New Oil and Gas Projects For March 10

 

New oil and gas projects are reported monthly to the Pumps World Market http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#N019 report subscribers.  Here are the project titles for the month of March 2010.

 

Oil & Gas UPDATE

March 2010

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

AMERICAS

U.S.

Air Products Makes $7 Bln Offer for Airgas

National Fuel to Expand Pipelines in Northwestern Pennsylvania

GE Replaces Turbine at MS Lake Cormorant Compressor Station

FERC Approves Perryville Gas Storage Facility

Explorer, LDH Sign Mont Belvieu Connection Agreement

National Oilwell Varco Sees Benefits in Oil Patch Tends

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Challenges EPA's Endangerment Finding

Texas Challenges EPA CO2 Mandates

Air Products to Provide NRU, Processing Equipment for ExxonMobil Texas Project

MDU Resources Launches Open Season for $100 - $130 Mln Storage, Pipeline Enhancements

Buckeye, Nova Sign MOU for Marcellus NGL Feedstock Pipeline

11 Governors Meet with Obama to Discuss Cap and Trade and Carbon Storage

New Mexico Narrowly Approves Carbon Capture, Storage Bill

Union Leader Warns White House over CO2 Rules

Enstor Launches Open Season for Houston Hub

Report Says Oil Supplies in Florida Waters Are Negligible

Congress Investigates Controversial Hydraulic Fracturing Drilling Technique

CANADA

Canada’s BC Raises $17 Mln in Oil and Gas Rights

U.S. / CANADA

TransCanada Sweetens Terms for Open Season on North Slope Gas Pipeline

MEXICO

Sempra to Acquire Mexican Pipeline Assets from El Paso Corp for $300 Mln

BRAZIL

Floatec Signs Petrobras/Chevron Papa Terra Contract

BG Group CEO Issues Positive Outlook on Brazil Production

FALKLAND ISLANDS

Falklands Oil Prospects Stir Anglo-Argentine Tensions

Falklands Oil Firm Ready for Exploration Costs

ASIA

AUSTRALIA

BP Awards $30 Mln Pyrenees Project Contract

Technip and Subsea 7 Awarded Subsea Installation Contract for CWLH Redevelopment Project

CAMBODIA

100MW Coal-fired Power Plant Planned for Cambodia

Neptune Marine gets Bayu-Undan Deal

CHINA

CNOOC/BG Sign production Sharing Contract in South China Sea

CNPC and Shandong Dongming Petrochem Set for New $292 Mln Pipeline

China’s ECEC and SES Sign Collaboration Agreement for Gasification Projects

INDIA

India to Finalize Boiler Inspection Rules

ONGC to Invest up to $30 Bln on Overseas Assets

Kawasaki to Provide India with Gas Turbine-driven Natural Gas Compression Trains and Engineering

Jaipur Fuel Depot Fire Delays Cairn's Rajasthan Pipeline

INDONESIA

Development Costs Escalated for Indonesian Projects

Pertamina Fails to Clear Environmental Hurdles for Oil and Gas Blocks

Talisman Plans Indonesia Drilling Campaign in 2010-12

BPMIGAS Approves Santos’ E. Java Gas Field Plan

Total to Spend $2 Bln on Mahakam Block

ExxonMobil Waits for BP Migas Tender for Banyu Urip Field in 2013

PHILIPPINES

Major Equipment Contracts Awarded for Tindalo Field Development

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

InterOil Buys $4.5 Mln Second Rig for Papua New Guinea Work

SOUTH EAST ASIA

SE Asia’s UMW Deepnautic JV Targets Deepwater Projects

TASMANIA

Origin Energy’s $345 Mln Yolla Mid-life Enhancement Project Moves Forward

EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

EUROPE / AFRICA

Shell Could Sell more than $10 Bln of Assets in Europe and Africa

BULGARIA

Bulgaria Ratifies Nabucco Pipeline Deal

FINLAND

Finnish Authority Grants Permit to Underwater Gas Pipeline

FRANCE

Jacobs Awarded Gas Storage Facility Renovation Project by Storengy

GREECE

Greek Electricity Utility Awards Wärtsilä Power Plant Deal

ITALY

Eni JV Getting FPSO for Kitan Field

Police Suspect Sabotage in Oil, Diesel Spill near Milan

NORWAY

Statoil Submits Gudrun Field Plan for Approval

Dana Petroleum Norway Awarded Interests in Nine New Offshore Blocks

Sevan Secures Study Contract for Luno Project in Norwegian Sea

POLAND

Polish Parliament Approves Two Pipeline Projects

ROMANIA

Romania to Ink AGIR Gas Pipeline Deal

SLOVAKIA

GE Wins $102 Mln Award to Supply Compressor Stations for Slovak Project

SPAIN

Repsol Awards Technip Subsea Contract in Mediterranean off Spain

UNITED KINGDOM

Petrofac to Spin off North Sea Assets

UK Okays First Big Step for Major $942 Mln Gas Storage Site

Technip Awarded Two Contracts for Field Developments in UK North Sea

RWE npower Joins with Royal Dutch Shell to Implement UK CCS Plant

Technip Awarded Broom Field Pipeline Contract

First Order for New GE Oil & Gas VetcoGray SVXT S-Series Subsea Tree

Apache's Forties Redevelopment Gains Speed

ANGOLA

Daewoo Wins $344 Mln Tanker Orders from Angola

NIGERIA

Shell Sells Nigeria Assets to Consortium Led by Local Companies

Offshore Drilling Contractor Seawolf Enters Nigeria with Three Oil Rigs

Nigeria Says It Spent N40 Billion to Repair Pipelines

UGANDA

Rig Shortage Delays Ugandan Oil Drilling, Appraisals

RUSSIA

Construction of Russia Gas Pipeline Set to be Launched

Russia Awards Engineering and Gas Supply Contracts to Linde Group

RUSSIA / BULGARIA

Gazprom and Bulgaria to Sign South Stream Pipeline Deal

RUSSIA / GERMANY

OMK Wins 25% of Contract to Supply Pipes for Nord Stream's Second Link

RUSSIA / VIETNAM

Gazprom, Petrovietnam form JV Gazpromviet

KUWAIT

SK Engineering and Construction Gets $724 Mln Kuwait Pipeline Contract

SAUDI ARABIA

Foster Wheeler, Sofcon to Form Saudi-based Engineering Hub

Saudi Aramco Orders Coiled-tubing Drilling Systems from Baker Hughes

 

 

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