PROPONENT: OAO Gazprom, 16 Nametkina Street, Moscow, GSP-7, Russian Federation. Tel: +7 495 719 30 01

PROJECT SCOPE: The 177 km Dzhubga – Lazarevskoye – Sochi Pipeline will run along the Black Sea coastal line, approximately 4.5 km away from the shore, to the Kudepsta gas distribution station near Sochi. The pipeline is designed to meet the increased energy demands of Sochi – the host city of the 2014 Olympic Games.

PROJECT UPDATE: Pre-construction operations for the offshore section of the pipeline are nearing completion and approximately half of the onshore section of pipeline has been welded, trenched, and backfilled.

PIPELINE LENGTH: 177 km including a 159.5 km offshore section

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PIPELINE CAPACITY: 3.8 Bcm/a of gas

EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE: Second quarter 2010

Mumbai High Field Pipeline Replacement Project (PRP-2)

PROPONENT: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), Tel Bhavan, Dehradun 248 003, India. Tel: +91 35 275 9561

PROJECT SCOPE: The $US750 million Pipeline Replacement Project 2 (PRP-2) requires the installation of over 220 km of 6–24 inch diameter pipelines, both rigid and flexible, along with pipeline crossings, risers, topsides modifications and testing and pre-commissioning activities in the Mumbai High field.

PROJECT UPDATE: In February 2010, Leighton International’s 130 m long pipelay vessel, the Leighton Eclipse, finished laying the final lines of an 80 km pipeline section for PRP-2.

PIPELINE LENGTH: Approximately 220 km

EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE: 2012

Tamazunchale-San Luis de la Paz Pipeline

PROPONENT: Pemex Gas y Petroquímica Básica, Marina Nacional, 329 Torre Ejecutiva Piso 17, Col. Huasteca, C.P. 11311, México. Tel: +52 55 1944 5005.

PROJECT SCOPE: The proposed pipeline will transport gas from the Chicontepec Gas Field, located in Veracruz and Puebla, the Altamira terminal and/or the Burgos Basin to central and western Mexico.

PROJECT UPDATE: A public bidding for the construction and operation of the pipeline is scheduled for 2010 according to a gas sector forecast released by Mexico’s energy ministry.

PIPELINE LENGTH: Approximately 300 km

PIPELINE CAPACITY: 400 cm/d of gas

EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE: 2012

Elba Express Pipeline

PROPONENT: El Paso Corporation, 1001 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas, 77002, United States. Tel: +1 713 420 2600.

PROJECT SCOPE: The Elba Express Pipeline transports natural gas supplies from the 1.75 Bcf/d capacity Elba Island LNG terminal to markets in the southeastern and eastern United States.

PROJECT UPDATE: The pipeline was put into service on 1 March 2010 along with the expansion of the Elba Island LNG receiving terminal near Savannah, Georgia.

PIPELINE LENGTH: 306 km

PIPELINE CAPACITY: 945 MMcf/d

COMPLETION DATE: 1 March 2010