Wed, 1 September 2010
The 97 km Nembe Creek Pipeline, which transports crude oil from the Bonny export terminal to Nigeria’s Atlantic coast, is nearing completion according to the pipeline’s developer Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria.
Once commissioned the pipeline will transport 600,000 bbl/d of oil. Currently half of the line has been commissioned.
The pipeline collects crude from 14 oil pumping stations and is part of a programme to replace ageing pipelines in the Niger River delta.
Meanwhile Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources Diezani Alison-Madueke has unveiled a three-step action plan aimed at ensuring that all power plants billed to come on stream in the future get adequate gas supply to fire them.
The Minister listed the three-step action plan to include immediate delivery of gas projects, consolidation of end-to-end connection of gas pipelines and…
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Wed, 1 September 2010
There is less than one month before pipeline professionals descend on Berlin, Germany, for the Evaluation, Rehabilitation and Repair of Pipelines Conference & Exhibition. However there is still plenty of time for you to confirm your attendance, and make the most of this exciting opportunity.
Wed, 1 September 2010
Ireland’s regulatory body An Bord Pleanála (ABP) has resumed its hearing into the proposed onshore section of Shell E&P Ireland Ltd’s (SEPIL’s) Corrib Gas Pipeline.
Wed, 1 September 2010
Enbridge will construct a new 96 km crude oil pipeline in Alberta, Canada, and has launched an open season through its subsidiaries for its Bakken Expansion Programme, which will include the construction of approximately 266 km of crude oil pipeline in Canada and the USA.
Mon, 30 August 2010
PetroChina is planning to build three oil products pipelines to deliver oil products to northeastern, northwestern and southern parts of the Yunnan province, China, according to the Yunnan Information Newspaper.
Mon, 30 August 2010
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has opened a 64 km section of oil pipeline, located in Russia, which will be connected to the Eastern Siberian Oil (ESO) Pipeline.
