Subject: New Oil and Gas Projects for September ‘06
New oil and gas projects are reported monthly to Thermal/Catalytic World Markets subscribers. For more information, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/air.html#N007 . Here are the project titles for the month of September ‘06.
Oil and Gas Updates September 2006
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
OVERVIIEW
Staff and Rigs Shortages Put Oil Firms over Barrel
1. AMERICAS
U.S.
Torrent's Gas Exploratory Project in Coos Bay Basin Infused with Big Money
Oil Companies Eye California's Offshore Leases
Crumbling Alaska Pipeline Adds to BP Woes
Oil Wells could be Coming to Livonia, MI
First Phase of Oil Drilling Project OK'd in Santa Barbara County
Energy Industry in the Gulf still isn't 100 Percent after Hurricanes with Damage of about $15 Billion
Flying J Shores up Fuel Supply with Texas Pipeline Purchase
World's First WiMAX Oil Rig Deployment
Colorado State Regulators Propose Oil, Gas Air-pollution Controls
Cabot Oil & Gas Sells Offshore Portfolio
Delta Oil & Gas to Commence 50 Well Drill Program in Mississippi & Louisiana
Petrobras Announces Investment in the Gulf of Mexico
A Year after Katrina, US Gulf Drillers Rein In Rogue Rigs
Blast Energy Services Acquires Land Rig Drilling Company for $50 million .
BOLIVIA
Bolivia Suspends Nationalization of its Oil and Gas Industry
BRAZIL
Singapore's Keppel Wins $270 million Oil Rig Contract from Brazil
CANADA
Washington Group Wins $40 million Syncrude Contract to Retrofit Desulfurization System
Jacobs Engineering has Upgrader Contract with Northern Lights
Fluor Corp. has $88 million Upgrader Contract with Husky
Alberta, Ottawa Team up to Fund $680 million Oil-Sands Highway
Husky will Spend $90 million to Expand Pipeline for New Oil Sands Output
Shell Canada’s Scotford Expansion Green-lighted as Upgrader gets Conditional Approval
Siemens Selected for Oil Sands Development in Canada
Alberta Company Looks to Go Nuclear to Power Oil Sands
AMEC Awarded Lead Role on Enbridge Oil Sands Pipeline Project
Penn West Plans Measured Oil Sands Development
Total SA's Oil Sands Project Pushed Back Three Years
Alberta Drastically Changing Oil and Gas Royalty Programs to Give Energy Industry a Body Blow
MEXICO
Invensys to Supply Multi-Faceted Upgrade for Mexico’s PEMEX Oil Fields.
2. ASIA
AUSTRALIA
Australia’s Maritime Union Voices Safety Concerns after Oil Rig Fire
CHINA
China Announces Latin American Investments Including $5 Billion in Venezuela Oil Projects
Drilling Companies Increasingly Look to China for Equipment
INDIA
Indian Ship Sinks without Damaging Oil Rig, Crew Rescued
Oil Rig Arrives at Chennai Port
Foster Wheeler Wins Contract in India for Design of the World's Largest Delayed Coker
PHILIPPINES
The U.K.’s Granby Oil & Gas Says Galoc Field Has 9.6 Million Proven Barrels Oil
Nido Petroleum to Commence Drilling at Galoc Oil Field
PAKISTAN
Pakistan, Australia Discuss Investment Opportunities in Oil & Gas
VIETNAM
British Premier Oil Finds Oil and Gas in Vietnam
3. EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
ENGLAND
Willis Group Forms Global Energy Business
IRELAND
Foster Wheeler Wins Contract in India for Design of the World's Largest Delayed Coker
Serica Energy Wins Licenses to Explore Offshore Irish Gas Fields
Grianan Energy Fails to Secure Irish Oil and Gas Exploration License
NORWAY
SPAIN
GE Oil to Supply Two Turbo-Compressors Packages to Engas
ALGERIA
Winning Bidders Expected to Invest $2 billion in Nigerian Oil Blocks
LeTourneau Workers Begin Building New Kind of Rig
EGYPT
Egypt’s Gas Industry Stuck between Two Phases of Booming Development
RUSSIA / ALGERIA
Russia and Algeria to Draft Oil and Gas Accord
RUSSIA
Russia Threatens To Shut Down Sakhalin-II Oil Production
UZBEKIISTAN
International Consortium to Explore Oil, Gas Fields in Uzbekistan
ABU DHABI
GE Oil & Gas Gets Upgrade Contract at ASAB Gas Development
DUBAI
Dubai to Manage its Own Oil
Petrofac to Run Dubai's Oilfields
IRAQ
Invensys gets Contract to Supply Southern Iraq Oilfields
SAUDI ARABIA
Rowan Receives Rig Contracts worth $550M from Saudi Arabian Oil
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Bob McIlvaine
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