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A $3.5 billion, 600-mile natural-gas pipeline system that will stretch from Alabama into Florida is still in the planning stages, but homeowners near the Ichetucknee and Santa Fe rivers are concerned because the routes being proposed might run through their neighborhoods. Florida Power & Light selected Sabal Trail Transmission to construct a pipeline that will wind from southwest Alabama through Georgia to a Central Florida hub, from which point another company will build a pipeline that runs into Martin ...

Oct 21, 2013 China has begun receiving gas from Myanmar as the new gas pipeline connecting the two countries became operational on Sunday. The pipeline is part of an ambitious $2.5 billion oil and gas pipeline project between the two countries Making the announcement, the China National Petroleum Corporation ( CNPC) said the gas pipeline will transport 12 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually. It will reduce the country’s dependence on coal and reduce its consumption by ...

Oct 18, 2013 In a press release, Colombia’s foreign ministry said Colombian NOC Ecopetrol and Venezuelan state oil firm PDVSA signed an MOU to create a feasibility study for an oil pipeline running from the Ca

Oct 16, 2013 The European Union has included the proposed gas pipeline between Malta and Sicily in a list of 250 energy projects which may qualify from a total of

Oct 14, 2013 Iran and Iraq have signed an agreement for the construction of a pipeline that will carry natural gas from Iran to feed power plants in the southern Iraqi province of Basra. Speaking at a press conference on Tuesday morning, Basra Governor Majeed al-Nasrawi stated that the pipeline project, which is expected to come on-stream by next summer, has been awarded to an Iranian company. He further noted that the local government in Basra has ...

Oct 11, 2013 The Federal Government is in talks with the International Finance Corporation to help to fund a national gas-pipeline network for the supply of power stations and industries. The Minister of Petroleum, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, sayd the IFC was interested in financing the 40-inch 683-kilometer (424-mile) Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano northern link, the primary network for the proposed trans-Saharan pipeline to Europe.

Oct 09, 2013 An undersea gas pipeline from Russia to South Korea is on possible option for the delivery of Russian gas, President Vladimir Putin said during the Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. Gas sector representatives have criticized this idea, talking about the technical complexities involved in laying such a pipeline, since the seabed itself has a complex profile. The prospect of laying a pipeline through the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is problematic due to the unabated ...