Subject: New Oil and Gas Projects for May ‘06
New oil and gas projects are reported monthly to Scrubber/Adsorber World
Markets
http://www.mcilvainecompany.com/air.html#n008 subscribers. Here
are the project titles for the month of May ‘06.
OIL AND GAS
UPDATE
May 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
OVERVIEW
- Lack of
Staff and Equipment Hit Oil Output Worldwide
AMERICAS
U.S.
- Federal
Government Plans Oil and Gas Auction in Utah
- Ruling
Challenged on Allowing more Gas Wells in Colorado’s Bolder and Weld Counties
-
California Introduces Bill to Limit Emissions of Gases
-
Michigan Company to Drill for Gas in Philadelphia Suburbs
- Energy
Companies Sign Oregon to California Gas-Pipeline Deal
- Linde
Gas LLC Signs Hydrogen Contract with Shell
- Pogo
Producing to Buy Latigo petroleum for $750 Million Cash
-
$527,681 Environmental Studies Begin on California Slant Oil Drilling Project
- Oil
Drilling Equipment Constitutes Newly Discovered Hazard to Migratory Birds
- Utah’s
Aneth Field Has Built up over $8 Million in ExxonMobil and Chevron Fines and
proved Troublesome for Navaho Residents
- Apache
to Buy BP U.S. Gulf Fields for $1.3 Billion
-
Colorado Headed Toward another Record Year for Oil, Gas Wells
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Petrohawk Energy and KCS Energy Agree to Merge Creating a $3.7 Billion
Enterprise
- Wyoming
Ranks No. 3 in U.S. Gas Production
- Denver
International Airport to Squeeze more Profits out of Oil and Gas on Airport
Land
- Repairs
Ahead of Schedule at Gulf of Mexico Shell Rig
- BP
Admits being ‘Blown off Course’ by Hurricane Storm Damage to its Rigs
BOLIVIA
-
Franklin Mining, Inc. Forms Franklin Oil & Gas Bolivia
- New Rig
Brings Brazil Oil Self-sufficiency
CANADA
- Oil,
Gas Fever Fuels $32 Million in Saskatchewan Land Sales
MEXICO
- ONGC
Plans Pemex Pact for Mexican Blocks as well as Eyeing LNG Blocks
VENEZUELA
-
Venezuela Takes Back Oil Fields and Signs Joint Ventures
2. ASIA
AUSTRALIA
- CNOOC,
BHP Billiton, Kerr-McGee to Explore for Natural Gas in Australia
-
Woodside Has High Hopes for Enfield
CHINA
- China’s
First Drilling Rig for 9,000-Meter Wells to go into Operation this June
- China
to Set up Asia’s Largest Offshore Oil Drilling Platform
- Keppel
Upgrades Two yards to Win China Ordered
INDIA
- India
Attracts Foreign Investment in Oil and Gas with 55 New Blocks
- India’s
Oil, IOC to Bid for Egyptian Oil, Gas Blocks with Potential to produce 500
Million Barrels of Crude
-
Reliance Strikes 60mt Oil in Krishna Basin
INDONESIA
- Exxon
May Delay $2.6 Billion Cepu Oil Drilling on Rig Scarcity
- Exxon
Sells $51 Million Stake in Indonesia Gas Field
NEW ZEALAND
- New
Zealand’s Tui Field Gets $32 Million in funding as Oil Price Surge Helps
Viability
PAKISTAN
- Attacks
on Pakistani Gas Lines Cost Heavy Financial Losses
SINGAPORE
-
Mercator Lines Places Rs 810 cr Order for Rig to Singapore Co
3. EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE
EAST
IRELAND
- Irish
Oil and Gas Company Looks to Acquire Production Activities
NORWAY
- Aker
Kvaerner $87 Million Drilling System Contract with Sevan Drilling Pte. Ltd.
-
Norwegians Buy Three Oil Rigs for $600 Million
- Abbot
to Buy Norway’s Songa Drilling for a $440 Million Cash Offer
ETHIOPIA
-
Ethiopian Rebels Warn Against Oil, Gas Exploration
KENYA
- Kenya
Signs Exploration Contract with China
- Data
Shows Kenya Has Crude Oil, Gas Prospects
LIBYA
- Medco
Energi Leases Two Rigs for Drilling Wells at Libyan Site
SUDAN
- Sudan’s
Economic Hope Lies with the Oil Industry
SYRIA
- Syria
Plans to Double Gas Production over the Next Three Years
TUNISIA
- Austria
Based OMV says Tunisia Oil and Gas Discovery Stable
GEORGIA
- Georgia
Establishes Oil, Gas Corporation
RUSSIA
- Russian
Energy Minister Discusses Gas Projects with Mitsubishi
- Shell’s
$20 Billion Russian LNG project May Get EBRD Environmental Approval by May
- Russia
is Looking to the West for New Tools of the Trade
TURKMENISTAN
- China,
Turkmenistan Sign Agreement on Oil, Gas Cooperation
IRAQ
- Large
Fire Occurs at Oil and Gas Complex in
Northern Iraq
OMAN
- Oman to
Spend $10 Billion for Oil and Gas Output
QATAR
- Qatar
to Boost Oil Output Capacity by 325,000 bpd by 2009
- Chicago
Bridge & Iron gets $150 Million Qatar Contract
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