Tesoro Corp. announced shipment of the first barrels of oil through the reversed 81-mile Petroterminal de Panama trans-Panamanian pipeline from the Atlantic side of the isthmus to the Pacific.

The Port of Dalian, aiming to become a major gateway for China’s oil imports, plans to spend $117 million or more this year on the necessary storage and berthing infrastructure.

Pakistan National Shipping Corp. (PNSC) has short-listed two Japanese-built oil tankers for acquisition at a cost of $60 million.

The Egyptian-Israeli consortium Egyptian Mediterranean Gas (EMG) has finalized terms of an agreement to supply natural gas to Israel’s Dorad Energy, revising an agreement initially struck in 2007.

Kuwait City Municipality has agreed to grant Kuwait Oil Co. (KOC) a location in Abu Halifa to establish sea port facilities, according to a senior official.

The Ghana Ports and Harbor Authority plans to begin construction of an oil service terminal at the Takoradi Port in September in preparation for the start of oil production next year.

Jacky field in the UK North Sea is producing over 11,000 b/d of oil, according to operator Ithaca Energy (UK) Ltd.

French authorities have refused to extend an agreement allowing 4Gas, Rotterdam, to build a 6-9 billion-cu-m/year LNG terminal on the site of a former oil storage depot at the Port of Bordeaux at Le Verdon.

Nexus Energy Ltd., Melbourne, will resume construction and offshore hook-up in September of its Longtom natural gas field in the Bass Strait off southeast Victoria upon arrival onsite of its new diving support and installation vessel.

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. has let two lump-sum contracts to Technip SA to design equipment to bring deepwater Caesar Tonga field on stream by 2011 in the Gulf of Mexico.

Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Koninklijke Vopak NV have announced the formation of a joint venture aimed at developing an LNG terminal at Fos-sur-Mer, France.