    Statoil ASA is marketing the first oil to be exported by very large crude carrier from the Turkish port of Ceyhan. Oil from the Caspian Sea is transported through the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline, in which the group holds an interest.
  • 02/21/2007 -- Chevron's Casotte LNG terminal gets FERC approval
    Chevron Corp. has received approval from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build the Casotte Landing regasification facility next to the company's 325,000 b/cd Pascagoula refinery in Jackson County, Miss.
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