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Colombia and Venezuela signs pipeline deal

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

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Sicily-Malta gas pipeline included in EU projects funding list

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

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Iran, Iraq sign deal on gas pipeline construction

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 ...

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IFC to finance Nigeria

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.

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Gas pipeline to South Korea could be undersea, or go through North Korea

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 ...

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Malaysian Sabah-Sarawak gas pipeline to start by January

Oct 07, 2013 The RM4.6 billion Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline (SSGP) will start transporting gas from Kimanis, Sabah to the liquified natural gas (LNG) complex in Bintulu, Sarawak by January 2014. MNLG managing director and CEO Zakaria Kasah said the construction of the 512km pipeline has been progressing smoothly and is now in the final stage of implementation. « By January it will start transporting gas and its capacity will be increased gradually, » he said at a question and ...

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India considers investing in Canadian pipeline projects

Oct 04, 2013 With the ink barely dry on his country’s long sought nuclear co-operation agreement, India’s top diplomat says his county is setting its sights on increasing the flow of oil and gas imports from Canada. Indian High Commissioner Nirmal Verma also tells The Canadian Press that his country would like to see the completion of a pipeline to Canada’s east coast that would carry Alberta crude to Atlantic Ocean ports. Verma says India would consider ...

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Enbridge planning $1-billion pipeline to boost oil sands growth

Oct 02, 2013 Enbridge Inc. wants to build a $1-billion pipeline to the oil sands designed to carry diluent

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