Subject:  New Oil and Gas Projects

New oil and gas projects are reported monthly to Thermal/Catalytic World Markets subscribers, http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/air.html#N007 .  Here are the project titles for the month of  August.

Oil and Gas
Updates
August 2005

Table of Contents

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

   OVERVIEW

• Technology Targets ‘Onerous’ LNG Locales
• ABB Aims to Diversify Reliance on LNG “Mega-Reservoirs”

   AMERICAS

         U.S.

• Petrosearch Energy Sells blue Ridge Field Property
• Former Oil and Gas Leader Opposes Valle Vidal Drilling
• Air Products Expands LNG Equipment manufacturing Capacity to Meet Industry Needs for Proprietary LNG Equipment
• Mississippi’s DMR Jumps into Debate on Drilling for Gas Offshore
• Tidelands Oil & Gas Corporation Aligns Itself with CenterPoint Energy Pipeline Services, Inc.
• Brinx Resources Acquires Oil and Gas Property
• Titan Constructing New Gas Pipeline
• BLM Sells Oil, Gas rights for 17,000 Acres in CO Counties
• CA Coastal Oil, Gas Leases Blocked
• Massive Wyoming to Ohio Pipeline Proposed
• Number of Oil and Gas Wells in Weld County, CO could Grow
• Canyon Creek Acquires First Oil, Gas Lease
• GE Invests in Offshore Gas
• Avalon Oil and Gas, Inc. Acquires Leasehold in Sooner Trend Field
• US Gov’t Considers Offshore Drilling Plan for 2007-12
• Sempra Sees Value in more Development for LNG
• Kerr-McGee makes Discovery in gulf of Mexico
• Spinnaker Exploration Announces Gas Discovery off Louisiana
• BHP Billiton and Partners Sanction Neptune Development
• Encore Acquisition Buys Oil, Gas Assets
• Gulf Coast Oil & Gas Expands Exploration Area in Louisiana
• Oil Majors Count the Cost of Katrina

      CANADA

• Prairie Oil & Gas Has Successful Well Exploration
• Habanero Negotiating on New Multi-Well Oil and Gas Prospect in Alberta, Canada
• Esprit Buys Oil and Gas Producer

      CUBA

• OVL to Buy 30 Percent in Ten Cuban Oilfields

      PERU

• S Korea’s SK Corp Affiliate Peru LNG secures Repsol YPF as Long-term Buyer

ASIA

      AUSTRALIA

• Woodside Planning ‘$3.8 bn’ New Gas Project

      BANGLADESH

• India Eyes Oil, Gas Exploration in Bangladesh

      CHINA / INDIA

• China and India to Push for New Phase in Energy Diplomacy

      CHINA

• Cnooc bid for Unocal Is One Play in Bigger Game
• Major Oil, Gas Discovery in NW China’s Tarim Basin
• Chinese Firm Wins Deal to Explore for Oil and Gas in Disputed Waters
• Proven Gas, Oil Reserves of Tahe Oilfield Tops 500 mln tons

      JAVA / NEW GUINEA / SUMATRA

• Indonesia Govt Awards 9 Oil/Gas Concessions to Local/Foreign Companies

      INDIA

• ONGC Makes Gas Finds in Cambay, Bokaro Blocks
• ONGC Announces 4 New Oil & Gas Finds
• ONGC to Deliver Deepwater Gas in April

      INDONESIA

• Singapore Wants to Help Indonesia Develop Oil and Gas Industry
• Indonesia to up Java Gas Supply to Save on Oil
• Japan’s Inpex Mulls LNG Project in Indonesia
• Indonesia Negotiates $5 Billion Expansion of LNG Plant

      MYANMAR

• China, India Zero in on Kazakh, Myanmar Fuel Assets

      MALAYSIA

• More US Investments in Malaysia’s Oil & Gas Expected
• KIC Oil and Gas Malaysian Govt to Meet on Setting up Petroleum Hub

      SINGAPORE

• SeaDrill Orders Second Semi at Jurong

      THAILAND

• Pogo Closes Sale of Thailand Oil and Gas Assets

      VIET NAM

• New Oil Field Discovered in Viet Nam’s Continental Shelf
• Viet Nam Urges Oil and Gas Industry to Boost International Cooperation

    EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

      IRELAND

• Firms Given Gas & Oil Exploration Licenses off Irish Coast

      NORWAY

• More Oil in North Sea’s Troll Field
• Norsk Hydro Discovers Oil near Oseberg
• Statoil Looking to Light Intervention to Lift Productivity from Subsea Wells

  UNITED KINGDOM

• Shell Ends North Sea Brent Repairs; Resumes Oil, Gas Production
• Dana Petroleum Says Cavendish Gas Field Plan Approved

      ANGOLA

• BP Makes Eighth Oil Discovery in the Ultra-Deep Water Block 31 Angola

      NAMIBIA

• Namibia in Gas, Oil Deals with BHP and Others

      RUSSIA

• Sakhalin I Project Operational in October
• Statoil Signs Draft Deal on Barents Sea Collaboration with Murmansk Authorities

      IRAN

• New Desalination Unit to be Set Up in Gachsaran Oilfield
• Project Saves 13m Cubic Meters of Gas from Burnign in Gachsaran, Kohkiloyeh-Boyerahmad Prov

      KUWAIT

• $7bn Project Kuwait, Draft Law

      OMAN

• $300m Petrofac Win in Oman

QATAR

• Boost for Qatar LNG
• Teekay Awarded Four Long-Term LNG Contracts
• Japan Firms Win $1.8 Billion Shipping Order from Qatar LNG producer

      SYRIA

• Syria-Croatia Sign Gas Agreement
• Syrian Signs Oil and Gas Exploration Contract with Canada and Kuwait

      YEMEN

• Yemen LNG Development Launched

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Bob McIlvaine

rmcilvaine@mcilvainecompany.com