05/28/2008
-- Sonatrach receives EPC bids for Arzew LNG train Algeria's Sonatrach aims to increase its LNG export capacity by some 20% after it constructs a new 4 million-tonne/year liquefaction train at Arzew.
05/26/2008
-- PNG LNG enters FEED The ExxonMobil-led Papua New Guinea (PNG) LNG joint venture has signed a gas agreement with Papua New Guinea, paving the way for an LNG project in the country.
05/22/2008
-- Alaska recommends TransCanada's Alaska gas pipeline Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, along with the state's natural resources and revenue commissioners, recommended that the Alaska legislature accept a natural gas pipeline proposal from TransCanada Alaska Co. LLC and Foothills Pipelines Ltd.
05/21/2008
-- TransCanada, partners ink Pathfinder pipeline MOU TransCanada Corp., affiliates of Enterprise Products Partners LP, and Quicksilver Gas Services LP have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the proposed 915-mile Pathfinder natural gas pipeline project.
05/20/2008
-- Construction starts on Dalian LNG regas terminal CNPC broke ground for construction of its first LNG regasification terminal, a project valued at some $1.4 billion, in the port city of Dalian in Liaoning Province.
05/20/2008
-- ERG-Shell's Sicily LNG regas plant approved ERG CEO Alessandro Garrone said the regasification terminal his firm plans to build with Shell at Priolo, Sicily, has received environmental clearance and will be operational in 2013.
05/19/2008
-- YPF, Excelerate near floating LNG port completion Excelerate Energy is expected to complete this month the GasPort floating LNG import and regasification facility at the port city of Bahia Blanca, Argentina, 400 miles south of Buenos Aires.
05/19/2008
-- Northeast Gateway LNG port starts operation Houston-based Excelerate Energy LLC's Northeast Gateway (NEG) Deepwater LNG Port in Massachusetts Bay, 18 miles east of Boston, has begun commercial operations.
05/16/2008
-- Enbridge gets government approval for pipelines Enbridge received Canadian Governor-in-Council approval on its Alberta Clipper expansion and Southern Lights pipeline projectsan important step towards final government certification, including NEB approval.
05/16/2008
-- Gazprom unit signs LNG agreement with Rabaska partners In what is considered its first venture into North America, Gazprom Marketing & Trading USA, a wholly owned unit of Gazprom, is set to import Russian LNG from the Shtokman liquefaction project.
05/16/2008
-- FERC orders hearings on ETP, Oasis Pipeline allegations The US FERC has ordered a hearing to determine whether Energy Transfer Partners and three of its affiliates manipulated a market in violation of the commission's rules.
05/15/2008
-- Gorgon awards contract for subsea equipment Chevron Australia Pty. Ltd. of Perth has awarded a 5-year contract to supply subsea equipment and support for the Gorgon project to VetcoGray, a GE Oil & Gas business.
05/13/2008
-- NIEH to join Larne Lough gas storage project NIEH signed a nonbinding joint venture agreement with Portland Gas Northern Ireland for the development of gas storage caverns in underground salt deposits under Larne Lough in Northern Ireland.
05/09/2008
-- NEB: Greater Canadian pipeline capacity planned Rapidly rising oil prices have stimulated a momentous increase in Canadian oil pipeline applications, reported Canada's National Energy Board (NEB) in its annual report to Parliament.
05/09/2008
-- Petrobras to start building Cacimbas-Catu gas line Petrobras will start construction May 9 of the 954-km Cacimbas-Catu natural gas pipeline, which will form the main part of the 1,387 km, three-section Gasene pipeline.
05/08/2008
-- Kuwait to build LNG regas terminal, import gas Kuwait has signed a $150 million contract with Excelerate Energy, The Woodlands, Tex., to build a regasification terminal at Ahmadi port by April 2009.
05/05/2008
-- Rockies gas pipeline open season to start; route changed Alliance Pipeline Inc. and Questar Overthrust Pipeline Co. plan to launch a binding open season May 12 to assess interest in shipping natural gas on the companies' proposed Rockies Alliance Pipeline.
05/02/2008
-- Rockies Alliance pipeline open season starts Alliance Pipeline and Questar Overthrust Pipeline plan to launch a binding open season May 12 to assess interest in shipping natural gas on the companies' proposed Rockies Alliance Pipeline.
05/02/2008
-- Qatar, Dutch firms to jointly upgrade energy ports State-owned Qatar Petroleum and Dutch port operator Havenbedrijf Rotterdam NV have signed a long-term agreement on strategy and development in port management.