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Transportation 2008 P

  • 09/22/2008 -- Chinese negotiate for ESPO Daqing oil spur
    Russia's Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko said a decision to lay a China-bound spur from the East Siberia-Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline is to be made shortly.
  • 09/22/2008 -- BTC oil line transporting less due to gas leak
    The BP PLC-led Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline is transporting less oil because of a gas leak on Sept. 17 that has that cut output from fields in the Caspian Sea.
  • 09/22/2008 -- Iraq, Shell sign multibillion dollar gas deal
    Iraq has signed a multibillion dollar natural gas deal with Shell, the second major energy deal agreed with a foreign firm since the US-led invasion in 2003.
  • 09/22/2008 -- FERC approves Oregon Columbia River LNG project
    The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Sept. 18 approved the first new LNG terminal and related send-out pipeline in the Pacific Northwest after a 3½-year review.
  • 09/21/2008 -- Australian LNG industry calls for special treatment
    Australia's $20 billion (Aus.) LNG industry has lobbied the federal government to create a category labelled 'Clean Global Contributors' in its proposed emissions trading scheme.
  • 09/19/2008 -- Indonesia's PLN, Pertamina to build LNG terminal
    Indonesia's state-owned PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara plans to cooperate with state oil company PT Pertamina and state-controlled gas utility PT Perusahaan Gas Negara to build a $500 million gas-receiving terminal.
  • 09/19/2008 -- Japanese firms weigh plans for PDVSA-led LNG project
    Mitsubishi Corp., Mitsui & Co., and Itochu Corp. are said to be weighing plans to participate in a ¥1 trillion LNG project led by state oil firm Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA).
  • 09/19/2008 -- NEB gives nod to Repsol Energy to import LNG
    Canada's National Energy Board approved Repsol Energy Canada Ltd.'s application for a long-term license to import LNG.
  • 09/19/2008 -- NPC says 2007 'Hard Truths' findings, recommendations still apply
    Recommendations and findings in a groundbreaking 2007 report still apply more than a year after they were issued, members of the National Petroleum Council said at their 2008 annual meeting.
  • 09/17/2008 -- Gulf of Aden attacks increase; US to set up patrol
    A Japanese oil tanker, flying under the flag of Panama, has evaded a pirate attack off Somalia in the northern Gulf of Aden, maritime sources reported.
  • 09/16/2008 -- Iraq resumes oil exports following storm
    Iraq has resumed oil exports following a storm that shut in the southern port of Basra and the completion of repairs to the bomb-damaged northern pipeline that carries oil from the northern Kirkuk fields to the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan.
  • 09/15/2008 -- Virginia gas pipeline blast injures five
    A natural gas pipeline exploded in Appomattox County, Virginia, the morning of Sept. 14, leveling one home and injuring five people.
  • 09/12/2008 -- Total to participate in Futurol project
    Total SA said it will participate in Futurol, an ethanol research and development project with a €74 million estimated budget.
  • 09/12/2008 -- Bolivia gas line blown up by antigovernment protesters
    Bolivia said a natural gas pipeline was blown up in a "terrorist attack" carried out on Sept. 11 by antigovernment protesters, causing a reported 10% cut in the export of natural gas to Argentina and Brazil.
  • 09/12/2008 -- CLP Holdings ponders LNG plant on Chinese mainland
    Hong Kong utility CLP Holdings has decided against constructing an LNG regasification plant on South Soko Island in Hong Kong, but said it might consider a similar project on the Chinese mainland.
  • 09/10/2008 -- Ex-KBR official pleads guilty to bribery charge
    A former official of KBR Inc. pleaded guilty Sept. 3 to federal charges that he participated in a scheme to bribe Nigerian officials over a 10-year period, the US DOJ and the SEC jointly reported.
  • 09/08/2008 -- Origin, ConocoPhillips partner in CSG-LNG project
    Origin Energy, Sydney, has shunned English suitor BG Group by selecting US major ConocoPhillips as operating partner in its four-train coal seam methane and LNG project proposed for Gladstone in Queensland.
  • 09/08/2008 -- Shell approved to gather associated gas in Basra
    The Iraqi government has approved Shell's Iraq Gas Master Plan, paving the way for the firm to invest $3-4 billion to gather 500-600 MMcfd of associated natural gas in the southern part of the country.
  • 09/06/2008 -- Alaska gas projects advance; consolidation urged
    The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), in its latest report to Congress Aug. 29, said that of the two major projects competing to deliver natural gas from Alaska's North Slope, only one likely will be built, and it is urging that the sponsors work together to build that single line.
  • 09/05/2008 -- France studies options for LNG terminal regulation
    France's Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) has set a Sept. 13, 2008, deadline for energy players to complete a consultation to gauge the importance of LNG terminals in France's natural gas system and determine how they should be regulated.