Perryville Sets Open Season for La. Storage Facility
(Thursday, September 02, 2010) Perryville Gas Storage LLC will hold a non-binding open season to gauge market interest in the remaining available capacity in its 15.0 Bcf interstate natural gas storage facility currently under construction near Delhi, LA.

Teekay Announces Shuttle Tanker Contracts
(Wednesday, September 01, 2010) Teekay Offshore Partners L.P. (Teekay Offshore or the Partnership) on Tuesday announced that its 51 percent-owned subsidiary, Teekay Offshore Operating L.P. (OPCO), signed a master agreement with Statoil ASA.

Hess Seeks to Expand Capacity of S.C. Terminal
(Wednesday, September 01, 2010) Energy giant Hess Corp. wants to bring in more of the fuel that powers the colossal commercial ships that steam in and out of the Charleston Harbor.

Magellan Acquires Storage, Pipelines from BP
(Wednesday, September 01, 2010) Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. (MMP) has completed its acquisition of 7.8 million barrels of crude oil storage and more than 100 miles of active petroleum pipelines from BP Pipelines (North America), Inc. for $289 million.

Spectra Acquires Bobcat Gas Storage Assets
(Tuesday, August 31, 2010) Spectra Energy Corp has completed the previously announced $540 million acquisition of the Bobcat Gas Storage assets and development project (Bobcat) from Haddington Energy Partners III LP and GE Energy Financial Services.

Jacobs Wins Contract for India Oil Storage Facility
(Tuesday, August 31, 2010) Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. has received a contract from IOT Infrastructure & Energy Services Ltd. (formerly Indian Oiltanking) to provide engineering services for a project to be built for Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL).

Construction Starts on China's First CCS Project
(Tuesday, August 31, 2010) China's first carbon dioxide capture and storage (CCS) project, run by Shenhua Group, has kicked off construction in Erdos in Inner Mongolia.

Caltex to Expand Terminal in W. Australia
(Monday, August 30, 2010) Caltex Australia on Monday announced plans to proceed with a major expansion of its fuel terminal at Port Hedland in Western Australia in a move set to add much-needed supply capability to the resource-intensive state's diesel market.

Sempra Starts Up Mississippi Hub
(Friday, August 27, 2010) Sempra Pipelines & Storage, a unit of Sempra Energy, on Friday announced that its Mississippi Hub natural gas storage facility is now operational, as the first of its two caverns is placed in service.

Enbridge to Build Wood Buffalo Pipeline
(Thursday, August 26, 2010) Enbridge and Suncor have agreed to build a 30-inch diameter oil pipeline connecting the Enbridge Athabasca Terminal, which is adjacent to Suncor's oil sands plant, to the Cheecham Terminal, which is the origin point of Enbridge's Waupisoo Pipeline.

SOCAR Expects Completion of Georgia Oil Base Late Next Year
(Wednesday, August 25, 2010) The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) plans to complete construction of an oil base in Georgia by late 2011, a source in SOCAR Energy Georgia (SOCAR's subsidiary in Georgia) said.

KBR Wins Another West Nile Delta Contract
(Wednesday, August 25, 2010) KBR announced Wednesday that it has been selected by BP to undertake the second stage of concept selection and definition for the onshore terminal and export pipelines for BP's West Nile Delta Development in Egypt.

Navy Awards Willbros Fuel System Orders
(Wednesday, August 25, 2010) Willbros Group, Inc. announced Wednesday that the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) has awarded five separate task orders under its construction and construction services contract for Petroleum, Oil and Lubricant (POL) fuel systems.

Gadot Acquires Chemical Terminal in Belgium
(Monday, August 23, 2010) The Ampal-American Israel Corp. subsidiary Gadot has completed the previously announced purchase of the entire issued and outstanding share capital of ADPO Ghent NV ("ADPO") for a purchase price of EUR30,000,000 (approximately $38.1 million).

N.Y. Studies Carbon Storage in Shale Formations
(Monday, August 23, 2010) New York's gas-rich underground rock formations have sparked a contentious fight over drilling safety, but they're also being studied as potential tombs for the greenhouse gas emissions that fuel global warming.

CSB Chief Calls for Fences, Signs at Oil and Gas Sites
(Thursday, August 19, 2010) U.S. Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso on Thursday called on Mississippi legislators and officials to increase safeguards at oil and gas sites across the state.

Centrica, Perenco Cross Hurdle for UK Gas Storage Project
(Monday, August 16, 2010) The Baird Gas Storage Project, a joint venture between Centrica Storage (CSL) and Perenco UK, has been granted onshore planning permission by North Norfolk District Council.

Caltex Upgrades Biofuels Terminal in New South Wales
(Thursday, August 12, 2010) Caltex Australia recently welcomed the Hon. Tony Kelly as he inspected the new ethanol blending facilities at the joint Mobil and Caltex Silverwater fuel distribution terminal.

Federal Panel Sends CCS Recommendations to Obama
(Thursday, August 12, 2010) President Obama's Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) delivered a series of recommendations to the president Thursday on overcoming the barriers to the widespread, cost-effective deployment of CCS within 10 years.

Coast Guard Builds Navigation Aid North of Arctic Circle
(Thursday, August 05, 2010) Four Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak personnel completed a build of the 15-foot Coast Guard aid to navigation tower four miles south of the only permanent Coast Guard aid to navigation tower north of the Arctic Circle.