New Oil and Gas Projects for July 09

New oil and gas projects are reported to the world market report subscribers. Here are the project titles for the month of July '09.
OIL & GAS UPDATE

July 2009

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INDUSTRY ANALYSIS
OVERVIEW
Shell Chief, Jeroen van der Veer's Editorial Calls for Regulatory Change
New Technology Revolutionizes Gas Pipeline Checks
Oil and Gas Sector Assoc Promotes Use of ISO International Standards
New ISO Standard to Promote Common Industry Approach for Gas Turbine Safety
Ultra Deepwater Semisubmersible Market Remains Buoyant
AMERICAS
U.S.
First Phase of Exxon's Point Thomson at $1.3 Bln Good for Suppliers, Contractors
Technip Awarded Gulf of Mexico K2 Field Expansion Project Contract
Trans-Alaska Pipeline System Modernizing Pump Stations by Switching over to New Equipment
BP Oil Tanker becomes World's First Green Vessel at Port of Long Beach
Support for and Bickering over Alaska Pipeline Ongoing
California Law Linking Land Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Passes Court Test
Deepwater Rigs Boost National Oilwell Varco
TurboSonic Receives $4 Mln Order for New 'Green' VOC Technology
ONEOK Partners Sets Open Season for Texas Storage Facility
Tricor Seeks FERC's Go-Ahead to Construct U.S. National Gas Storage Hub
Tenaska Taps Fluor as EPC for $3.5 Bln Coal Fired Power Plant
TransCanada, ExxonMobil Join Forces on Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline while BP and ConocoPhillips Pursuing Denali Gas Pipeline Project
Bayou Announces $27.6 Mln Contract Connected to Fayetteville Express Pipeline Project
Helix Completes Thunder Hawk PLET Installation in Deepwater GOM
Schilling Robotics Awarded $2 Mln Contract for New Deep Sea Drilling and Coring System
Siemens Water Technologies Unveils New Filter for Offshore Oil and Gas Applications
High Pressure Equipment Co. Develops New Valve for up to 20,000 psi
Swagelok Introduces Medium-pressure Ball Valve
Multi-Chem Pinpoints Operating Costs with New Performance Program
Technip Awarded Princess Gas Lift Flowline Contract
Gulf of Mexico Oil Production Forecast to Reach Record High
Enterprise Products to Buy Teppco for $3.3 Bln
CANADA
Pembina Pipeline Completes $300 Mln Cutbank Complex Acquisition
ARGENTINA
New $249 Mln Pipeline to Connect South Argentina Fields with Main Gas Network
BARBADOS
Trinidad Eyes Gas Pipeline Extension of Tobago Line to Barbados
BRAZIL
Dril-Quip Awarded $180 Mln Contract for the Supply of Deepwater Subsea Wellhead
StatoilHydro Awards FMC $30 Mln Peregrino Surface Wellheads and Trees Contract
Flowserve Wins $18.4 Mln Pump Deal in Brazil
Oil States International, Uniao Engenharia Form Brazil Offshore JV
COLOMBIA
Pipeline Rupture Shuts down William's Ignacio, Colombia Plant
New $530 Mln Pacific Rubiales Pipeline to Begin Operating in Colombia
ECUADOR
CB&I Awarded $50 Mln Contract in Ecuador by Flota Petrolera Ecuatoriana
URUGUAY
Uruguay's First Offshore Wells could be Drilled in 2011
ASIA
AUSTRALIA
Monster Maersk Oil Rig Heads for Geelong, Victoria for Refit
ZEEP Australia Joins Global Carbon Capture & Storage Institute
Mustang Signs Collaboration Agreement to Pursue Australian Coal Bed Methane Projects
CHINA
Sinopec to Lay Three 12-km Oil Products Pipelines in Jiangsu Province
CNPC Joint Venture Starts Pipe Operation in Northern China
CNPC to Build Large Product Oil Storage Tank in Guangdong Province
INDIA
Controversial Carbon Capture Possible Solution to Delhi's Badarpur Power Plant Emissions
BPCL Kochi Refinery to Commercialize New Gas Removal Technology
PAKISTAN / IRAN
Pakistan, Iran Sign Gas Pipeline Agreement without India
SOUTH KOREA
South Korea, Russia Eye Pipeline amid Tensions with North Korea
VIETNAM
LeTourneau Technologies Signs $40 Mln PetroVietnam Contract
EUROPE / AFRICA / MIDDLE EAST
NETHERLANDS
Twister BV Unveils New Gas Processing Valve
NORWAY
Aker Solutions Signs Subsea EPC Contract for DONG E&P Norge
Energid Technologies to Control Innovative Drilling Robots for Seabed Rig
MacGREGOR Launches New Deepwater Lifting System
SWEDEN
Swedish Independent Lundin to Sell Stake in NOGAT for $12.6 Mln
TURKEY
UK Based Heritage Oil Buying Turkey's Genel Enerji for $2.7 Bln
Honeywell to Install Fire & Gas Detection System at BTC Pipeline Terminal in Ceyhan, Turkey
UNITED KINGDOM
Foster Wheeler Consortium Snags Pre-FEED Contract for CO2 Capture Plant
Jacobs Engineering Secures FEED Contract for Centrica's Underground Gas Storage Facility
Castrol Installs Hydraulic DCV Test Rigs at UK Technology Center
ALGERIA
Saipem Secures $580 Mln Contract for GK3 Gas Pipeline System in Algeria
ABB Wins $223 Mln Oil and Gas Contract in Algeria
Algeria's Sonatrach Awards $1.3 Bln Gas Installation Contracts
Algeria's Sonatrach Awards SNC-Lavalin $1.1 Bln
Gas Contract
NIGERIA
Acergy Awarded $190 Mln Contract Offshore Nigeria
Nigeria's DPR Proposes Sanctions against Gas Flare-Out Defaulters
Nigeria Tackles Oil and Gas Reform
Nigerian Militants Say Italian Agip Pipeline Destroyed
Russian President Medvedev Pursues Nigeria Pipeline Projects
KAZAKSTAN
KazMunayGas, ConocoPhillips and Mubadala Sign Project Agreements for Exploration and Development of N Block, Offshore Kazakhstan
ARMENIA
Iran funds $250 Mln in Loans for Armenian Pipeline
IRAN
Iran Inaugurates World's Largest Gas Injection Project at $300 Mln
IRAQ
Iraq Oil Field Bidding Process on Schedule
As Iraq Stabilizes, China Aggressively Bids on Its Oil Fields
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
NPCC Selects AVEVA to Design UAE Gas Plant
ADMA-OPCO Awards $402 Mln Contract for UAE Integrated Gas Development
ABS Gives Preliminary Approval to UAE Offshore GTL Concept



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