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• 08/29/2011 -- Petrobras lets contract for world's largest FSRU
  Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras) has awarded Excelerate Energy, Houston, a 15-year time charter for which Excelerate will provide an advanced floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) to be named by Petrobras VT3.
• 08/26/2011 -- Libyan oil exports could resume in two weeks
  Libya’s crude oil exports could resume in 2-3 weeks, with full production coming in a year or so, according to estimates of the country’s rebel government.
• 08/25/2011 -- BPTT starts gas flow from Serrette off Trinidad and Tobago
  Natural gas production has started from Serrette field off Trinidad and Tobago, reported BP Trinidad & Tobago (BPTT), the field’s operator. Serrette lies in 280 ft of water off southeastern Trinidad.
• 08/24/2011 -- EU plans to impose oil embargo on Syria 'next week'
  The European Union adopted sanctions against 15 more Syrian individuals and five businesses, and said a promised oil embargo on the Middle Eastern country could be in place next week.
• 08/24/2011 -- Russia approves Total's participation in Yamal LNG project
  Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service said it has approved the intention of Total SA unit Total Razvedka Razrabotka Yamal to join the shareholding structure of the Yamal LNG project.
• 08/24/2011 -- PHMSA seeks comments on possible new gas pipeline rules
  The US Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) is seeking information on whether to propose new natural gas pipeline safety requirements, the US Department of Transportation agency announced.
• 08/23/2011 -- Saudi oil headed to US West Coast from Okinawa storage base
  Saudi Aramco, which last year accepted oil storage space in Okinawa from the Japanese government, will this month begin to send shipments of oil stored in Japan to the US West Coast.
• 08/22/2011 -- Tankers attacked off Oman, Eritrea
  Oil tankers continue to be the target of choice for pirates in Middle Eastern waters, with mass attacks now taking place in the Red Sea.
• 08/22/2011 -- Mozambique appraisal well adds to LNG stature
  Results of an appraisal well near the Barquentine discovery off Mozambique has added confidence to Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s plans for a liquefied natural gas plant fed by gas from Offshore Area 1 discoveries. The company has let contracts for pre-FEED studies.
• 08/19/2011 -- North Slope LNG, Nenana exploration plans aired
  Two companies are launching efforts to liquefy Alaska North Slope natural gas and truck it to the state’s interior while a Native regional corporation plans to press gas exploration in the nonproducing Nenana basin west of Fairbanks.