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02/11/2008 -- PTT, Qatargas sign LNG purchase contract
Thailand's PTT PLC has signed a deal to purchase 1 million tonnes/year of LNG from Qatargas Operating Co. for 10 years, with an option to increase the volume to 2 million tonnes/year.
02/08/2008 -- Russian officials clash over ESPO status
Russian officials continue to present differing views concerning construction of the country's East Siberia to Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline project (OGJ Online, Feb. 7, 2008).
02/07/2008 -- Maritimes & Northeast to expand pipeline capacity
Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline (M&NP), Halifax, NS, plans to invest $240 million to expand the capacity of the 330-mile US mainline portion of its natural gas pipeline system.
02/07/2008 -- Siberian pipeline commissioning may be delayed
The Russian government will hold a meeting next week to discuss postponement of the commissioning date for the ESPO pipeline from East Siberia to the Pacific Ocean.
02/07/2008 -- Sasol to expand Mozambique natural gas pipeline
Rompco has awarded Foster Wheeler South Africa an EPC contract to increase to 147 megajoules the capacity of Rompco's 120-megajoule pipeline between Mozambique's Temane gas field and a Sasol CTL complex in Secunda, South Africa.
02/06/2008 -- W. Australia assesses common-use coastal LNG hub
Western Australia and Australia's federal government have agreed to assess the Kimberley region of that area as a site for a common-user LNG hub.
02/05/2008 -- Enbridge's North Dakota pipeline expansion in service
Enbridge Energy Partners LP has begun service on its recently completed Phase 5 oil transmission system expansion in North Dakota that increased the system's capacity to 110,000 b/d.
02/05/2008 -- Bechtel to build Angola's first LNG plant
Angola LNG Ltd. is planning Angola's first gas liquefaction facility near Soyo in Zaire Province.
02/05/2008 -- Japan, South Korea retain global LNG import lead
Japan remained the world's largest LNG importer in 2007, at 65.7 million tonnes of LNG, up 5.7% over 2006, according to Pan EurAsian Enterprises.
02/04/2008 -- Queensland Gas, BG plan Queensland LNG plant
Brisbane coal seam methane producer Queensland Gas Co. has teamed with the BG Group to propose construction of a 3-4 million tonne/year gas liquefaction plant on the east coast of Queensland.
02/01/2008 -- Oil products storage depot planned for Marseille
The Oiltanking-Mediaco group, a subsidiary of the Hamburg-based German group Marquard & Bahls AG, has confirmed that it will install an oil products storage depot at the Port of Marseille, bolstering Marseille-Fos as a products trading hub in the Mediterranean.
02/01/2008 -- NNPC sets up shipping firm for Nigerian LNG
NNPC has established a new shipping company, Nikorma Shipping Services, to handle the additional volume of Nigerian LNG exports expected in the coming years.
02/01/2008 -- Trans-Black Sea pipeline studies under way
GUEU-White Stream Pipeline is conducting engineering and marketing studies on the viability of constructing and operating a gas pipeline from Georgia across the Black Sea to Ukraine and Romania.
02/01/2008 -- Offshore cathodic protection survey completed off Ecuador
Corrintec reported Jan. 31 the completion of a cathodic protection survey on the subsea section of the Oleoducto de Crudos Pesados off Ecuador.
01/30/2008 -- Papua New Guinea LNG plant FEED decision near
The ExxonMobil-led LNG consortium in Papua New Guinea is finalizing key agreements ahead of a decision to move into the FEED stage of its proposed LNG project.
01/28/2008 -- Total appeals Erika tanker verdict
Total SA said it will appeal the Jan. 16 Paris Criminal Court verdict concerning the sinking of the Erika tanker off Brittany.
01/28/2008 -- Singapore to build LNG terminal by early 2009
Construction of a planned $1 billion LNG regasification terminal in Singapore is expected to begin by late this year or early 2009.
01/25/2008 -- US industry groups are expanding their international reach
US oil and gas trade associations may seem to have their hands full with domestic issues. But they're still expanding their reach overseas, several of their Washington executives told me in December.
01/25/2008 -- FERC to discuss requirements for Alaska gas pipeline EIS contractors
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's staff will discuss its third-party contracting requirements and expectations for preparing an environmental impact statement for an Alaskan natural gas transportation project.
01/24/2008 -- Talisman, CNOOC reach settlement over Tangguh LNG project
Talisman Energy Inc. has settled a legal dispute with CNOOC Ltd. over Indonesia's Tangguh LNG project, according to reports.

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