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Transportation 2008 P

  • 10/10/2008 -- Tengizchevroil to start oil shipments on BTC line
    BP Azerbaijan, partially confirming earlier reports, announced that the Chevron-led Tengizchevroil consortium plans to start oil shipments this month via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.
  • 10/10/2008 -- Senate Agriculture Committee to examine commodity market reform proposals
    The US Senate Agriculture Committee will hold a hearing on Oct. 20 in Russell Senate Office Building Room 328-A at 9:30 a.m. on financial derivatives' possible role in the wider economic crisis.
  • 10/09/2008 -- Egyptian court to rule in November on gas to Israel
    Egypt's State Council Administrative Court said it will issue a ruling Nov. 18 regarding a case lodged by a former ambassador and several lawyers against the export of Egyptian natural gas to Israel.
  • 10/08/2008 -- Trinidad and Tobago vies to renegotiate LNG contracts
    Trinidad and Tobago has announced that it wants to renegotiate the contracts for Atlantic LNG Co.'s (ALNG) Trains 1, 2, and 3.
  • 10/08/2008 -- BP to flow Kazakh oil through BTC pipeline
    BP PLC plans to begin shipping oil from Kazakhstan's Tengiz oil field via the 1,770-km Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline beginning later this month.
  • 10/08/2008 -- Russians: 'Kazakhs want to use ESPO pipeline'
    Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said Kazakhstan's state-owned oil pipeline operator KazTransOil is interested in transporting Kazakh oil through Russia's ESPO line.
  • 10/07/2008 -- Pakistan Shipping seeks funding to upgrade fleet
    Pakistan National Shipping Corp. (PNSC) is seeking foreign investors to finance the acquisition of second-hand, modern Aframax-class tankers to upgrade and expand its fleet.
  • 10/06/2008 -- Inpex to construct LNG terminal off Indonesia
    Inpex, bowing to pressure from the Indonesian government and seeking to start deliveries of LNG to Japan quickly, will likely construct an offshore export terminal at a cost of more than ¥1 trillion.
  • 10/03/2008 -- NGSA forecasts no change in wholesale gas price pressure this winter
    Pressure on domestic wholesale natural gas prices this winter heating season will be similar to last year's because producers have drilled more wells and technology has helped them improve recovery rates, the Natural Gas Supply Association said in its annual forecast.
  • 10/01/2008 -- Kinder Morgan, ETP form Fayetteville pipeline JV
    Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP (KMP) and Energy Transfer Partners LP (ETP) announced a 50:50 joint venture, Fayetteville Express Pipeline LLC, to develop a new 187-mile, 2-bcfd pipeline intended to increase takeaway capacity from the Fayetteville shale.
  • 09/30/2008 -- Pemex lets subsea pipeline to Global Industries
    Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) awarded Global Industries Ltd., Carlyss, La., a $75 million project to lay 12 km of 24-in. OD pipe under 150 ft of water in Ixtal field in the Bay of Campeche.
  • 09/29/2008 -- GRT, Fluxys hold gasline expansion open season
    France's GRTgaz and Belgium's Fluxys on Dec. 12 will conclude its open season conducted to assess the need for additional long-term transmission capacity from Zeebrugge, Belgium, to GRTgaz' North Zone in France and from Eastern Belgium (Dutch-Belgian border and German-Belgian border) to GRTgaz's North Zone.
  • 09/29/2008 -- Marseille Port Authority to reduce Lavera VOCs
    The Marseille Port Authority board has voted to invest €9 million to capture 80% of the volatile organic components on the Lavera oil terminal. It will install equipment to capture emissions produced when discharging tankers.
  • 09/29/2008 -- France to increase gas transportation tariffs
    France's CRE reported that it will enable increases in usage tariffs on France's gas transport network in order to provide "better visibility" to market players.
  • 09/29/2008 -- Indonesian industries face natural gas shortage
    Indonesian industries could suffer a severe gas shortage in 2009 following a decision by state gas distributor Perusahaan Gas Negara to increase supplies to state firm Perusahaan Listrik Negara.
  • 09/26/2008 -- FERC approves LNG project on Columbia River after 3.5-year review
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Sept. 18 approved the first new liquefied natural gas terminal and related send-out pipeline in the Pacific Northwest after a 3.5-year review.
  • 09/25/2008 -- StatoilHydro hastens Kvitebjorn pipeline repairs
    StatoilHydro will repair the Kvitebjorn rich gas pipeline in the Norwegian North Sea sooner than originally planned. It will perform the work in first-quarter 2009 instead of next summer.
  • 09/24/2008 -- Chevron plans Wheatstone LNG hub on Pilbara coast
    Chevron Australia has applied to the federal government for environmental approval to build an LNG hub on Western Australia's Pilbara coast for its proposed Wheatstone project.
  • 09/23/2008 -- Offshore LNG terminal moved to Adriatic off Italy
    The world's first offshore LNG terminal arrived at its final location in the Adriatic Sea off Italy, where it will be capable of supplying about 10% of Italy's natural gas requirements.
  • 09/22/2008 -- Cuba Petroleo, PDVSA to reactivate Cuban pipeline
    Cuba and Venezuela are considering the reactivation of a 189-km pipeline linking Cuba's northern and southern coasts, making it easier to distribute oil from their jointly operated refinery in the city of Cienfuegos.
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