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Transportation 2008 P

  • 10/31/2008 -- US will compete for LNG despite short-term import lull, study finds
    The United States will find that it is able to compete in global liquefied natural gas markets as worldwide supplies grow and markets stabilize, a study commissioned by the American Gas Foundation concluded.
  • 10/30/2008 -- Papua New Guinea names LNG project share nominee
    After several months deliberation, Papua New Guinea has put forward IPBC as the state's nominee to manage the government's 19.4% stake in the $11 billion ExxonMobil-led LNG project.
  • 10/30/2008 -- Indonesia, China to renegotiate Tangguh LNG price
    Indonesia has no plans to delay shipments of Tangguh LNG to CNOOC's Fujian terminal in China, despite an ongoing price renegotiation with Beijing.
  • 10/30/2008 -- Origin, ConocoPhillips finalize CSM-fed LNG venture
    Origin Energy has finalized its deal with ConocoPhillips to form a coalseam methane-fed LNG joint venture to be called Australia Pacific LNG.
  • 10/29/2008 -- Russia, China agree on ESPO pipeline spur
    Russia's Transneft and China's CNPC have signed a landmark agreement calling for the construction of a 67-km, 300,000 b/d pipeline spur from the East Siberian Pacific Ocean pipeline.
  • 10/29/2008 -- Arctic-class shuttle tankers to be tested in 2009
    The ABS, ConocoPhillips, Sovcomflot, and Samsung Heavy Industries are jointly participating in a pioneering study to measure the effect of ice loads on Arctic-class shuttle tanker performance.
  • 10/29/2008 -- AGF study finds US will compete for LNG
    The US will find that it is able to compete in global LNG markets as worldwide supplies grow and markets stabilize, a study commissioned by the American Gas Foundation concluded.
  • 10/24/2008 -- CGT, MarkWest report Appalachian expansion
    Columbia Gas Transmission and MarkWest Energy intend to jointly expand gas gathering and processing services to support increased production volumes in the Appalachian basin of central West Virginia.
  • 10/24/2008 -- China to get no ESPO spur before 2009
    Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko, while acknowledging a new agreement to sell oil to China, stated that a projected East Siberia Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline spur sought by the Chinese will not be ready before 2009.
  • 10/21/2008 -- Firms vie for Papua New Guinea LNG plant contract
    Bechtel and Chiyoda are short-listed to bid on the EPC contract for the ExxonMobil-operated Papua New Guinea LNG plant and facilities.
  • 10/21/2008 -- Chevron director lashes out at emissions trading
    Chevron Australia managing director Roy Krzywosinski has echoed the recent comments of Woodside Petroleum's Don Voelte in condemning the Australia's proposed emissions trading scheme.
  • 10/21/2008 -- Sakhalin-2 deliveries to start in early 2009
    Shipments of LNG to Japan from the Sakhalin-2 project in far eastern Russia are expected to begin early next year, according to two Japanese partners in the project.
  • 10/21/2008 -- Costs rise for StatoilHydro's Snohvit LNG project
    StatoilHydro has increased the estimate of its investment costs for the first phase of the Snohvit LNG project in the Barents Sea by 3 billion kroner.
  • 10/20/2008 -- Canadian Mounties investigating blasts along EnCana line
    The Royal Canadian Mounted Police are investigating the second explosion to target an EnCana Corp. sour gas pipeline in less than a week.
  • 10/17/2008 -- Kazakhstan: 'No plans to use ESPO pipeline'
    Kazakhstan's oil companies have yet to show any interest in providing crude oil for transport along Russia's Eastern Siberia-Pacific Ocean pipeline, according to senior Kazkah officials.
  • 10/17/2008 -- China hopes to sign ESPO agreement this month
    China National Petroleum Corp. hopes to sign an agreement on the construction of a spur from Russia's East Siberia-Pacific Ocean oil pipeline when Chinese and Russian leaders meet later this month.
  • 10/17/2008 -- BLM schedules four more public meetings on Ruby Pipeline Project
    The US Bureau of Land Management has scheduled four public meetings to receive additional comments about possible environmental impacts from a proposed natural gas pipeline that would cross four western states.
  • 10/16/2008 -- Pemex awards Ku-Maloob-Zaap pipeline contract
    Pemex let a contract to Global Industries for oil and gas pipeline work in the Mexican state company's Ku-Maloob-Zaap field in the Bay of Campeche, which it had announced in July.
  • 10/15/2008 -- KMEP completes ethanol pipeline testing, begins biodiesel
    KMEP has successfully completed tests to determine the commercial viability of moving batched denatured ethanol between Tampa and Orlando in the 195-mile, 16-in. gasoline line on its Central Florida Pipeline.
  • 10/14/2008 -- Appalachian gas projects starting up
    East Tennessee Natural Gas plans to have added 95 MMcfd of contracted long-term, firm capacity on its pipeline system in the Central Appalachian basin by yearend.
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