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08/30/2007 -- BP to restart CATS pipeline this week
The CATS pipeline in the UK North Sea is expected to start controlled operations this week after divers installed a metal sleeve to strengthen and protect the affected area, operator BP said Aug. 30.
08/29/2007 -- Gaz de France to study Adriatic Sea LNG terminal
Gaz de France is studying the feasibility of building an LNG terminal and regasification facility in the Adriatic Sea off Italy's Marche region.
08/28/2007 -- Questar, Enterprise to build Rockies gas hub
Questar Pipeline and an affiliate of Enterprise Products signed an MOU to build a 2.5 bcfd gas pipeline hub in the Rocky Mountain area.
08/28/2007 -- Kinder Morgan Canada starts Anchor Loop expansion
Kinder Morgan Canada has started construction on the $443 million (Can.) Anchor Loop project—the second phase of the Trans Mountain pipeline system expansion.
08/22/2007 -- Nord Stream gas pipeline changes route
Nord Stream, which plans to construct a major 27.5 billion cu m/year gas pipeline from Russia to Europe, has modified the pipeline route to extend north of Bornholm.
08/21/2007 -- Opposition surfaces to Gaz de Normandie LNG project
A local environmentalist group is opposing construction of the proposed 9 bcm/year Gaz de Normandie LNG terminal, regasification unit, and pipeline at Antifer near the Le Havre oil port in Normandy, France.
08/17/2007 -- Indonesia revises gas pipeline oversight duties
Indonesia's Directorate General of Oil and Gas plans to assume the powers of the Oil and Gas Downstream Regulatory Agency (BPH Migas) to hold tenders for development and operation of gas pipelines.
08/17/2007 -- Japanese firms plan Indonesia LNG, power plants
Major Japanese firms are expected to sign agreements for projects involving power generation and energy development in Indonesia.
08/17/2007 -- Inpex plans LNG terminal at Japan's port of Naoetsu
Inpex Holdings Inc. plans construction of an LNG import terminal at the port of Naoetsu in Joetsu, on the Sea of Japan.
08/14/2007 -- FERC gives final approval for Calhoun LNG project
Gulf Coast LNG said US FERC has issued the FEIS for its proposed Calhoun LNG receiving terminal and associated pipeline at Port Lavaca-Point Comfort in Calhoun County, Tex.
08/14/2007 -- LNG plant planned at Senoro, Central Sulawesi
Indonesia's PT Pertamina will join Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co. Inc. in building a $1 billion LNG plant at Senoro in Central Sulawesi.
08/13/2007 -- Petroecuador, Flopec plan LPG terminal, pipeline
Ecuador's Petroecuador has let a 2-year contract to Dutch trader Trafigura Beheer to supply LPG while an onshore terminal and 50,000-tonne storage facility is being built in Monteverde, Ecuador.
08/13/2007 -- New JV proposes Pacific Northwest pipeline
Palomar Gas Transmission, a JV of TransCanada and Northwest Natural Gas, propose to build and equally own a gas pipeline that would serve Oregon, the Pacific Northwest, and the western US.
08/09/2007 -- Siting concerns threaten Verdon LNG terminal in France
The "Nimby" syndrome is threatening construction of a 6 billion cu m LNG receiving-regasification terminal that the Netherlands company 4 Gas plans at Verdon just south of Bordeaux, France.
08/09/2007 -- Malaysian firm plans port, tank farms in China
Malaysian trading firm Ben Rautin Sdn. Bhd. plans to develop a cluster of oil tank farms and a port in Lufeng, China, as part of a wider project to build a petroleum hub for the region.
08/09/2007 -- Empire Connector gas pipeline project advances
National Fuel subsidiary Empire State Pipeline has selected Otis Eastern Service to construct its $177 million Empire Connector gas pipeline expansion project from Victor to Corning, NY.
08/06/2007 -- Woodside gives formal nod to Pluto LNG project
Woodside Petroleum has agreed to spend $11.2 billion (Aus.) to develop an LNG project using gas from its wholly owned Pluto and Xena fields in Western Australia's Carnarvon basin.
08/06/2007 -- WestPac plans Texada Island LNG terminal
WestPac LNG Corp., Calgary, plans to invest $2 billion to build an LNG terminal combined with a natural gas-fired electric power generation plant on Texada Island, 120 km northwest of Vancouver, BC.
08/06/2007 -- Sonatrach, EDP partner for Iberian gas supply
EDP Energias de Portugal SA in a public filing said a natural gas and power generation partnership with Algeria's state-run Sonatrach will be in place by Oct. 31.
08/06/2007 -- Angola LNG seeks LNG transportation vessels
Angola LNG has signed a letter of intent with a consortium led by Mitsui & Co. to charter four new LNG vessels for 20 years starting in 2011.

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