Pipeline & Gas Journal back issues from January 2003:
Sempra asks governor for savings in revised energy-supply agreement. (Newsreel).
Jan 01, 2003 ... Stephen L, Baum, chairman, president and CEO of Sempra Energy, has called on California Gov. Gray Davis to approve a restructured long-term energy-supply contract that will save Californians as much as $1.5 billion over the remaining eight years of the agreement. "For more than ...
KeySpan buys Algonquin LNG. (Newsreel).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... KeySpan LNG LLC, part of KeySpan Energy Development Corp. (KEDC), said it acquired Algonquin LNG, LP, the owner and operator of a 600,000 barrel FERC regulated LNG storage and receiving facility in Providence, RI, from Duke Energy. The purchase price was $28 million. Duke said Algonquin ...
Crosstex Energy, L.P. units begin trading on Nasdaq. (Newsreel).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Crosstex Energy, L.P., said its 2,000,000 common units at a price of $20 per unit, representing a 28 percent limited partner interest in Crosstex, began trading Dec. 12 on the Nasdaq National Market. The initial offering transaction closed ...
Atmos Energy names Akers to succeed Holleman. (Newsreel).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Atmos Energy Corp. recently named J. Kevin Akers to succeed Matthew L, Holleman, III, as president of Mississippi Valley Gas Co., Mississippi's largest natural gas utility. Atmos completed the purchase of Mississippi valley Gas in early December. Holleman, who had served as president and ...
New video devices improve turbine inspections. (Newsreel).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... New remote inspection delivery devices are making it possible to took deep inside combustion and steam turbines to detect component damage without taking them apart. The devices--developed through the teamwork of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). Texas Genco a subsidiary of ...
IDACORP to forego midstream natural gas development strategy. (Newsreel).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... IDACORP, Inc. said it intends to terminate efforts to pursue a midstream natural gas development business and will exit its natural gas trading operations by the end of the first quarter of 2003. In last year's third quarter, the ...
Continental controls sells gas engine products to Altronic Inc. (Newsreel).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Continental Controls Corp., a manufacturer of controls and components for gas turbine and reciprocating engines, has sold its GOV 10 Gas Engine Governor and AGV 5 Gas Engine Fuel Valve products to Altronic ...
Editor's notebook.(Editorial)
Jan 01, 2003; ... Enough gloom and doom already, I had decided, I need to find some good news to report about the pipeline industry. Somewhere, there must be someone with a positive story to tell. Relentlessly I searched from east to west, from north to south, until I finally found my company and ...
ServiceStar to provide automation services to universal compression. (Newsreel).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... ServiceStar part of CenterPoint Energy Field Services, Inc., has agreed to provide service enhancing automation and network facilities to Universal Compression, Inc. The deal is intended to meet the evolving needs of Universal and ...
GE O&G supplying record-large turboexpander-compressors. (Newsreel).(GE Oil and Gas Co.)(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Through its Rotoflow business unit. GE Oil & Gas says it is in the process of supplying some of the largest turboexpander-compressors ever built. Linde AG of Germany has ordered a turboexpander compressor for the expansion of the ...
El Paso selling interest in Samalyuca power project. (Newsreel).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... El Paso Merchant Energy has entered into an agreement to sell its 40 percent interest in the Samalayuca II power project to an affiliate of GE Structured Finance. another partner in the project. The 700-megawatt power plant is located near Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. It is comprised of three ...
DTE Energy to earn $610 million from sale. (Newsreel).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... DTE Energy Co. has announced plans to sell its electricity transmission business subsidiary. International Transmission ...
TDW acquires Magpie Systems. (Newsreel).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... T.D. Williamson, Inc. (TDW) has acquired Salt Lake City-based Magpie Systems, Inc., a five-year-old pipeline Inline Inspection (ILI) company. Magpie has a growing range of high resolution Magnetic Flux Leakage ...
Invensys, Mirant unit sign deal. (Newsreel).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Invensys and Mirant Mid-Atlantic, LLC, (MIRMA) have executed a multi-year performance alliance agreement under which Invensys will collaborate with MIRMA to provide optimal solutions and will become MIRMA's preferential automation solution developer and supplier. The agreement will focus ...
DOT invests $1.6 million in pipeline safety research. (Newsreel).(U.S. Department of Transportation)(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded seven research contracts totaling $1.6 million for pipeline damage prevention and leak detection projects. As part of the first phase of a new competitive pipeline safety research partnership, the DOT selected companies with technologies that ...
FMC chosen for Sonatrach project in Algeria. (Newsreel).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... FMC Technologies, Inc. of Houston has been hired by Sonatrach-TRC, the Algerian Oil and Gas Company, for the development of five offshore loading stations for transportation of crude oil and condensate from onshore facilities. The total project scope, valued at approximately ...
Lake Superior Zoo to showcase renewable energy. (Newsreel).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Duluth's Lake Superior Zoo has been chosen as the site for northeastern Minnesota's first Rebuild Minnesota renewable energy demonstration project. Each component of the project--from a solar water heating system to a micro hydropower plant--not only solves a current problem but also ...
ONEOK closes sale of midstream assets. (Newsreel).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... ONEOK, Inc, of Tulsa, OK has closed the sale of certain midstream assets to an affiliate of Mustang Fuel Corporation, a private, independent oil and gas company, headquartered in Oklahoma City. The purchase price was $92.5 million. The agreement to sell the assets was announced in October ....
NTSB publishes report on Olympic accident. (Government Guidelines).
Jan 01, 2003; ... Just as Congress was passing a new pipeline safety bill, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was issuing a report on the 1999 pipeline accident that started the legislative ball rolling. It was the rupture of an Olympic Pipe Line Co. 16-inch gasoline pipeline into a creek in ...
Bush signs pipeline safety bill into law. (Government Guidelines).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... President Bush signed the pipeline safety legislation into law on Dec. 17. Benjamin S. Cooper, executive director of the Association of Oil Pipe Lines, said he welcomed the president's acceptance of the legislation. "Today's action by the president reassures those who live or ...
Pipejacking proves beneficial for PE gas line installation. (Projects).(Uponor)(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Uponor's polyethylene (PE) gas pipe has been successfully used in a key pipejacking project at the UK's Manchester stadium that served to host the 2002 Commonwealth Games in July. The 2002 games at the stadium were attended by athletes from all over the world. The stadium's half-mile ...
Petroleum products pipeline for Nicaragua. (Projects).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Phenix Pipeline USA Inc. and Oleoductos Premeri de Nicaragua S.A. recently announced plans to construct a coast-to-coast pipeline across Nicaragua for transporting petroleum products in bulk between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. The Central American Pipeline project calls for a 282-mile ...
Power Systems for Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline. (Projects).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Northern Power Systems has been selected to provide 37 integrated power systems for the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline being built from Baku. Azerbaijan to Ceyhan, Turkey. The portion of the pipeline for which Northern will supply power stretches 429 miles (690 km) from Baku in ...
Triton gathering to build gas pipeline in Gulf. (Projects).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... A new $40 million Gulf of Mexico pipeline is planned by Shell Gas Transmission LLC and Enterprise Products Partners L.P. The 41-mile, 16-inch diameter pipeline is expected to be ready to transport gas as early as November from the deepwater Gunnison development operated by Kerr-McGee Oil & ...
Duke Energy's Patriot expansion wins regulatory approval. (Projects).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved Duke Energy's Patriot pipeline expansion. This gives the company's East Tennessee Natural Gas (ETNG) subsidiary the authorization to construct, own, operate and maintain a pipeline and related facilities located along the ...
TEPPCO's LPG expansion plans. (Projects).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... TEPPCO Partners, L.P. plans to expand its delivery capacity of liquefied petroleum gases (LPGs). The expansion will increase delivery capability to the northeast during the peak winter months by more than one million barrels. The expansion, which is scheduled for completion dining the ...
ANR holds open season. (Projects).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... El Paso subsidiary ANR Pipeline Company is holding a non-binding open season to determine customer interest in additional transportation capacity along the company's natural gas pipeline system to current and new delivery points in western Ohio. The Western Ohio project is ...
CorrOcean to monitor 31 pipelines in Rio. (Projects).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... CorrOcean do Brasil Ltda, the Brazilian subsidiary of Trondheim, Norway headquartered CorrOcean ASA, has been awarded a contract by Transpetro ...
M&N pipeline phase IV expansion receives OK. (Projects).(Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline L.P.)(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Maritimes & Northeast Pipeline L.P. (M&N), has received National Energy Board (NEB) approval to expand the capacity of its natural gas pipeline system. M&N, headquartered in Halifax, has been transporting Scotian Shelf gas to markets in the Maritimes and New England since late 1999. ...
Gazprom suggests underwater line to Germany. (International Highlights).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller presented a pipeline plan to ship gas under the Baltic Sea to Germany that would cost about US$5.7 billion. The underwater section would cost $2.4 billion, with a pipeline across Germany to the Netherlands requiring an additional $1.5 billion. Extending the line ...
Russian oil majors plan pipeline-port project. (International Highlights).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... A foursome of Russian oil majors announced plans to embark on a pipeline and port project with an eye to expanding their export capacity and conquering new markets. In a rare show of cooperation, Yukos CEO Mikhail Khodorkovskii, LUKoil President Vagit Alekperov, Sibneft President Yevgenii ...
Major move for GE in distributed power. (International Highlights).(GE Power Systems)(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... GE Power Systems announced plans to acquire Jenbacher A.G. of Austria, one of the world's leading suppliers of reciprocating gas engines for power generation. Jenbacher A.G.. headquartered in Jenbach, manufactures gas-fueled reciprocating engines and generator ...
EU pact allows energy choice. (International Highlights).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... With France finally giving in, the European Union has decided to open its doors to the energy market through an agreement that will allow consumers to choose their natural gas and power suppliers. Under an agreement reached by energy ministers recently, all EU households ...
Iran pushes for regional energy market. (International Highlights).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Iranian officials are advocating creation of a regional energy market that would connect the southern Persian Gulf with Iran. Iran has the world's second-largest proven natural gas reserves--an estimated 23 trillion cubic meters--and most of these reserves are in nondeveloped fields. The ...
New Balkans pipeline envisioned. (International Highlights).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... A new oil pipeline linking Romania, Yugoslavia and Croatia could boost the Balkan nations' battered economies by opening up lucrative trade routes from Central Asia to Western Europe. The three states signed an agreement on the 746-mile (1,200-km, pipeline--which is to run from Constanta ...
After successful turnaround TransCanada CEO ready for bright future in natural gas, power. (TransCanada Turns Around).
Jan 01, 2003; ... You can't blame Hal Kvisle for smiling as darkness tell on this bitterly cold evening in downtown Calgary. TransCanada Pipeline Co.'s stock is on the rise, its portfolio of power and natural gas projects is strengthening its presence in the North American energy picture, and the steam ...
FERC faces tough decision on El Paso.(Federal Energy Regulatory Commission)
Jan 01, 2003; ... If nothing else, the density and bewildering technicalities of the arguments tossed around by El Paso and its Southern California opponents at the unusual hearing at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on Dec. 2 were a warning to anyone contemplating bidding for either of the ...
Gas leads demand for future pipeline construction. (Construction Outlook).
Jan 01, 2003; ... Regardless of where in the world you look, natural gas continues to dominate pipeline construction and engineering projects. Recent worldwide survey figures show that an estimated 56,567 miles of new and planned pipelines are under construction at this time. Of these, 21,040 miles ...
A look at the numbers. (Pipeline Construction Scorecard).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... As previously mentioned, domestic and international oil and gas pipeline construction totals an estimated 57,567 miles. Not included in this total are projects that are in the early planning phase or where actual data or the realistic feasibility of the projects moving forward in the near ...
Pipeline construction scorecard. (Construction Outlook).(Illustration)
Jan 01, 2003 ... <Pre> Pipeline Construction Scorecard North American Pipeline Construction Projects Planned And Under Construction Cost In-Project Name Length ($Mil-Service Company Name ...
Kern River Expansion moves to completion under new owner. ($2 Billion Pipeline System).(Kern River Gas owner MidAmerican Energy Holdings is continuing expansion project)
Jan 01, 2003; ... A new player in the pipeline industry--led by legendary investment tycoon Warren Buffett--emerged on March 27 to buy the Kern River Gas Transmission Company from the troubled Williams Cos. and is now busy putting the finishing touches on the nation's largest onshore construction project. ...
A few technology, business rule changes might create major opportunities. (Boosting Gas Pipeline Profits).(Industry Overview)
Jan 01, 2003; ... There is upwards of $5 billion annually of profit that could be extracted from U.S. gas pipeline and distribution operations with the introduction of a little flow measurement and communications technology and the changing of a few market rules. There is "gold in them thar ...
Contractor utilizes trenchless pipe ramming, slick-boring in Illinois. (Gas Main Installation).(Arby Construction installs pipeline for Nicor Gas)
Jan 01, 2003; ... Trenchless technology continues to find a home in the gas industry. Arby Construction, New Berlin, WI was recently contracted to install 12,000 feet of 12-inch gas pipeline for Nicor Gas, Aurora, IL. Faced with several rail line crossings where traditional open-cut construction would not ...
Operators, regulators strive to eliminate gray areas in new DOT regulations for liquids lines. (Pipeline Integrity Management Rules).(Department of Transportation)
Jan 01, 2003; ... Pipeline owners and operators nationwide face new and increasing challenges in the management of their systems. All hazardous liquid pipeline systems that are subject to regulation under 49 CFR 195, regardless of length, must comply with new federal regulations concerning integrity and ...
McDaniel Technical Services, Inc. (MTSi). (What's New In Pipeline Construction Products & Services).
Jan 01, 2003 ... McDaniel Technical Services provides a complete range of technical services including feasibility studies and planning, project management, engineering design, drafting, procurement, and field services, including construction inspection and management for domestic and international ...
Bobcat Company T300 compact track loader. (What's New In Pipeline Construction Products & Services).
Jan 01, 2003 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Bobcat Co. recently extended its line of compact track loaders by introducing the vertical lift-patch T300. It's the largest in the Bobcat track loader line with a rated operating capacity of 3,000 lb. The machine's 17.7-inch wide rubber tracks produce 4.1 ...
Challenger pipe carrier. (What's New In Pipeline Construction Products & Services).
Jan 01, 2003 ... Challenger Services offers a pipe carrier attachment for the CAT Challenger models 65, 75, 85, and 95, rubber track crawler tractor Equipped with a Hiab 250 knuckle boom crane with 175,000 ft/lb of lift capacity, the Challenger Pipe Carrier is described as truly self-loading and unloading ....
Camel grinding wheels, USA. (What's New In Pipeline Construction Products & Services).
Jan 01, 2003 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Z-Stainless flap discs now are available from Camel Grinding Wheels, USA. The American-made flap discs ate designed from light-pressure applications, especially on stainless steel and other heat-sensitive alloys. Recommended applications for the ...
Danheux & Maroye Pipeline Engineering and Construction. (What's New In Pipeline Construction Products & Services).
Jan 01, 2003 ... Danheux & Maroye has published a brochure spotlighting its capabilities. It terms itself the leading Belgian company specializing in the pipeline field. D&M notes that all developed countries are crisscrossed by pipelines which transport products thousands of miles. Putting them in place ...
Acuster S.A. (What's New In Pipeline Construction Products & Services).
Jan 01, 2003 ... Acuster has published a color brochure describing its work in manufacturing and worldwide distribution of machinery and accessories for fluids pipelining. Key products from the 29-year-old company include clamps for leaks and bypasses; branches; coatings both mechanical and anti-corrosion; ...
Thomas Pipe. (What's New In Pipeline Construction Products & Services).
Jan 01, 2003 ... Thomas Pipe is offering a color brochure dedicated to the company's high-efficiency pipe stocking and distribution business. Founded in 1983. Thomas Pipe says it has become one of the world's largest stocking distributors of prime carbon steel pipe-seamless. DSAW and ERW. Thomas says it is ...
Pipeline Roller Systems. (What's New In Pipeline Construction Products & Services).
Jan 01, 2003 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Pipeline Roller Systems is a leading manufacturer of roller cradles and other pipe travel equipment, for the pipeline ...
The Lincoln Electric Company. (What's New In Pipeline Construction Products & Services).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... The Lincoln Electric Company brochure that announces its offering of the Inverted[R] V350-Pro power sources in a rack-mounted configuration. This is the first time the company has offered this choice of configuration. Lincoln says the new offering is the only inverter ...
McElroy Manufacturing, Inc. (What's New In Pipeline Construction Products & Services).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] McElroy Manufacturing recently improved the fusion machine that is said to have revolutionized the industry of polyethylene pipe fusion. The new TracStar 500 Series II adds strength and versatility to the original TracStar 500. In 1997. McElroy unveiled ...
Dura-Base Composite Mat System. (What's New In Pipeline Construction Products & Services).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... SOLOCO, LLC, a subsidiary of Newport Resources, has provided the new Dura-Base Composite Mat System for the Camisea gas project in Peru. Dura-Base is used to provide temporary roads for job site access and staging operations in soft soil and environmentally sensitive ...
Uponor. (What's New In Pipeline Construction Products & Services).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... After successful trials with gas operator Transco, Uponor has begun rolling out its ProFuse PE 100 peelable skin pipe for gas The company says Propuse already is proving helpful to Transcos major UK gas mains replacement program particularly the larger ...
Vermeer Manufacturing. (What's New In Pipeline Construction Products & Services).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Vermeer is breaking new ground width the next generation trenthers. The recently introduced machines are the RT60, RT100 and RT200. The RT60 is the company's first mini-trencher in the under 10 horsepower class. It can trench four inches, eight inches or 12 inches deep and three inches ...
Vacuworx International. (What's New In Pipeline Construction Products & Services).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Vacuworx International recently announced a new vacuum type pipe lifter model, the Vaculift RC15. The RC15 is rated at 15 metric tons (36,000 pounds) and is described as well-suited for handling big inch heavy wall pipe, whether single, double, or triple joints. As with the ...
Shaking it up: producer satisfaction standards change. (Annual Mastio Gas Producer Survey).
Jan 01, 2003; ... Crosstex Energy Services, Inc., Dominion Energy and Reliant Energy topped the weighted average index of top North American natural gas purchasers, according to producers of natural gas (see the Purchasers index). According to survey results from Mastio & Company's "2002 Natural Gas ...
Industry experts reassess a trying year. (Olson Cites Profitable Pipelines).
Jan 01, 2003; ... For years, former Arthur Andersen executive Victor A. Burk was responsible for organizing one of the energy industry's most respected conferences every December in Houston. This time, it was a different company in a different setting with a much smaller attendance and scheduled for one day ...
Baker Hughes Pipeline Management Group. (New Products).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Baker Hughes Pipeline Management Group (PMG) has published a color brochure devoted to services it provides to help pipeline operators ensure the reliability, verify the integrity and improve the delivery of their pipeline networks PMG provides what it characterizes as unique risk ...
Cornerstone Pipeline Inspection Group, LLC. (New Products).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... CPIG has published a booklet concentrating on the firm's high-resolution MFL in-line inspection services. A particular focus is on the tool's cost-saving design features. CPIG says its design engineers have applied years of ILI experience to develop tools that maintain superior physical ...
CenterPoint Energy Pipeline Services. (New Products).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... CenterPoint Energy Pip(line Services (CEPS)--formerly Reliant Energy Pipeline Services--has published a brochure emphasizing its services. The company says it can deliver turnkey solutions for new projects, perform long-term operations for existing or new pipeline systems, develop and ...
Itaval, S.r.l. (New Products).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Itaval, S.r.l. has published a color brochure putting a spotlight on the company's valves and other products and services which include ball valves (half-inch to 60 inches), gate valves (two to 24 inches), butterfly valves (three to 120 inches), ...
Controlotron Clamp-On Ultrasonic Mass Meter. (New Products).(Brief Article)
Jan 01, 2003 ... Controlotron is seeking patent protection for what it describes as the first Clamp-On Ultrasonic Mass Meter. SonicMass[TM]. The company says SonicMass[TM] is providing mass flow for process liquids in pipes up to 1,200 mm in diameter, and is the first commercially available liquid mass ...