ORF ENERGY NEWS MONITOR - Observer Research Foundation

Transmission / Distribution / Trade
Tiana Power ties‐up with KOPEC for cheap power
Nava Bharat Power unit stake sale
Policy / Performance
India PTC signs 700,000T/yr Indonesia coal deal
Rs 100 bn power project for NE
Kerala hydel power projects facing LTTE threat
Regulatory commissions can decide power tariffs, rules Supreme Court
India set to displace Europe as largest coal buyer from S. Africa
US Senators welcome Exim Bank's decision on Reliance project
U'khand cancels 56 power projects
JSW Energy plans Rs 80 bn investment in power this fiscal
Eco nod for Nagarjuna Construction's power plant revoked
India's Power Grid plans $1.8 bn share sale this year
International: Oil & Gas
Upstream
Eni fires up gas production offshore Egypt
Sasol, Statoil, Chesapeake Form JV to explore Karoo Shale
Sinopec's Shengli first‐half crude oil production at 13.5 million tons
BW offshore clinches $875 mn gas FPSO contract in Indonesia
OGDCL hits gas pay in Pakistan
OPEC forecasts oil demand to increase 1.2 pc next year, led by China, India
Colombian armed forces to help scout for new oil reserves, General says
Downstream
CNPC to begin refinery construction in Syria in 2011
NNPC, Chinese investor to build refinery in Nigeria
HSBC seeks partner for Libya Refinery by end 2010
Thai Esso OKs $394 mn investment plan to meet Euro‐4 standard
Pertamina, Kuwait Petroleum to invest $9 bn in West Java Refinery
Toymaking delay in China narrows naphtha's premium to oil
Oil imports dropping from record as China curbs refining
Alderley to provide metering system at Algerian LNG plant
Transportation/Trade
ASEAN to discuss transnational gas pipeline
US ethanol pipeline could turn profit with subsidies
Qatargas delivers first Q‐Max cargo to Japan
BTC Pipeline moves millions of barrels of Turkish Oil
8 LPG Carrier contracts for new shipyard in Brazil
Gazprom strengthens Sinergie Italiane's gas supply by 500 mn cubic meters