New Oil and Gas Projects For Dec. 08
New oil and gas projects are reported monthly to Scrubber/Adsorber/Biofilter World Markets
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com//brochures/air.html#n008 subscribers. Here are the project titles for the month of Dec. ‘08.
OIL AND GAS UPDATE
December 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Future Oil, Primary Energy Demand to Slow According to IEA Report
Pipeline Operator Kinder Morgan Eyes Growth during Economic Downturn
Petroleum Elastomers Joins Simrit Oil and Gas
Companies Balk at Advancing Ethanol Pipeline System
Parker Hannifin Acquires Manufacturer of Water Filtration and RO Equipment
DeepBlue Technologies Opens Subsea Operations Base
Bobcat Gas' Salt Cavern Begins Natural Gas Storage in Louisiana
Woodside Energy USA Selects Paradigm Software for U.S. Operations
Aker Solutions Signs $23 Million in Contracts for Murphy's Subsea Inventory Program
SulphCo Inks Extension on Upgrading Tech with Industrial Sonomechanics
History of the $100 Million GE-Wyoming Coal-Gasification Project
Ecopetrol and Eni will Drill 5 Prospects in Gulf of Mexico
Court Halts Shell's Plan to Drill for Oil in Beaufort Sea
Environmental Protection Advocated amid Michigan’s Drilling Boom
U.S. Takes First Step toward New Offshore Oil Drilling off Virginia Coast
New Mexico Receives $615 Million in Oil, Gas Royalties in 2008
Aker to Supply Murphy Subsea Trees with $23 Million Contract
Spectra Energy Holds Open Season for Expansion in Northern B.C.
ConocoPhillips Gas Well Burns Out of Control in B.C.
Alberta Tweaks Royalty Rates Change to Keep Drilling Going
Aker Awarded Deep Panuke Wellhead Contract
Oil Drillers Eye Mexico Expansion despite Contract Delays
Brazil’s Mauá Shipyard to Upgrade Two Brasdril Rigs for $13 Million
Brazil Poised to Become the Region’s New Type of Oil Giant
Brazil's Petrobras Discovers another Oil Patch of 2 Billion Barrels
Deep Down Receives $11.1 Million Delba III Buoyancy Contract
MEC Resources Confirms Hydrocarbon Gas in Offshore Sydney Basin
Terminals Pty Ltd Chooses Emerson Smart Wireless Solution to Monitor Pipeline Temperatures
China Okays $67.4 Million Cross-provincial CBM Pipeline
Cnooc Plans $29 Billion South China Sea Exploration
Lundin Petroleum Signs New Production Sharing Contracts in Indonesia
Seadrill, Scorpion, Lewek Evaluating Keppel
Italy Grants Po Valley Energy the Castello Gas Field Concession
Marathon Sells Heimdal Interests Offshore Norway to Centrica for $416 Million
Polish Premier Visits Kuwait and Qatar for Gas Contract Talks
Cromarty Firth Port Authority Celebrates Arrival of 600th Rig
Switzerland’s Manas Petroleum Appoints New Independent Director
Oil Pipeline Fire Extinguished in Southeast Turkey
Petrofac Energy Awards BJ Services North Sea Casing and Tubing Operation
Sonatrach Awards Saipem LPG Contract worth $1.63 Billion
Nigerian Militants Threaten Oil and Gas Facilities in Western Delta
Libya says Work Set to Start on 354 km Uganda Oil Pipeline
Shell Forms Partnership for Iraq Exploration and Marketing with Turkish Firms
Kuwait Oil Co. Awards Petrofac $543 Million Pipeline Contract
Aramco Wants Cheaper Deals for New Refineries
Flowserve Signs Long-Term Strategic Agreement with Saudi Aramco
Mustang Wins Contract for Abu Dhabi Carbon Capture and Storage Project
Petrofac Wins Brownfield Consultancy Contract in Abu Dhabi
Occidental, Mubadala to Invest $500 Million in Oman Gas Fields Development
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