Subject: New Oil and Gas Projects
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 June.
Oil and Gas
Updates
June 2005
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
U.S.
· Kodiak Oil & Gas Provides an Operational Update on its Green River Basin, Wyoming Properties
· Nevada Oil, Gas Exploration Expected to Pick up After Record Sale
· Moratorium on Oil, Gas Drilling Sought in the Great Lakes
· McMoRan Updates Golf of Mexico, Energy Hub Activities
· Stone Energy Starts Montana’s Dual Horizontal Williston Well
· Outer Banks may be Site of Gas and Oil Research
· Barrier Islands Drilling Fought
· CNOOC says Acquisition of Unocal will not Affect US Oil and Gas Market
· Rising Value of Central Utah Oil and Gas Leases Positive for Avalon
· BLM Plans August Oil and Gas Lease Sale
· RPT-Land Trade Targets Wildlife Refuge’s Oil and Gas
CANADA
· Patch Anticipates Commercial Well from new ‘W%M’ Oil and Gas Drill Project in Alberta
· Delta Oil and Gas Cases Todd Creek Well
MEXICO
· TransCanada to Lay Gas Pipeline in Mexico
· Russia, Mexico Talk Up LNG
BRAZIL
· Transocean Wins Contracts for five Brazil-Based Rigs
VENEZUELA
· Venezuela Gas Find Boosts Chevron LNG Plans
AUSTRALIA
· Australia to Capitalize on Strong LNG Growth
· Australia Warned over Falling Oil Reserves
· Woodside’s Gas Plans Spring a Leak
CHINA
· Xinjiang to be Turned into Largest Oil, Gas Supplier
· BP in Talks with China’s Big 3 Oil Firms to Supply more LNG
· Asian Reaction to Uocal Bid Is Muted
INDIA
· Gujarat State Petroleum Corp. Discovers Indian Gas
· GAIL to Participate in Gas Grid Project
MALAYSIA
· Norwegian Oil & Gas Service Providers Look to Establish Presence in Malaysia
· Siemens Tapping Malaysian Oil and Gas Sector
PAKISTAN
· Iran-India-Pakistan Gas Pipeline Decision Imminent
THAILAND
· Pogo Agrees to Sell Thailand Oil and Gas Assets for $820 Million; Strengthens Balance Sheet; Works on Acquisitions
VIETNAM
· PetroVietnam Surges Ahead in Crude Oil, Gas Exploration
UNITED KINGDOM
· Perisai in Deal on New Oil and Gas Technology
· Shell Ploughs Billions into finding more Oil and Gas
· Paladin Produces First Oil from North Sea Brechin Field
NORWAY
· An Extra 5 Billion Barrels Oil & Gas may be Extracted from Norwegian Shelf
· Snøhvit LNG Production Barge Moved to Norway
· Operators Discover Norwegian Shelf Oil and Gas
NORWAY/RUSSIA
· Gazprom, Statoil, Norsk Hydro Sign Deal to Identify Oil, Gas Resources in Arctic
UNITED KINGDOM
· North Sea Oil and Gas License Bids Hit a High
· Tullow Oil Begins Gas Work in North Sea
· UK Ministers to Spend £40m on Plan to Store Waste Gas under Sea
ALGERIA
· SNC-Lavalin, Black & Veatch Consortium Awarded Algerian Contract
EAST AFRICA
· India and China Eyeing East Africa’s Oil and Gas Reserves
NIGERIA
· Nigeria Offers 14 Additional Oil Blocks
· Nigerian Government Challenged Over Emissions
RUSSIA
· TNK-BP Offers Gazprom Kovykta Gas Field JV
· Russia Offers Pipelines for Caspian Oil and Gas
AZERBAIJAN
· OVL, GAIL to Explore off Azerbaijan
KAZAKHSTAN
· Ukraine’s Ukrnafta Aims to Explore New Oil and Gas Fields in Kazakhstan
KHUZESTAN
· Six Big Oil, Gas projects to become Operational in Khuzestan
TURKMENISTAN
· Four US, UK COs to Assess Oil Gas Reserves in Turkmenistan
ABU DHABI
· ADMA Powers Oil and Gas Exploration with Intel Itanium’ 2-based Supercomputing Cluster
IRAN
· Iran to Give IOC-Petropars a Block in North Pars Gas Field
· Petronas Still Considering Iran LNG Project
· India says Change of Regime in Iran will not Impact Pipeline Talks
· BP Interested in Long-Term Investment in Iran
IRAN/INDIA
· Iran, India, Thailand, Sign Deals on LNG, Oil
IRAQ
· Revitalizing Iraqi Oil, Gas Sector will Cost $25 Billion
KUWAIT
· Fluor Tapped for Olefins II Work in Kuwait
QATAR
· Qatar likely to buy Q-Max LNG Carriers after Q-Flex Order Sealed
· Qatar to Forge Strategic Partnership with India
SAUDI ARABIA
· Gas Discovery in Saudi Arabia
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