| Militants Bombed Kirkuk-Ceyhan Pipeline |
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IQ >> 5/8/2013 - Militants blew up a pipeline carrying Iraqi crude from Iraq's northern city of Kirkuk to Turkey's Mediterranean port of Ceyhan on Monday night, stopping the flow of oil, an Iraqi oil ministry spokesma...
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| Nexans Wins 25 Million Euro Contract for Lianzi Project |
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AO >> 5/6/2013 - Nexans, a worldwide expert in the cable industry, has been awarded a 25 million Euro contract by Subsea 7, a global leader in seabed-to-surface engineering, construction and services to the offshore e...
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| Kurdistan to Turkey Crude Pipeline is on Track |
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IQ >> 4/17/2013 - Iraqi Kurdistan will be ready to export its crude oil directly to world markets via Turkey within months after a new pipeline is completed, a move likely to deepen a row with Baghdad over the distribu...
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| BTC Transported 2.4 mln tons of Oil in March 2013 |
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AZ >> 4/9/2013 - 2 mln 438 thousand 660 tons of Azerbaijani oil was transported via BTC main export pipeline in March 2013.During January-March of the current year, the volume of the exported oil from this pipeline to...
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| OCP Bursts But Oil Exports Unaffected, Government Says |
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EC >> 4/8/2013 - Ecuador's second-largest oil pipeline burst, but exports from the OPEC-member country will not be affected, the government said. ...
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| Technip Wins EPSCI Contract for Moho Nord Project |
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CG >> 4/8/2013 - Technip was awarded by Total E&P Congo a majo lump-sum contract for the engineering, procurement, supply, construction, installation (EPSCI) and pre-commissioning for the Moho Nord development project...
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| Libya Investigating Zueitina Oil Pipeline Blast |
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LY >> 4/3/2013 - Libya is investigating the cause of an explosion late on Tuesday on oil and condensate pipelines to the eastern port of Zueitina, the National Oil Corporation (NOC) said. ...
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| Shah Deniz Evaluating Final Gas Transportation Offers |
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AZ >> 4/1/2013 - The Shah Deniz consortium has begun evaluating final offers it has received from the Nabucco Gas Pipeline International and Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) for transportation of Shah Deniz Stage 2 gas t...
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| PG&E Completes Seven NTSB Safety Recommendations |
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US >> 3/26/2013 - Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced that the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), in a recent letter to the company, acknowledged that PG&E has completed three additional safety ...
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| Total Pushes for Uganda Crude Export Pipeline |
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UG >> 3/25/2013 - France's Total SA is pressing the Ugandan government to approve the construction of a crude export pipeline ahead of the planned development of the country's vast oil reserves in the Lake Albertine Ri...
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| GIPI Completes Delivery of Pipes for PDO Gas Project |
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OM >> 3/25/2013 - Gulf International Pipe Industry LLC (GIPI), the first manufacturer of 8" to 24" high pressure carbon steel pipes in Oman and the part of global pipe manufacturer TMK, received a recognition award fro...
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| Lanzhou-Chengdu Crude Pipeline Completed |
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CN >> 3/15/2013 - On March 13, Lanzhou-Chengdu Crude Pipeline was completed. The 880km-long pipeline extends from the Western Crude Pipeline terminal in Lanzhou, Gansu Province, to Pengzhou terminal station in Sichuan ...
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| Frontera Releases Update on Mtsare Khevi Complex |
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GE >> 3/13/2013 - Frontera Resources Corporation, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, released an operations update regarding its Mtsare Khevi Gas Complex. ...
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| TNK-BP to Invest 1.5B RUB in Pipeline Integrity Program |
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RU >> 3/12/2013 - TNK-BP reports that in 2013 it will invest over 1.5 bn rubles in the OJSC Orenburgneft pipeline integrity program. This is 18.5% more than in 2012. ...
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| BTC Transported 2.3 mln Tons of Oil in Feb 2013 |
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AZ >> 3/11/2013 - 2 mln 327 thousand 909 tons of Azerbaijani oil was transported via BTC main export pipeline in February 2013. During January-February of the current year, the volume of the exported oil from this pipe...
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| TDW Completes 2-Pipeline Pressure Operations in Australia |
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AU >> 2/18/2013 - TDW Offshore Services (TDW) announced completion of two key pipeline interventions offshore Australia for a major operator. The two operations were carried out using the SmartPlug pressure isolation t...
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| Orpic Plans Pipeline Linking Muscat-Sohar |
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OM >> 2/18/2013 - The state-owned Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) announced plans for a new 280-km pipeline near the Muscat Highway connecting Sohar and Muscat Refineries which will cut the...
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| PNG LNG Offshore Pipeline Complete |
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PG >> 2/14/2013 - The PNG LNG Project’s offshore pipeline is now complete following the final tie-in to the onshore pipeline in December 2012. The final tie-in – or connection – took place at the Omati landfall in the ...
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| BTC Transported 2.5 Mln Tons of Oil in Jan-2013 |
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AZ >> 2/12/2013 - 2 mln 577 thousand 193 tons of Azerbaijani oil was transported via BTC main export pipeline in January 2013. In general, 208 mln 29 thousand 7 tons of oil has been pumped to BTC since the start of pip...
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| MC Advances Plans for LNG Exports from USA |
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US >> 5/17/2013 - Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) has signed a 20-year tolling agreement with Cameron LNG (CLNG), a subsidiary of Sempra Energy (Sempra), for the liquefaction of natural gas which would enable export of liq...
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| Mashreq to Build Fuel Terminal on the Suez Canal |
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EG >> 5/13/2013 - Citadel Capital, the leading investment company in Africa and the Middle East, announced today that core platform company Mashreq Petroleum has signed a 25-year concession agreement with the East Port...
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| Gazprom Neft Launches New Associated Gas Utilization Project |
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RU >> 5/13/2013 - Gazprom Neft is beginning a project to build a compressor station at Yety-Purovskoye field (developed by Gazprom Neft Noyabrskneftegaz) in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug. The new compressor station, w...
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| Orpic Plans Study to Build $4b Project |
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OM >> 5/14/2013 - Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (Orpic) plans to conduct a study for a proposed steam cracker plant to produce polypropylene and polyethylene as part of its business development p...
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| Protesters Halt Oil Exports from Libyan Terminal Again |
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LY >> 5/15/2013 - Oil exports from Libya's eastern port of Zueitina have been halted by protesters who stormed the terminal, forcing workers to leave their positions, three industry sources on Wednesday. ...
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| Technip Awarded EPCI Contract in Norway |
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NO >> 5/14/2013 - Technip was awarded by Statoil an engineering, procurement, construction and installation lump-sum contract for the Norne field development, located in the Norwegian Sea at a water depth of approximat...
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| Construction of Kazachya Compressor Station Starts |
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RU >> 5/15/2013 - The construction of the Kazachya compressor station (CS) started in the Krasnodar Territory. At the moment, the foundation is being built for the station facilities. ...
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| FSU Oil Trade in April 2013 |
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RU >> 5/15/2013 - In March, total crude oil exports from the FSU declined by 57 tb/d or 0.9% to average 6.4 mb/d. Crude exports through the Russian pipeline increased by 62 tb/d or 1.5% to average 4.1 mb/d, while crude...
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| Amerisur Provides Updates on Platanillo and Fenix |
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CO >> 5/14/2013 - Amerisur Resources Plc, the oil and gas producer and explorer focused on South America, will hold its Annual General Meeting (AGM) On 14 may 2013 at 9:30 AM. At that meeting Giles Clarke, Chairman, an...
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| South Sudan Resumes Oil Exports through Sudan |
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SS >> 5/7/2013 - South Sudan's first oil export shipment since January 2012 has reached Sudan, state news agency SUNA said, in the latest sign of a thaw between the longtime foes. The African neighbours agreed in Marc...
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| South Sudan to Pay Sudan $2 Billion in Oil Fees by 2015 |
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SD >> 5/7/2013 - Sudan looked set to receive $2 billion in oil pipeline fees from South Sudan by the end of 2014 and should prioritize overhauling its agricultural sector with the money, the International Monetary Fun...
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| S.Sudan's Palouge Field to Reach 180,000 bpd in a Month |
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SS >> 5/5/2013 - South Sudan's Palouge oilfield, the country's biggest, will reach production of up to 180,000 barrels per day within a month after starting at 125,000, oil consortium Dar Petroleum said, ramping up ou...
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| Oil Trade - May 13 |
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AT >> 5/12/2013 - USA
According to preliminary data, US crude oil imports in April were almost stable
compared with last month’s level, averaging 7.7 mb/d, though they lost 870 tb/d or 10%
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| Crude Oil Price Movements - May 13 |
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AT >> 5/12/2013 - OPEC Reference Basket
The OPEC Reference Basket (ORB) dipped by more than 5% for the second month in a
row in April. However, it continued to average above $100/b, supported by the lesser...
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| Sunoco Commences Binding Open Season for Eaglebine Pipeline |
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US >> 5/13/2013 - Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P. announced that Sunoco Pipeline L.P. will commence a binding Open Season for the
Eaglebine Express pipeline. The pipeline will provide takeaway capacity for the growing ...
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| Subsea 7 Awarded $90 Million Contract Offshore Mexico |
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US >> 5/14/2013 - Subsea 7 S.A. announced a contract award by Pemex to its Mexican joint venture valued at approximately $90 million. The contract comprises the engineering, fabrication and installation of an 8km pipel...
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| DTE Pipeline Announces Bluestone Interconnection |
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US >> 5/13/2013 - DTE Pipeline Co. announced it has placed the northern portion of the Bluestone Project which interconnects with Millennium Pipeline in New York into service. ...
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| Wood Group Kenny Wins FLNG Subsea Project |
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AU >> 5/13/2013 - Wood Group Kenny (WGK) has been awarded a multi-million dollar engineering contract for a major new project in Australia. ...
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| The Light-Sweet/Heavy-Sour Crude Spread |
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AT >> 5/13/2013 - In Europe, sweet/sour differentials narrowed as demand for medium-sour Urals received a boost from arbitrage with several cargoes seen leaving for both Asia and the USGC over March. The drop in the li...
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| Wood Group Awarded Engineering Services Contract |
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ID >> 5/9/2013 - Wood Group Kenny in Indonesia has been awarded a multimillion dollar, three-year general engineering services contract by ConocoPhillips Indonesia Inc. Ltd. to support all of its pipelines and related...
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| Haftkel Oilfield Process Project at 67% Headway |
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IR >> 5/8/2013 - The project of Haftkel oilfield processing renovation has made 67% progress up to now, announced head of NISOC Technical Affairs Department. ...
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| Suroco Provides Updates On Colombian Blocks |
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CO >> 5/8/2013 - Suroco Energy Inc. is pleased to announce commencement of production from recently drilled wells at the Cohembi-6 multi-well pad and the spudding of the Cohembi-14 well. ...
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| BG Signed Binding Agreements of $1.93Bln for QCLNG Stake Sale |
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AU >> 5/6/2013 - BG Group announced it has signed binding agreements with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) for the sale of certain additional interests in the Queensland Curtis LNG (QCLNG) project in Au...
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| MarkWest to Acquire Granite Wash Assets from Chesapeake |
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US >> 5/8/2013 - MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. (MarkWest) announced the execution of definitive agreements to acquire 100% of the ownership interests of certain midstream assets in the Anadarko Basin from a wholly ow...
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| The Crude Oil Futures Market Structure |
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AT >> 5/9/2013 - The Nymex WTI market structure narrowed over the month as new pipelines started to reduce the bottleneck in the Cushing area, the home of WTI. The Longhorn pipeline — which was reversed to run from Cr...
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| Southcross Reports 1Q 2013 Financial & Operating Results |
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US >> 5/8/2013 - Southcross Energy Partners, L.P. (“Southcross” or the “Partnership”) announced first quarter 2013 financial and operating results. ...
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| APL Closes the Acquisition of TEAK Midstream |
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US >> 5/7/2013 - Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P. (APL, Atlas Pipeline) announced that the Partnership has closed on its previously announced purchase of TEAK Midstream, L.L.C. ("TEAK Midstream" or "TEAK"), a private mid...
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| Gazprom Neft Begins Development of Tympuchikanskoye |
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RU >> 4/29/2013 - Pilot production has begun at Gazprom Neft’s Tympuchikanskoye field, located in Eastern Siberia. The project includes operation and testing of well 96P. ...
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| Kinder Morgan to Expand Capacity on Sweeny Lateral PL |
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US >> 5/2/2013 - Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. announced it has entered into a long-term contract to support the expansion of its Sweeny Lateral pipeline that the company is building from the Kinder Morgan Crude...
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| Enbridge to Provide Additional Facilities at Cheecham Terminal |
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CA >> 5/7/2013 - Enbridge Inc. announced that it has entered into a terminal services agreement with ConocoPhillips Canada Resources Corp and Total E&P Canada Ltd. (the ConocoPhillips Surmont Partnership) to expand ex...
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| Gulfport Energy Reports 1Q 2013 Results |
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US >> 5/7/2013 - Gulfport Energy Corporation reported financial and operating results for the first quarter of 2013 and provided an update on its 2013 activities. ...
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