Pipeline & Gas Journal articles from September 2003

Pipeline & Gas Journal archives from September 2003

Enbridge to acquire BP's Cushing/Chicago Pipeline.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Enbridge Inc. announced that it will purchase a 90 percent interest in the Cushing to Chicago Pipeline System (CCPS) from BP Pipelines North America Inc. for $122 million. Pending regulatory approval and acceptance of proposed tolling...

Williams Energy Partners change name.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... As of Sept. 1, Williams Energy Partners L.P. began doing business as Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. In addition, the partnership's common units began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol "MMP". Williams Energy...

TXU enters into marketing agreement with Energy Transfer Co.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Energy Transfer Company and TXU Fuel Company have entered into an agreement to jointly market natural gas gathering and transportation services to producers in East Texas for redelivery to markets at the Katy Hub, near Houston. The agreement...

Northern Border capacity nearly gone.(Northern Border Pipeline Co.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Northern Border Pipeline Company has nearly sold out of long-haul firm capacity on its pipeline system. The additional capacity, commitments are at maximum transportation rates with terms of one to two years. The company also finalized an...

Gazprom selects Bank of New York as trustee.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The Bank of New York announced that it has been selected by Gazprom to serve as a trustee, registrar, paying and transfer agent for it's $1.75 billion, 9.625 percent loan participation notes due in 2013. Morgan Stanley Bank AG, under the...

CenterPoint Division to provide integrity management services.(CenterPoint Energy's Pipeline Services unit )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... CenterPoint Energy's Pipeline Services unit was selected by Alon USA to develop its pipeline integrity plans for approximately 1,300 miles of pipelines in Texas, New Mexico and Oklahoma. CenterPoint will identify segments of pipe that could...

Tractabel increasing LNG supplies to the U.S.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Since 1971, Tractabel LNG North America, a subsidiary of SUEZ, has supplied the U.S. market with half of its imported LNG. The company has been making deliveries to its Distrigas LNG facility in Everett, MA. Deliveries have also begun to new...

Editor's notebook.(causes of the northeast power outage)
September 1, 2003... So when did you ever expect to turn on the evening news and hear Ted Koppel discussing the merits of a SCADA system? Heck, I remember how proud I was of myself when I not only could identify SCADA (Supervisory Control & Data Acquisition) but,...

FERC judge opens door to lower oil pipeline rates.(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
September 1, 2003... Petroleum refiners and the dominant oil pipeline in the West, the Santa Fe Pacific Pipeline controlled by Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, are trying to convince FERC commissioners to accept their version of what was wrong with Administrative Law...

FERC focuses on Rocky Mountain pipeline constraints.(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
September 1, 2003... FERC may be thumping its chest a bit too hard about new pipeline capacity approved recently in the Rocky Mountains, but the agency has certainly tried hard to get projects approved quickly. That was the opinion of gas pipeline experts who spoke...

Esso begins Chad-Cameroon pipe fill operations.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Chad's petroleum project recently entered its production phase with the first flow of oil from wells in the south of the country. Esso Explorations and Production Chad, Inc., the consortium drilling for oil in the Doba basin, and the government...

Tenaris develops tubular solution for high pressure, deepwater.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Tenaris, global supplier of seamless steel tubes, has developed a complex 12 3/4-inch OD, 40 mm wall pipe to withstand the high pressures and extreme conditions that a steel catenary riser is exposed to thousands of feet under water....

Stolt Offshore to begin work off South America & Africa.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... In recent weeks, Stolt Offshore S.A. has been awarded contracts for work off Trinidad & Tobago and Angola. The company's work off Trinidad and Tobago came as a result of two contracts from BHP Billiton. The contracts, valued at approximately...

Kinder Morgan plans gas storage expansion.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Kinder Morgan, one of the largest energy transportation and storage companies in America, recently announced plans to expand the capacity of its Oil Springs natural gas storage facility in eastern Carbon County, WY. The field, which is owned...

Gazprom mulls pipeline with Ukraine.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Gazprom has started preliminary talks with Ukraine to construct a $2 billion export pipeline that would transport up to 32 bcm of gas. The project, however, would be incompatible with other proposals, including the expansion of Yamal-Europe by...

LNG plant proposed for New Brunswick.(Irving Oil plans liquefied natural gas plant)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Irving Oil and Gas is proposing to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant at the company's deepwater Canaport oil terminal near Saint John, New Brunswick. This is a new technology for Canada's Atlantic provinces. Irving is talking with...

Turkmenistan plans crude oil pipeline.(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Turkmenistan is planning to construct a 172-km pipeline along its shoreline of the Caspian Sea, improving the transport of crude oil from its southern fields to a refinery in its northern sector. The pipeline is expected to have a 60,000-bpd...

APX acquires UK Gas exchange EnMO.(Amsterdam Power Exchange Spotmarket )
September 1, 2003... Amsterdam Power Exchange Spotmarket B.V. (APX) has acquired 100% of the shares in EnMO Limited, formerly owned by National Grid Transco plc (NGT) of London and Altra Energy Technologies Inc. of Houston. EnMO Ltd was established in 1999 to...

CB&I wins EPC award for Qatar LPG project.(engineering, procurement and construction, liquefied petroleum gas)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... CB&I, The Woodlands, TX was awarded a lump-sum turnkey contract valued in excess of $50 million to design and construct liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) storage tanks in Qatar that will be the largest of their kind ever built by CB&I and the...

GE to supply services for Nigerian LNG plant.(GE Power Systems, liquefied natural gas)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... GE Power Systems has signed a 28-year contractual service agreement (CSA) to provide maintenance and other services to Nigeria LNG Ltd. For as many as 22 gas turbines and 18 compressors at one of the world's fastest growing natural gas...

BJ PPS wins contract for Sawan project in Pakistan.(BJ Process and Pipeline Services )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... BJ Process and Pipeline Services (BJ PPS) was awarded a contract by Clough Engineering Limited of Australia to supply nitrogen leak testing services for the processing facility on the Sawan Gas Field Development in Pakistan. OMC, the Austrian...

Control system security in the age of cyber terrorism.
September 1, 2003... Process manufacturers, utilities and other users of industrial control systems today face an unprecedented quantity of constraint upon their business operations. They have long worked under the familiar, unrelenting demands for greater...

Long-term solution needed to embrace imports with pipeline gas.(liquefied natural gas)
September 1, 2003... The Elba Island Experience In 1999, Southern LNG, (SLNG) now an affiliate of El Paso Corporation, filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), seeking authorization to reactivate the previously mothballed LNG...

Sempra Energy credit success on its own risk management strategy.(Interview)
September 1, 2003... From where Stephen L. Baum sits, he has an enticing view of today's challenging and fast-changing energy business. As chairman and CEO of Sempra Energy he directs a $6 billion company with a strong balance sheet, enviable assets, and respected...

Continual vigilance necessary to ensure pipeline integrity.(Colonial Pipeline )
September 1, 2003... Ensuring the reliability of the world's busiest pipeline as it stretches from Houston to New York City is a never-ending process, according to the man who heads Colonial Pipeline Co.'s integrity management team. "The hardest part is...

New technology, economics helping push acceptance of AMR.(automatic meter reading)
September 1, 2003... In the book, Blur: The Speed of Change in the Connected Economy, by Stanley Davis, he postulates that connectedness will rapidly blur the lines between products and services. This is true today and its veracity is even more apparent in the oil...

Newest flexible element regulators ease stress of increased performance demands.
September 1, 2003... Regulators that utilize a single rubber element that performs the same function as both valve and actuator are known as flexible element regulators. Several different flexible element valve designs have evolved since the Grove Regulator Company...

2003-04 line pipe tables.(Directory)
September 1, 2003... Pipeline & Gas Journal Line pipe tabulation provides a quick reference to information on most line pipe sizes, walls, grades and manufacturing process. Country, Steel Grade Company, Address ...

Engineering & construction services.(Directory)
September 1, 2003... A A & L UNDERGROUND INC. 14700 West 107th Street Lenexa, KS 66215 Phone: (913) 438-2981 Fax: (913) 438-3815 AECON 3660 Midland Avenue Scarborough, ON, M1V 4V3 Canada Phone: (416) 293-7004 Fax:...

Milbar Hydro-Test Inc.(services information)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Milbar Hydro-Test Inc. is offering a pocket-size brochure providing information about the company's pipeline services. The company--founded in 1952--typically offers such services as the cleaning, filling hydrostatic testing, pneumatic testing,...

Photovac, Inc.(new portable gas chromatograph)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Photovac, Inc. has introduce PetroPRO[TM], a high speed portable gas chromatograph, specifically designed for accurate, rapid screening of common VOCs on site. The PetroPRO weighs less than 15 lbs (6.8 kg) and measures 13x10.5x5 inches. It can...

Setra Systems.(What's New In Field Services and Gas Regulators)
September 1, 2003... Setra Systems, Inc., has introduced its Model 528 high performance industrial pressure transducer. Setra Systems designed Model 528 for industrial and submersible applications that require high performance in extreme environments, such as...

N-SPEC.(pipeline cleaning products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... N-SPEC[R] offers a color brochure describing its patented pipeline cleaning products and advanced pigging technology which can remove large volumes of solids and sediment where traditional pigging has proved inadequate. N-SPEC provides turnkey...

Greene's Pipeline Services.(product information)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Greene's Pipeline Services offers a color brochure that includes a section devoted to all expansive line of pipeline products and services. It offers clients an "any service, anywhere, any time" solution. Greene's says its experienced...

Halliburton Pipeline and Process Services.(What's New In Field Services and Gas Regulators)
September 1, 2003... Halliburton offers a brochure describing its new Hal-AT[TM] system which offers real-time, remote subsea data handling that helps operators reduce project time and costs. The system wirelessly enables pipeline pressure monitoring, pig train...

SOLOCO.(What's New In Field Services and Gas Regulators)
September 1, 2003... SOLOCO[R] offers a color brochure depicting its DURA-BASE[R] Composite Mat System for pipeline and gas distribution work sites. The system provides a solution for roads, turnarounds and staging areas. DURA-BASE offers year-round, all-weather...

Mainline Solutions Group, Inc.(What's New In Field Services and Gas Regulators)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Mainline Solutions Group offers a color flyer describing its the cost of baseline assessment and repair of regulated liquid pipelines and piggable gas pipelines. The company has developed a unique method to accurately identify the site of...

Analytic Pipe GmbH.(What's New In Field Services and Gas Regulators)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Analytic Pipe GmbH offers a brochure on its caliper tool which measures diameter reductions such as dents and ovalities in operating pipelines of 6 to 60 inches, even diameter variations like girth welds, wall thickness changes, T-pieces,...

SECOR International Inc.(What's New In Field Services and Gas Regulators)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... SECOR International offers a brochure focused on integrity management planning services and saying it is a leading provider of quality consulting and environmental management services to the oil and gas industry. SECOR says its depth of...

Kuhagen, Inc.(What's New In Field Services and Gas Regulators)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Kuhagen, Inc., offers a color flyer describing the Global Utility Tracking Systems Weld-Witcher[TM] that can sense the magnetic signature of girth welds on pipelines buried 10 feet down without excavation. The unit is said to cut field costs in...

How pricing experts make more money in gas markets.(Importance Of Information)
September 1, 2003... Gas companies understand that price is important, However. saying something is important is different from saying that it is your business. A huge realization is that gas itself is not the key commodity. Information is the key commodity. A...

Miller pipeline celebrates 50 years of growth.(Anniversary Salute)
September 1, 2003... Miller Pipeline Corporation celebrated its 50th successful year of operation with a birthday observance on June 26. How has Miller Pipeline managed to successfully operate for five decades in the utility and mainline construction business?...

World's first fuel-grade floating methanol plant.(Offshore Review)(PetroWorld)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... PetroWorld, along with three international partners, is developing the world's first floating large scale, fuel-grade methanol plant to extract natural gas from reserves in remote areas and convert it on-board into liquid methanol at a rate of...

McDermott wins Caspian project.(Offshore Review)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... J. Ray" McDermott, S.A. recently won a pipelay contract from BP Shah Deniz Exploration Ltd. The contract is for the Stage 1 development of the Shah Deniz field in the Azerbaijan sector of the Caspian and is valued at more than $80 million. The...

Unique pipeline plow developed for Eastchester extension project.(Offshore Review)(Horizon Offshore Contractors Inc.)(Iroquois Gas Transmission Company L.P.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... A state-of-the-art pipeline plow made it possible for Horizon Offshore Inc.'s subsidiary, Horizon Offshore Contractors, Inc., to complete pipe lay and trenching on the Eastchester Extension Project for Iroquois Gas Transmission Systems L.P. ...

Enterprise products to provide integrated services package for BHP Billiton.(Offshore Review)(Enterprise Products Partners L.P.)(Shell Gas Transmission)(Marathon Gas Transmission Inc.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Enterprise Products Partners L.P. and its joint venture partners, Shell Gas Transmission and Marathon Gas Transmission Inc., plan to provide a comprehensive package of gathering, transportation, processing and exchange services to BHP Billiton...

Shell to pay $49 million in settlement agreement with MMS.(Offshore Review)(Minerals Management Service)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... From charges dating back some 15 years, The Minerals Management Service (MMS) has reached a $49 million settlement agreement with Shell Oil Company on unauthorized flaring or venting of large volumes of natural gas at its Auger platform and...

Revolutionary pipelayer solves host of problems for contractors.(Send For Information)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Every time Danny Davis saw a pipelayer on a job site he felt like he was stepping back on time. For more than 70 years the sideboom pipelayer, first produced in the 1930s, remained basically unchanged While he never gave much thought to coming...

Enbridge Technology Inc.(New Products)
September 1, 2003... Enbridge Technology Inc. (ETI) has published a color leaflet describing its web-based OPSS essentials which include learning, information management, reporting, evaluations and procedures. The Operations Performance Support System (OPSS) is a...

FiberTechUS.(New Products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... FiberTechUS has published a color leaflet describing its revolutionary UV-light cured fiberglass for repairing and maintaining pipe and other facilities needed lining or repair. The company says the material has been used extensively for years...

ProSoft Technology.(New Products)
September 1, 2003... ProSoft Technology's new Flow Computer module (MVI56-AFC) for Allen-Bradley's ControlLogix[TM] platform allows integrated process control and Flow Computer capabilities in a single-slot, in-rack solution. The module offers communication...

Swagelok Company.(New Products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Swagelok independent sales and service centers now offer a complete line of eBusiness tools in European languages to help end-customers research, specify and purchase Swagelok fluid system components. At the Swagelok Products eStore...

DeNOVUS LLC.(New Products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... DeNOVUS LLC offers a color flyer devoted to its ThermoTuff[TM] Premium tape, a fiber reinforced mastic tape tailored for high-temperature services. Uses include pipe or flange wraps in applications susceptible to corrosive environments. The...

Global Divers & Marine Contractors.(New Products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... A GDMC color brochure shows that it is the only company to integrate four areas of service--diving, diving support, pipe laying and liftboats. The company logs over 15,000 diver days/year, from tying in shallow pipelines to hyperbaric welding...

CS Unitec.(New Products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... CS Unitec's Portable Pneumatic Hacksaw has power and durability. It is for on-site cold cutting of pipe, structural steel or tanks, including pipe repair and demolition applications. With a stroke of 2 3/8 inch and 0-350 strokes per minute, it...

Telispark and Deloitte Consulting.(New Products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Telispark, lead provider of enterprise mobility applications (EMA), and Deloitte Consulting are bringing to market a mobile pipeline inspection solution deployed on Intel[R] architecture that is designed specifically for oil and gas...

Controlotron.(New Products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Controlotron's SonicGas[TM] ultrasonic flowmeter measures the flow of gases while providing the added performance, safety, economy and convenience of a cavity-free design. A color brochure is available from the company. The new high-precision...

Excelergy Corporation.(New Products)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Excelergy[R] Corporation--worldwide provider of high performance software platforms automating critical businesses processes in the energy/utilities industry and in other restructuring value chains--has unveiled its new Excelergy...

Upcoming events 2003.(Meetings)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Sept. 15-16, Power Mart 2003, Hyatt Regency Hotel, Houston. Phone: (720) 548-5552; Fax (720)548- 5008; donald_mallory @platts.com. Sept. 17-18, Essentials of Energy Risk Management, Four Seasons Hotel, Houston, TX. E-Mail:...

Recent Senate passage of national energy legislation brought comments from leaders.(Association News)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Recent Senate passage of national energy legislation brought comments from leaders at both the American Petroleum Institute (API) and the American Gas Association (AGA). Red Cavaney, president and CEO of API, said, "We recognize that the...

Southern States Energy Board.(Association News)(Southern States Energy Board)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... State Rep. Elizabeth Jones, (R-San Antonio), recently addressed the membership of the Southern States Energy Board in conjunction with the recent Southern Legislative Conference at the Renaissance Worthington Hotel in Fort Worth. The...

David Boulet was recently named director of business development for The Bayou Companies.(Personnel Changes)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... David Boulet was recently named director of business development for The Bayou Companies. He will be responsible for developing The Bayou Companies services worldwide. In other news, Voldimir Gnativ joined the professional staff of CCSI, one of...

Engineering & Production Facilities.(Personnel Changes)(John Blythe)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... John Blythe has joined the Engineering & Production Facilities division of John Wood Group PLC as its global downstream business leader. This newly created role reflects The Wood Group's commitment to develop its downstream business in the U.S....

Occidental Petroleum Corporation.(Personnel Changes)(John L. (Jack) Hurst III )(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... John L. (Jack) Hurst III is the newly elected executive vice president of Occidental Petroleum Corporation. Hurst was recently appointed president of Occidental Chemical Corporation, a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corporation that is a...

Swagelock Company.(Personnel Changes)(Arthur F. Anton)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... The board of directors of the Swagelock Company recently elected Arthur F. Anton president and CEO effective Jan. 1, 2004. Anton currently serves as president and COO of the privately held maker of fluid system components.

Stelco Inc.(Personnel Changes)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Canada-based Stelco Inc., operator of steel production and fabrication facilities, recently announced that Jim Alfano, president and CEO, will retire. To accommodate Alfano's request for an immediate departure to pursue other interests, the...

Southwest Gas Corporation.(Personnwl Changes)(Jeffrey W. Shaw)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Las Vegas, NV-based Southwest Gas Corporation announced the appointment of Jeffrey W. Shaw to the position of president. Michael O. Maffie will continue as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). A 15-year employee of Southwest Gas, Shaw most recently...

Invensys.(Personnel Changes)(Ryan Roberts)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Invensys, a global leader in production technology, has named Ryan Roberts vice president and general manager of its Avantis business group. He will lead Invensys initiatives to develop and market Avantis enterprise asset management solutions,...

Flow-Cal, Inc.(Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions)(NiSource Inc.)(ONEOK Inc.)(Gas and Electric Co.)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Flow-Cal, Inc. says its Enterprise gas measurement software application among large natural gab producers is growing. This year, pipelines and distributors increasingly utilized Flow-Cal software to manage gas measurement data. NiSource Inc.,...

Furmanite.(Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... Furmanite has been selected as a provider of specially industrial services for the Nevada Power Company in the following areas: leak sealing, pipeline intervention, onsite machining, valve repair, concrete repair, and end-to-end performance...

CorrOcean Inc.(Company News, Mergers & Acquisitions)(Cameron Offshore Systems)(Brief Article)
September 1, 2003... CorrOcean Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Trondheim Norway headquartered CorrOcean ASA, has been selected by Cameron Offshore Systems to provide its high-accuracy digital subsea SenCorr sand erosion (SE) sensor systems to another major West Africa...

In memorial.(G.F. (Buddy) Edwards, Jr.)(Carl L. Dalio Jr.)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
September 1, 2003... G.F. (Buddy) Edwards, Jr. passed away at his home on July 31, in Atlanta, GA. His wife, Kathy, and daughters, Sandra Parks and Kee Sarratt, two grandchildren, and a host of "adopted" children and grandchildren survive him. Buddy was a...