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• 12/05/2011 -- Baker: China poised to become world's largest LNG importer
  China became a price setter on the iron ore market within the last 3 years, and China could become a future price setter for natural gas, Edward L. Morse, managing director of commodities research at Citigroup Global Markets Inc., told an energy conference at Rice University’s Baker Institute.
• 12/01/2011 -- BP sees two pipeline choices from Shah Deniz
  BP PLC said two alternative pipeline projects are under consideration for the transport of natural gas from its giant Shah Deniz field in the wake of recent agreements signed by Azerbaijan and Turkey.
• 11/28/2011 -- Petronet board approves additional capacity at Kochi
  Regasification capacity at Petronet LNG Ltd.’s Kochi LNG terminal has been approved for expansion to 5 million tonnes/year from the originally planned 2.5 million tpy, the company reported.
• 11/23/2011 -- El Paso investigating Mississippi gas pipeline explosion
  Investigation is ongoing regarding a natural gas release and fire on El Paso Corp.’s Tennessee Gas Pipeline in Panola County, Miss., near Batesville, the evening of Nov. 21.
• 11/22/2011 -- Cooper basin Western Flank oil line back in service
  Santos Ltd. has returned its Tantanna to Gidgealpa crude oil pipeline in Australia’s Cooper basin to service at 5,500 b/d of throughput, reported Beach Energy Ltd., Adelaide.
• 11/18/2011 -- Cushing MarketLink oil pipeline moving forward; Wrangler under evaluation
  TransCanada Corp. still plans to build its Cushing MarketLink crude oil pipeline between Cushing, Okla., and the Texas Gulf Coast, despite plans to reverse the Seaway pipeline to deliver crude along a similar route. Enbridge (US) Inc. and Enterprise Products Partners LP, meanwhile, are evaluating plans for the 800,000 b/d newbuild Wrangler pipeline in the wake of the reversal decision.
• 11/16/2011 -- Qatargas signs EPC contract for LNG plant
  Qatargas Operating Co. Ltd. signed an engineering, procurement, and construction agreement with a unit of Global Engineering & Construction Group, itself part of Foster Wheeler AG, and with the subsidiary’s joint-venture partner Qatar Kentz WLL.
• 11/16/2011 -- Contract let for Sabine Pass LNG liquefaction trains
  Cheniere Energy Partners LP selected Bechtel to provide engineering, procurement, and construction services for two new liquefaction trains at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Cameron Parish, La.
• 11/15/2011 -- Woodside releases Browse LNG project draft EIS
  Woodside Petroleum Ltd. has released for public comment its draft environmental impact statement (EIS) for the proposed $30 billion (Aus.) Browse LNG project in Western Australia.
• 11/15/2011 -- Nebraska pipeline siting bill would not apply to Keystone XL
  Nebraska’s unicameral legislature gave first-round approval to a bill that would establish authority for the state to regulate oil pipeline routes within its borders, but the measure would not apply to TransCanada Corp.’s proposed Keystone XL crude oil pipeline project if it becomes law.