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  • 09/24/2010 -- White House readies its own leak notification rule, panel told
    The Obama administration not only supports a US House bill that would require operators of a leaking oil or gas pipeline to notify authorities within 1 hr, but also is preparing to propose the requirement as a regulation, the top federal pipeline regulator told a US House subcommittee on Sept. 23.
  • 09/21/2010 -- Al-Qaeda blamed for Yemen gas pipeline attack
    Yemeni authorities blamed members of the terrorist Al-Qaeda organization for an attack last week on a 320-km natural gas pipeline linking Block 18 in Marib province with liquefaction facilities at Balhaf in Shabwa province.
  • 09/20/2010 -- Federal legislation proposed following California gas line blast
    US Sec. of Transportation Ray LaHood sent legislation to Congress on Sept. 15 to increase federal natural gas pipeline oversight and increase the maximum fine for serious violations to $2.5 million from $1 million.
  • 09/16/2010 -- Alabama governor approves offshore LNG terminal
    Alabama Gov. Bob Riley approved the deepwater port application from TORP Terminal LP for a license to construct, own, and operate the Bienville Offshore Energy Terminal.
  • 09/14/2010 -- DOE approves LNG export from Sabine Pass terminal
    The US Department of Energy last week approved a request from a unit of Cheniere Energy Inc., Houston, to export LNG produced from US gas fields.
  • 09/13/2010 -- Gas flowing through Iran's IGAT 7 pipeline
    Natural gas is flowing through the 907-km, 56-in. OD Iran Gas Trunkline 7 (IGAT 7) from Asalouyeh on the Persian Gulf to Iranshahr in the southern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, National Iranian Gas Co. reports.
  • 09/13/2010 -- China wants reduced rate for Russia's ESPO crude
    Chinese officials believe their country’s imports of Russian oil via the recently launched East Siberia Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline spur should be purchased at a lower rate due to the shorter distance it travels.
  • 09/09/2010 -- Another US LNG terminal to export
    Another US Gulf Coast LNG terminal is seeking permission to export.
  • 09/09/2010 -- Sinopec terminal gains NDRC approval
    China’s National Development and Reform Commission has approved the first phase of Sinopec Corp.'s LNG terminal in eastern Shandong Province, according to press reports.
  • 09/09/2010 -- Gazprom to double gas take from Azerbaijan
    OAO Gazprom of Russia and SOCAR, Azerbaijan’s state oil company, have signed an agreement doubling Azerbaijan’s exports of natural gas to Russia.
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