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01/22/2008 -- Gazprom to acquire Serbian NIS
Serbia was reported Jan. 22 as having agreed to sell OAO Gazprom a controlling interest in state oil company NIS.
01/22/2008 -- Gate LNG awards terminal construction contract
Royal Vopak and Nederlandse Gasunie, project operators of the planned 9 billion cu m/year Gate liquefaction terminal at Rotterdam, have awarded a turnkey contract to construct the terminal.
01/22/2008 -- Afren consortium to study Nigerian LNG plant
Afren, E.On Ruhrgas, and African LNG Holdings will assess the feasibility of building an LNG plant and related gas facilities in southeastern Nigeria.
01/21/2008 -- StatoilHydro extends Snohvit start-up period
StatoilHydro has asked the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority for a permit to emit more carbon dioxide as it seeks an extension for the start-up period at the Snovhit LNG project.
01/21/2008 -- EnCana plans 22-mile Colorado gas pipeline
EnCana Oil & Gas filed a ROW application for the construction of a 22-mile gas pipeline with the US BLM's field office in Grand Junction, Colo.
01/14/2008 -- FERC issues final EIS for Broadwater LNG terminal
Broadwater Energy's proposed offshore LNG project in Long Island Sound would have minimal environmental impacts, US FERC reported on Jan. 11.
01/11/2008 -- ConocoPhillips Alaska gas pipeline proposal turned down
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has notified ConocoPhillips that she rejected the company's proposal to build an Alaska gas pipeline.
01/11/2008 -- PHMSA pipeline technical safety advisory committees schedule public meeting
PHMSA's pipeline safety advisory committees will hold a joint public meeting in Arlington, Va., on Jan. 17 about the DOT agency's regulatory agenda and strategic plan.
01/10/2008 -- Sempra proposes Gulf Coast terminal, storage facility
Sempra Energy proposed construction of a marine petroleum terminal and storage facility in Port Arthur, Tex., to improve tanker access to refineries in Port Arthur and Beaumont.
01/09/2008 -- Gorgon JV expands Barrow Island LNG capacity
The Gorgon JV has decided on a 50% increase in the scope of the proposed LNG project facilities on Barrow Island off Western Australia.
01/08/2008 -- Qatargas delivers first LNG via its Q-Flex vessels
Qatargas has delivered its first shipment of LNG using one of its chartered Q-Flex vessels.
01/07/2008 -- Nexus secures tanker, first loan for Crux project
Nexus Energy has secured a tanker to be converted into an FPSO and a $50 million (Aus.) bank loan to kick-start its proposed Crux liquids project in the Browse basin off Western Australia.
01/07/2008 -- TransCanada's Alaska gas pipeline proposal progressing
TransCanada's application to build a natural gas pipeline in Alaska is open for a 60-day public comment period, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said.
01/07/2008 -- Pipeline outlet eyed for Rubiales heavy oil
Rubiales heavy oil field in Colombia's Los Llanos Orientales area could have a 170,000 b/d pipeline outlet by late 2009.
01/04/2008 -- Alaska backs Kenai LNG export license extension
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said the state supports an application filed by Marathon Oil and ConocoPhillips for a 2-year federal extension of an export license for their Kenai LNG plant at Nikiski.
01/04/2008 -- Alaska is preparing to make five natural gas pipeline proposals public
Alaska's state government will make public five proposals it has received to construct a natural gas pipeline from the North Slope to markets in the Lower 48 states.
01/03/2008 -- South Korea indicts vessel owners in oil spill
South Korean authorities have filed charges against Samsung Heavy Industries and Hebei Ocean Shipping for violating the country's marine pollution prevention law.
01/03/2008 -- Uzbekistan approves Russian-Uzbek LNG venture
Uzbekistan's President Islam Karimov has approved the creation of a $221.5 million joint venture for the production of LNG by Russia's Stroytransgaz and Uzbekistan's Uzbekneftegaz.
01/03/2008 -- ExxonMobil planning a floating offshore LNG terminal
ExxonMobil plans to seek regulatory approval for BlueOcean Energy, a floating LNG receiving terminal that will help boost gas supplies to New Jersey and New York.
01/03/2008 -- Shell unit enters prepaid utility gas market
Public Energy Authority of Kentucky Inc. and Societe Generale Energie (USA) Corp. signed a 20-year, $456 million prepaid natural gas contract.

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