South America: Feeling the heat
The oil and gas sector in South America, Gord Cope argues, is very much dependant on the particular politics of each region. Here, Cope looks at Mexico, Venezuela, Bolivia, Argentina, Columbia, Peru and Brazil and dissects each country’s progression, or regression, in the oil and gas industry.
July 2008: Permission to build
BP and ConocoPhillips have taken preliminary steps towards getting federal permission to build the Alaska Gas Pipeline.
July 2008: Turkey & Iran in talks
Turkey and Iran have launched a new round of negotiations on a project to build an additional pipeline to carry natural gas to Europe.
July 2008: Kazakh construction
Construction of the Kazakh section of the Central Asia-China gas pipeline has been launched at a ceremony in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
July 2008: Coal-bed methane pipe
China National Petroleum Corp has begun construction of China's first coal-bed methane (CBM) pipeline.
July 2008: Bredero Shaw deal
Bredero Shaw has secured a contract with a value in excess of US$ 35 million to provide pipeline coatings for Sabah Shell Petroleum Co. Ltd's (SSPC) Gumusut-Kakap Deepwater project, located in the South China Sea, 120 km offshore Sabah.
July 2008: Keystone XL project
The Keystone XL Pipeline Project that will complement the existing Keystone Pipeline is scheduled to begin construction in 2010, and will include 27.3 miles of pipeline in Angelina County.
July 2008: Attacks in Colombia
On 23rd June, the Colombian Petroleum Company (Ecopetrol) suspended oil flow in the border regions with Venezuela, after guerillas attacked the country's most important Cano Limon-Covenas oil pipeline.
July 2008: More lines needed
According to the National Energy Board, Canada's oil pipeline capacity is adequate but more lines will be needed soon.
July 2008: IPI transit fee dispute resolved
Oil ministers of India and Pakistan have announced that the two countries have resolved commercial differences on the proposed Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline.
July 2008: Nord Stream & Saipem contract
Nord Stream consortium and Saipem S.p.A (Italy) have signed a contract for laying the Nord Stream pipeline, worth more than m1 billion.
Offshore surge protection
By Paul I Andrews, Dr. Ali Jahanbakhsh and Sub Parkash, Fluor Pipeline and Terminals, UK and Jeff Zhang, Fluor Subsea and Deepwater, USA. Focusing on the control arrangement for mitigation against pressure surge in offshore loading systems, this article looks at the design limits and operation components of surge protection devices.
Not such a drag
Desire Murenzi, ConocoPhillips, Belgium and Thierry Descamps, ConocoPhillips, Russia, discuss the benefits of using for drag reducing agent (DRA) for improving flow, and therefore cutting maintenance and operation costs.
A vital contribution
World Pipelines interviews Paul Corcoran, Financial Director of Nord Stream. In this special feature, World Pipelines sits down with the Financial Director of Nord Stream and talks project specifics, timelines, environmetnal controversy and why the pipeline is so important for Europe’s future energy mix.
July 2008
The July issue features an intelligent pigging question and answer section, in which experts from ROSEN, T.D. Williamson and GE give their views on the latest intelligent pigging practises and codes. The issue also includes articles on power generation, flow management techniques and valves for pipelines. In addition, World Pipelines interviews Paul Corcoran, Financial Director of Nord Stream, and asks some pertinent questions about the Nord Stream pipeline and progress so far.
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