Subject: New Oil and Gas Projects For Feb. ‘08
New oil and gas projects are reported monthly to Cartridge Filters: World Market http://www.mcilvainecompany.com//brochures/water.html#nO24 subscribers. Here are the project titles for the month of Feb. ‘08.
OIL & GAS
UPDATE
February 2008
TABLE OF CONTENTS
BP’s Capital Budget above 2007, below 2008 Expectations
U.S. Gulf Shallow-water Rig Market Showing some Life
Allis-Chalmers Energy to Acquire Bronco Drilling
Shell Announces Oil Find in the Gulf of Mexico
Regulators Defend New Oil-Gas Rules in Colorado
Whiting Continues Bakken Work at Sanish, ND
U.S. DOE Says Alaska North Slope may Hold 36 Bln Bbl Oil
Ikona Secures $300,000 Order for Mud Pump Drives
Department of Natural Resources Awards Oil and Gas Study Contract in Western Newfoundland
Colombia's La Creciente Gas Field Starts Up
Benchmark Energy Enters into MoU with Ecopetrol to Undertake Colombia Pilot Project
Halliburton Wins $683 Million PEMEX Contract
Argentina Names Supplier Finalists for Bolivia Gas Pipeline
Rolls-Royce Wins $10 Million Contract for Petrobras Gas Pipeline
Subsea 7 Inc Wins Deepwater Installation Contract from Petrobras
StatoilHydro Signs Two Agreements with Venezuela’s Oil and Energy Minister and CEO of PDVSA
J. Ray McDermott Awarded $100 Million Pluto Offshore Platform Contract
Aker Kvaerner Secures Pluto Umbilical Deal
Thai Firm, PTTEP to Explore for Gas in Bangladesh
Sinopec Aims to be Global Competitor through Acquisitions
COSCO to Expand Rig-Building Capacity with Yangtze River Yard
Roc Oil Starts Drilling Program in Beibu Gulf off China Coast
RIL Discovers Gas off Andhra Coast
GAIL OK’s Dabhol to Bangalore Gas Pipeline
Total, HPCL Start Up India's Largest LPG Import Facility
Bhel in Tie-up Talks with Overseas Shipyards for Rigs
'IPI’ Gas Pipeline Project can extend to Southeast Asia'
Talisman Energy Announces a Second Oil Discovery Offshore Vietnam
New Bulgarian Project to Replace Nabucco Gas Pipeline to Europe
Cyprus to Set Up Energy Center for Safe Storage and Transit of Fuels
French Dietswell to Drill Sudanese Oil
World's Largest Gas Turbine by Siemens in Trial Operation
European Investment Bank Funds $272 Million toTransmed Pipeline
Aker Kvaener Expands CO2 Capturing Business
Scotland to Lead in Ground Breaking Oil Drilling Innovation
Iran Decides to Build Separate Gas Pipeline to Turkey
Possible New Oil, Gas Pipelines and Upgrading for Turkey’s Infrastructure
Sussex Energy Acquires 100 Percent Equity in Two UK Central North Sea Licenses
Amec’s Two New Contracts Enliven Oil Services Sector
Technip, Acergy Win $1.86 Billion Contract for Offshore Angola from Total
UK White Nile Signs Ethiopia Oil Deal
Petro-Canada Putting $7 Billion on Libya
Gas Shortfall Stalls 266 Kilometer Libya-Tunisia Pipeline
$120 Million Contract Awarded to Build Tangiers Terminal
Petrofac SPD Lands Major Management Contract Offshore Mozambique
North Africa at Center of Global Energy Attention
Petronas to Start Work in South Sudan Oil Block
Loon Energy‘s Syria Contract Becomes Effective
Groundstar Awarded Exclusive Negotiation Rights for Two Blocks in Syria
Benchmark Energy says Storm Ventures International New Partner in Tunisia Cosmos Concession
Italian Energy Group, Eni Plans $400 Million in Tunisia Investments
Caspian Pipeline Mayay Have Outdone the Nabucco Pipeline
Halliburton Wins Multi-million Contract from Rosneft
Dresser-Rand to Supply $15 Million of Equipment for Russian Offshore Project
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Allows $8.3 Million for Exploring Oil Prospects
Edison Signs Contract for the Exploration of Hydrocarbons in Iran
Sinopec Pens $2 Billion Yadavaran Oilfield Deal with Iran
Fluor Awarded Five-Year $334 Million Contract by Kuwait Oil Company
Dolphin Awards $212 Million Sulfur Storage Contract
Aramco to Start up Khursaniyah Oil Field behind Schedule
Maritime Industrial Services Plans New UAE Rig-building Yard
Yemen Accepts 25 Bids for Offshore Oil Blocks
Total Group to Expand Oil and Gas Operations in Yemen
Yemen Oil Ministry, KNOC Discuss Exploring Oil Blocks No. 16, 70
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