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Transportation 2008 P
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12/12/2008 -- Soku plant attacked; NLNG declares force majeure
Nigeria LNG (NLNG) has declared force majeure on its LNG exports following attacks on the Shell Petroleum Development Co.-operated Soku gas feed plant in Rivers State. -
12/12/2008 -- FTC accepts CB&I's divestiture proposal to address antitrust concerns
The Federal Trade Commission on Nov. 28 approved a proposed divestiture by Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. to relieve antitrust concerns resulting from CB&I's 2001 purchase of assets from Pitt-Des Moines Inc. -
12/08/2008 -- FERC issues final EIS for LNG project near Baltimore
The US FERC identified additional adverse environmental impacts as it issued a final environmental impact statement on Dec. 5 for a proposed LNG project outside Baltimore. -
12/05/2008 -- Firms charged in Buncefield storage depot fire
Total UK, Hertfordshire Oil Storage, British Pipeline Agency, TAV Engineering, and Motherwell Control Systems will be criminally prosecuted for the December 2005 Buncefield oil storage depot fire in Hertfordshire, UK. -
12/05/2008 -- Kirkuk-Ceyhan line resumes flow after repairs
Iraq resumed sending 430,000 b/d of oil through its pipeline to Turkey on Dec. 4 after flow was shut down on Dec. 1 due to technical problems. -
12/05/2008 -- FERC finalizes rule aimed at making interstate gas prices more transparent
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued a final rule on Nov. 20 which requires posting of important market information to make interstate natural gas prices more transparent by providing information about underlying supply and demand fundamentals. -
12/02/2008 -- EAGC: Japan concerned over rising LNG prices
High LNG prices will affect demand in Japan because it would not be competitive against electricity, warned Tokyo Gas Senior Vice-Pres. of LNG Europe, Kentaro Morikawa, at EAGC at Lake Como, Italy. -
11/28/2008 -- Former trader settles CFTC gas market manipulation allegations
Former energy trader Matthew Reed agreed to pay a $475,000 fine to settle US Commodity Futures Trading Commission charges that he attempted to manipulate natural gas prices by reporting false information to gas index compilers. -
11/28/2008 -- 'Alaska's methane hydrates can be developed now'
US Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alas.), on Nov. 12 in response to a US Geological Survey report indicating that up to an additional 157.8 trillion cubic feet of methane gas hydrates may be recoverable from Alaska's North Slope. -
11/26/2008 -- Woodside lets contract for Pluto LNG project
Woodside Petroleum Ltd. has awarded service contracts totalling $5.2 million (Aus.) to Finnish consulting and engineering firm Poyry for the Pluto LNG project off Western Australia. -
11/26/2008 -- Shell to supply PetroChina with LNG
Shell Eastern LNG has agreed to sell as much as 2 million tonnes/year of LNG to PetroChina International under a 20-year purchase and supply agreement. -
11/25/2008 -- FERC rule to increase interstate gas price transparency
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued on Nov. 20 a final rule that would make interstate natural gas prices more transparent. -
11/25/2008 -- Sakhalin-2 set to deliver LNG in February
The Sakhalin-2 project is expected to begin deliveries of LNG to Japan on Feb. 19, 2009, according to an executive of the Sakhalin Energy Investment Co., the firm in control of the development. -
11/24/2008 -- Kurdish rebels blast Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline again
Oil shipments along the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline are set to resume later this week following a Nov. 21 bomb attack on the line near Midyat in the Mardin province in southeast Turkey. -
11/23/2008 -- Somali hijackers have international network
In an interview with London-based Asharq al-Awsat, a negotiator for the pirates holding Saudi tanker Sirius Star off the Somali coast disclosed how 40 hijackers seized control of the vessel. -
11/20/2008 -- Myanmar awards China pipeline rights
Myanmar has awarded China the right to manage planned pipelines that will transport crude oil and natural gas from the Bay of Bengal across Myanmar to Kunming in southwestern China. -
11/18/2008 -- AGL unit starts salt-dome gas storage cavern construction
AGL Resources' Golden Triangle Storage has started construction of a 12-bcf working gas capacity salt dome natural gas storage facility at Spindletop in Beaumont, Tex. -
11/18/2008 -- Migas: First Tangguh LNG exports to be on schedule
Indonesian officials, quickly reversing earlier statements, said the first LNG exports from the BP PLC-led Tangguh project will be shipped in February 2009 as scheduled. -
11/18/2008 -- Shanghai receives first spot cargo of Petronas LNG
Shanghai Gas Group Co., majority owned by Shenergy Group, has received its first spot cargo of LNG from Malaysia's Petroliam Nasional Bhd. -
11/18/2008 -- BPMigas: First Tangguh LNG exports to be on schedule
Indonesian officials, quickly reversing earlier statements, said the first LNG exports from the BP PLC-led Tangguh project will be shipped in February 2009 as scheduled.
