Subject:  New Oil and Gas Projects For July ‘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 July ‘08.

OIL & GAS UPDATE

July 2008

 

           TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

OVERVIEW

Big Emerging Nations Demand G8 Greenhouse Gas Cuts

AMERICAS

U.S.

Greater Access to Drilling Could Mean more Oil-industry Strain

Great American Buys Drilling Contractor Equipment worth $50 Million

Florida’s Concern over Oil Drilling Safety

Rockies Alliance Pipeline Open Season a Success

Missouri Oil and Gas Permit Applications Increase

Omni Oil & Gas Sells$1.25 Million Louisiana Property

Maine’s Penobscot County Eyes Switch to Natural Gas

Gazprom and Lukoil Holdings Eye Gulf of Mexico Exploration via Cuba

Cardinal Gas Storage Acquires Development Projects in North Louisiana

Monroe Gas Storage Begins Construction on Mississippi Storage Project

Fowler Oil Says Coal Bed Methane Gas Production to Begin in the Fall

El Paso Pipeline Announces WIC Expansion

Caspian Holdings Announces more U.S. Expansion with Acquisition of Black Gold

Marathon $750 Million Contract Extension for Noble's Deepwater Rig in Gulf of Mexico

Elixir Secures Rig for Third Development Well in Gulf of Mexico Pompano Project

CANADA

Penn West Seeks CO2 from Saskatchewan Power Plant

Central Alberta Well Services Announces Acquisition of Service Rig Division

Less Flaring, more Venting of Solution Gas in Alberta in 2007

COLOMBIA

Rebel Attacks Shut Down Colombian Oil Pipeline

MEXICO

InterGen to Acquire Gas Compression Station, Pipeline in Mexico for $88.1 Million

ASIA

ASIA / PACIFIC

Shell and Arrow Energy to Co-Develop CSG Projects in Asia-Pacific

AUSTRALIA

W Australia’s Apache to Take Two Months to Restore Partial Gas Supply

Australia Warns of 'Huge' Economic Impact from Gas Pipeline Blast

Anzon Venture to Expand $1.2 Billion Southeast Coast Australian Oil, Gas Project

CHINA

China Starts Work On Its First CBM Pipeline

China Oilfield Agrees to Buy Awilco for $2.49 Billion

China’s CNOOC Strikes Oil, Gas in new Bohai Bay Well

INDIA

Iraq Adds Six more Oil Firms Qualified to Bid for Future Deals

Shell and Arrow Energy to Co-Develop CSG Projects in Asia-Pacific

India Fields Resume Oil, Gas Output after Blast

PAKISTAN

Eni Makes Major Gas Discovery in Pakistan

SINGAPORE

Keppel, Sembcorp Marine Experience Surge in Oil-Rig Orders

SRI LANKA

Sri Lanka Seals $100 Million Oil and Gas Deal

WEST ASIA

Bhel Set to get Contract for 50 Onshore Oil Rigs from West Asia

EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST

BULGARIA

Gold Point Energy Announces LOI on Bulgaria Gas Project

FRANCE

Bateman Litwin Wins Contract for French Gas Storage Facility

EUROPE

Active and Growing Market for European Offshore Industry

European Parliament Stresses Importance of Nord Stream Pipeline

HUNGARY

Hungary Hopes to Create New Platform for Oil and Gas Co-operation with Azerbaijan

ITALY

Independent Resources Awarded Gas Storage Contract in Italy

Petroceltic Wins Nine Exclusive Exploration Permits Offshore Italy

Gaz de France Enters the Italian Storage Market

NORWAY

StatoilHydro makes Gas Discovery in Barents Sea

Norway Wins Two Subsea Field Development Projects for $12 Million

Centrica Acquires its First Norwegian Gas Producing Interests for $375 Million

FMC Technologies Announces $45 Million Subsea Contract with StatoilHydro

FMC Technologies Receives $120 Million Order from ConocoPhillips for Ekofisk Development

ROMANIA

GE Gets Gas Turbine Orders for Romania’s Petrom Power Project

UNITED KINGDOM

UK Oil and Gas Production to Fall in 2008

UK Oil and Gas Production Expected to Fall in 2008

KBR Awarded Global Engineering and Project Management Services Contract by BP

WALES

Centrica Heads into South Wales to Explore for Coal Bed Methane

EGYPT

Dana Gas Announces New Oil Discovery in Egypt

LIBYA

Vitol to Build Storage Tanks at Ras Lanuf

MADAGASCAR

Niko Secures Exploration Acreage in Madagascar

MOZAMBIQUE

Mozambique to Save Oil by Switching Buses to Natural Gas

NIGERIA

Eni Awards $65 Million Nigerian Subsea Contract to Aker Solutions

NORTH AFRICA / ITALY

Petroceltic Announces $55 Million Cash Investment And Strategic Alliance with Iberdrola

UGANDA

More Crude Oil Discovered in Western Uganda

AFGHANISTAN

Kabul to Clear Mines on TAPI Gasline Route in Two years

RUSSIA

Lundin Petroleum Announces Major Oil Discovery in Russian Caspian Sea

RUSSIA / GERMANY

Russia and Germany Award $100 Million in Drilling Contracts to KCA Deutag

Saipem Signs Over 1 Billion Contract for Nord Stream Pipeline

UKRAINE

Interpipe Launch New Anti-corrosive Coating Line for Oil and Gas Pipes

IRAQ

Iraq Establishes Fourth State-owned Oil Company to Exploit Amarah Fields

Iraq Adds Six more Oil Firms Qualified to Bid for Future Deals

Trevi Wins $205 Million in Deals for Iraq Drilling Rigs

ISRAEL

TRACS Retained to Study Israel’s Heletz Field Oil and Gas Reserves

UNITES ARAB EMIRATES

Abu Dhabi’s Ipic joins $1.5 Billion Energy Alliance

UAE Company Acquires Assets of Shell, Esso in North Sea

 

 

 

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