Subject: New Oil and Gas Projects For Aug. ‘08
New oil and gas projects are reported monthly to Sedimentation/Centrifugation World Markets, click on: http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/brochures/water.html#n005 subscribers. Here are the project titles for the month of Aug. ‘08.
OIL & GAS
UPDATE
August 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
The Hunt for Oil Looking to Find New Reserves
California State Leaders Say ‘No’ to Offshore Oil
Parker Drilling Announces Contract with BP for New Ultra Extended-Reach Drilling Rig
ExxonMobil Awards Contracts to Alaskan Companies to Start Point Thomson Field Production
UNEV Pipeline Acquires $9.8 Million Utah Terminal
Advances in Oil Pumping Technology Enrich Eastern Montana
Study Supports Switch from Gasoline to CNG in U.S.
Alaska House OKs License for $26-$30 Billion Gas Pipeline
CB&I Wins $100 Million Contract for Sulfur Processing Complex
Leaking Mississippi River Barge to Be Removed
Pickens Pitches Plans to Shift U.S. away from Oil
Pickens Pitches Plans to Shift U.S. away from Oil
Energy Bill Deadlocked over Offshore Oil Drilling
New U.S. Law Targets Emissions from Ships' Diesel Engines
Texas Energy Holdings Launches Three Oil and Gas Subsidiary Companies
Contemplating the Impact of Offshore Drilling on N. Carolina
U.S. Geological Survey Finds Arctic Contains Big Supply of Oil, Natural Gas
Shell to Buy Canada's Duvernay Oil for $5.9 Billion
Enhance Energy Plans $300 Million Alberta Carbon Dioxide Pipeline
RWIG Backs Alberta Carbon Sequestration Initiative
Power Oil & Gas Acquires Land in Southern Alberta
Willbros Group Wins Canadian Mainline, Alberta Clipper Contracts
U.S. and Canada Split over Lake Erie Drilling
Russia Registers Heavy Crude Upgrading Patent for Pemex
Bolivia Unveils Plan to Boost Natural Gas Reserves
Chile to Invest $300 Million in Gas, Oil Exploration
Latin America Oil Rig Use Rises to 22-Year High as Oil Surges
India, W Australian State Sign MoU in Oil and Gas
BG Group Faces Fight for Aussie Fuel Giant Origin Energy
Clough Engineering Awarded Australia Reindeer Gas Field Contract
Saipem Awarded EPC Contract for Arzew LNG Train
Seminar Highlights Capturing and Storing CO2 Deep Underground
Demand for Natural Gas in China to Hit 100 Billion Cubic Meters in 2010
Godrej Group Plans to Enter Oil & Gas Equipment Business
ONGC to Invest $3 Billion for Exploration in KG Basin
BHEL Charts Out Major Diversification to Include Oil Rigs
Papua New Guinea's GDP Set to Double with Pipeline
Bankers Petroleum Acquires Remaining 50 Percent Interest In Kuçova Heavy Oil Field In Albania
COSL Offers $2.5 Billion to Buy Norway Firm
M.W. Kellogg Wins Double Inlet Crossover Contract
Polish Oil and Gas Concern to Develop LMG Gas Field
Wood Group to Upgrade BP Onshore Terminal
VetcoGray Completes Project in Egypt's Gulf of Suez, Converting Exploration Well To Full Production
Nigeria Loses $2.5 Billion Annually to Gas Flaring
New $1.3 Billion ExxonMobil Project Commercializes Natural Gas Liquids in Nigeria
Pride International Announces Contract for Drilling Operations Offshore West Africa
TMK Ships Pipes for Gazprom's Pochinki-Gryazovets Project
Russian Government Puts $20 Billion Price Tag on South Stream Pipeline
Gazprom, BASF Begin Gas Production in Siberia JV
Russia's Gazprom Agrees to Develop Iranian Oil, Gas Fields
Safer Pipeline Lets Iraq Oil Exports Flow
Dolphin Taps Russian Firm for $418 Million Gas Pipeline Contract
LeTourneau Obtains $74 Million Contract for New Land Rigs
Abu Dhabi's Oderco Wins $136 Million U.S. Order
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