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
Big Emerging Nations Demand G8 Greenhouse Gas Cuts
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
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
Rebel Attacks Shut Down Colombian Oil Pipeline
InterGen to Acquire Gas Compression Station, Pipeline in Mexico for $88.1 Million
Shell and Arrow Energy to Co-Develop CSG Projects in Asia-Pacific
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 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
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
Eni Makes Major Gas Discovery in Pakistan
Keppel, Sembcorp Marine Experience Surge in Oil-Rig Orders
Sri Lanka Seals $100 Million Oil and Gas Deal
Bhel Set to get Contract for 50 Onshore Oil Rigs from West Asia
Gold Point Energy Announces LOI on Bulgaria Gas Project
Bateman Litwin Wins Contract for French Gas Storage Facility
Active and Growing Market for European Offshore Industry
European Parliament Stresses Importance of Nord Stream Pipeline
Hungary Hopes to Create New Platform for Oil and Gas Co-operation with Azerbaijan
Independent Resources Awarded Gas Storage Contract in Italy
Petroceltic Wins Nine Exclusive Exploration Permits Offshore Italy
Gaz de France Enters the Italian Storage Market
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
GE Gets Gas Turbine Orders for Romania’s Petrom Power Project
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
Centrica Heads into South Wales to Explore for Coal Bed Methane
Dana Gas Announces New Oil Discovery in Egypt
Vitol to Build Storage Tanks at Ras Lanuf
Niko Secures Exploration Acreage in Madagascar
Mozambique to Save Oil by Switching Buses to Natural Gas
Eni Awards $65 Million Nigerian Subsea Contract to Aker Solutions
Petroceltic Announces $55 Million Cash Investment And Strategic Alliance with Iberdrola
More Crude Oil Discovered in Western Uganda
Kabul to Clear Mines on TAPI Gasline Route in Two years
Lundin Petroleum Announces Major Oil Discovery in Russian Caspian Sea
Russia and Germany Award $100 Million in Drilling Contracts to KCA Deutag
Saipem Signs Over €1 Billion Contract for Nord Stream Pipeline
Interpipe Launch New Anti-corrosive Coating Line for Oil and Gas Pipes
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
TRACS Retained to Study Israel’s Heletz Field Oil and Gas Reserves
Abu Dhabi’s Ipic joins $1.5 Billion Energy Alliance
UAE Company Acquires Assets of Shell, Esso in North Sea
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