Subject:  New Oil and Gas Projects For May ‘08

 

New oil and gas projects are reported monthly to Thermal/Catalytic World Air Pollution Markets   http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/air.html#n007

subscribers.  Here are the project titles for the month of May ‘08.

 

OIL AND GAS

UPDATE

 

May 2008

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

 

OVERVIEW

Oil Exploration Becoming Network-intensive Enterprise

Major Oil Companies must Innovate to Sustain Business into Next Century

U.S.

BP, ConocoPhillips Forming Team for $30 Bln-plus Denali Pipeline Project

Major $42 Million Gas Storage Expansion Underway in Pacific Northwest for Puget Sound Energy

Nicor Plans CA Gas Storage Facility

Conoco Seeks Five Permits for more Wells in Cooks Inlet

Renewed Oil Exploration Coming up Short in the U.S.

CANADA

Drilling Rig Advancements in the Western Canada Sedimentary Basin

Technip gets Major Husky Oil Subsea Contract

Cameron Gets $235 Million Pact to Provide Subsea Equipment for Offshore

Canda Project

More Canadian Junior Producers Heading Overseas

April Sale of Oil and Gas Rights Nets $39.6 Million in British Columbia

BRAZIL

Brazil Leading World in Ships that Drill for Deepwater Oil

VENEZUELA

Chavez says JV will invest $946 Million in Venezuela’s Offshore Corocoro Field

BRUNEI / MALAYSIA

Maersk Contractors' Rigs gets Two Contracts from Shell

CHINA

China's Commercial Oil Stock Build Could Unsettle Market

Musharraf Proposes Building Pakistan-China Pipeline

Uzbekneftgas, CNPC Team Up On Gas Pipeline

China’s CNPC begins Construction on $42 Million Wanzhou Natural Gas

Purification Plant

INDIA

American Electric Technologies Works on Indian Offshore Rigs

INDONESIA

Striker Oil & Gas Signs Joint Development Agreement with GEO Corp.

PAKISTAN

India to Resolve Issues and Meet with Pakistan on IPI Gas Pipeline

SRI LANKA

Sri Lanka Conglomerate Urges Stepped Up Oil Search

CB&I Wins $60 Million Contract from Star Petroleum Refining

VIETNAM

Petronas to Develop Yen Tu Discovery Offshore Vietnam

CENTRAL EUROPE

Romania, Serbia and Croatia Agree On $5.6 Billion Oil Pipeline

EUROPE

Nord Stream Estimates Project Budget at €7.4 Billion

Russia Gazprom, German Siemens Sign Strategic Deal

Centrax Wins Trent 60 Genset Franchise for Europe from Rolls-Royce

ITALY

Italy's Environment Ministry could Clear Two LNG Terminals by April 11

Italy’s ERG Joins Italian Rivara Gas Storage Project

NORWAY

GE Oil & Gas Signs $300 Million Plus Frame Agreements with StatoilHydro

StatoilHydro Starts Carbon Storage at Snohvit

New Company Spring Energy Gets $120 Million Financing

POLAND / UKRAINE

Poland, Ukraine Agree On Euro-Asia Oil Transport

SLOVAKIA

Slovakia in Talks to Reverse Druzhba Pipeline Flow

TURKEY

Turkey’s Enerjisa Finalizes EPC Contract for Gas-fired Power Plant

UNITED KINGDOM

UK Refinery Strike Threatens Oil, Gas Supply

KENYA

Seven More Firms Seek License for Gas Exploration in Kenya

RUSSIA

Gazprom Is in Talks to Take Control over TNK-BP

Shell Sees Increasing Opportunities in Russia

Gazprom to Design Major Natural Gas Projects

TNK-BP to Invest $60 Million into Development of the Russkoe Field

J P Kenny Wins Strategic Pipeline Contract in Arctic Russia

Rosneft and Japan to Cooperate in Oil Development and Technology

Power Machines $125 Million Turbines Contract for Russian Power Plants

Siemens to Provide Rosneft with Three Gas Turbines for $63 Million.

Russia Achieves Long Term Success with Integrated Solution for Oil Sludge Processing

RUSSIA / CIS

Integra and Smith International Announce JV to Supply Oilfield Services in Russia and CIS

AFGHANISTAN

Turkmenistan, Pakistan to Discuss Trans-Afghan Pipeline

AZERBAIJAN

Major Contracts to Rolls Royce for Caspian Project

KAZAKSTAN

Agip KCO Awards Petrofac Kashagan $105 Million Compressor Train Contract

TURKMENISTAN

Dragon Oil Gets New Flows of Oil from Latest Turkmenistan Well

IRAQ

Lukoil in Talks with Iraq Officials on West Qurna Field

OVL Qualifies for Oil, Gas Contracts in Iraq

OMAN

Larsen & Toubro Focus on Doubling Revenues from Overseas Offshore Ventures

SAUDI ARABIA

Halliburton Awarded Contract to Develop Manifa Offshore Project

 

 

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