New Oil and Gas Projects For October ‘08
New oil and gas projects are reported monthly to Thermal/Catalytic World Air Pollution Markets http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n007subscribers. Here are the project titles for the month of October ‘08.
Oil and Gas Updates
October 2008
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
1. AMERICAS
U.S.
TransCanada Advances Pathfinder Pipeline Project with the Acquisition of Bison Pipeline LLC
Michigan’s Savoy Energy Fights Environmental Drilling Ruling
Northern Natural Gas Selects ITT for Pipeline Survey and Monitoring Work
EPA Suspends TxLED Mandates through September
Alliance Pipeline Seeks Waiver from FERC
Small Oil Producers Take Hit from U.S. Gulf Coast Hurricanes
Big Demand in Energy Sector for 3D Pipe Designers
State Regulators Continue Overhaul of Colorado Oil and Gas Rules
U.S. Senate to Vote on Extending Energy Tax Credits
Cameron to Acquire KB Industries for $85 Mln
29 Offshore Oil Platforms Suffered Extensive Damage from Ike
Energy Transfer Partners Announces Completion of Pipeline Projects in Texas and New Mexico
Rowan Obtains Three-year Contracts with Encana for Six Land Rigs
Triton Group Increases U.S. Presence with Launch of UKPS Offshore
BP and Secure Energy Announce Natural Gas Sales Agreement to follow Construction of New Decatur Plant
Honeywell Launches XNX Universal Gas Transmitter with Advanced Gas Detection Technology
Callon Begins Deepwater Development at Entrada
Somilar Energy Announces New Exploration Project in Aliso Canyon Prospect
Santa Fe County Unveils Oil and Gas Ordinance
U.S. Drilling Ban Ends, but Supplies Still Far Off
Heartland Oil and Gas Makes Final Connections to $4 Mln Expansion
MMS Releases Details of Drilling Rigs Destroyed from Hurricane Ike
U.S. / SOUTH AMERICA
Eco-Tec Installs Three New Amipur Systems
CANADA
Rig Activity Scheduler 3.0 Improves Management of Complex Drilling Operations
GE Oil & Gas' PII Pipeline Solutions Expands Staff and Engineering Services in Calgary
MEXICO
Key Energy Awarded $68 Mln Contract to Provide Specialized Workover Services to Pemex
Subsea 7’s i-Tech Division Announces New $20 Mln Contract Awards Offshore Mexico
2. ASIA
AUSTRALIA
Hess Strikes Natural Gas at Nimblefoot Well Offshore Australia
EAST MALAYSIA
Petra Wins $322 Mln Contract Support Shell's Facilities off East Malaysia
INDIA
India’s Jindal Steel to Float Petroleum Subsidiary
GE Energy Supplying 32 Gas Engines to Cairn India Pipeline Project
PHILIPPINES
Bungled Promotion of CNG Use in the Philippines Causing Energy Missteps
SINGAPORE
Hallin Marine Leads Move to $280 Mln Singapore Port Expansion
Singapore’s Senoko Spends $523.4 Mln to Convert to Gas-fired Power
TASMANIA
Hunt Energy Drill Rig Arrives in Tasmania
THAILAND
Cuel Ltd. Inks Thai Installation Contract with Singapore Based Swiber
Rupture Reported in Thailand’s PTTEP's Bongkot Pipeline
VIETNAM
Aker Solutions Establishes New Base in Vietnam
J. Ray McDermott Wins Vietnamese Engineering, Procurement & Installation Subcontract
3. EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
BULGARIA
Bulgaria Agrees To Join 'Mini Nabucco' for Azeri Gas
THE NETHERLANDS
Noble Drilling Corp Selects Huisman Design for New Drillship
NORWAY
NPD Launches Survey of Potential CO2 Storage Site in North Sea
Bergen Group Awarded $29.4 Mln EPCIC Contract by StatoilHydro for Process Plant Modifications
Plexus Holdings Announces Wellhead Equipment Contract Win with ConocoPhillips
'Smart Water' May Help Boost Production from Oil Wells By 60 Percent
Reelwell New Drilling Method Helps Get More Oil Out
SERBIA
Serbia Ratifies Accord for Gazprom to Build Pipeline, Gas Storage Facility
TURKEY
OMV Gas & Power to Set Up Gas-Fired Power Plant in Turkey
UNITED KINGDOM
BJ Services Co Awarded Well Services Contract
AF Gruppen Signs an Agreement with Shell UK for Decommissioning Gas Field Platforms
ANGOLA
Technip Awarded Two BP Deals for Offshore Angola
GHANA
New Authority to Regulate Oil, Gas in Ghana
NAMIBIA
Firstdrill Completes Namibian Project Management
NIGERIA
Nigerian, Japanese Firms Sign MOU for Gas Pipeline Project
SOUTH AFRICA
Eskom has Awarded Contract to JV to Equip Pumped Storage Power Projects
TUNISIA
PSN Wins SEREPT Platform Upgrade Deal in Tunisia
WEST AFRICA
Devon Energy Closes $205 Mln Sale of Assets in West Africa’s Cote d'Ivoire
WEST AFRICA / EGYPT
Saipem Awarded New Offshore Drilling Contracts worth $830 Mln
RUSSIA / VENEZUELA
Russia, Venezuela Plan Energy Consortium
RUSSIA / SOUTH KOREA
Russia, South Korea Sign $100 Bln Oil, Gas Deal
IRAN
Iran Seeks Foreign Money for $8 Bln Gas Pipeline
Gazprom and NIOC to Jointly Develop Oil and Gas Fields
IRAQ
Iraq Strikes JV Gas Deal with Shell
Britain's Premier Oil Disqualified from Bid for Iraq Contract
KUWAIT
Kuwait Petroleum's Target investments at $55 Bln in next Five Years
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
MENAdrill Orders Two New Drilling Rigs in Excess of $400 Mln
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