Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd., Shizuoka Gas Company, Ltd. and INPEX CORPORATION announce that, in order to meet the energy security needs in an emergency, Tokyo Gas, Shizuoka Gas and INPEX have reached an agreement for reciprocal backup supply of natural gas in an emergency. In the case of supply disabilities
EFL Overseas said it has appointed Henry Aldorf as Chairman of its Board of Directors, and James Hutton as EFLO President and Director. “Henry and James are very welcome additions to the EFLO team,” stated EFLO Chief Executive, Keith Macdonald. “These are world-class executives. They’ve proven thems
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Paul van Gelder, Chairman of the Executive Board, CEO of Gasunie held a working meeting in the framework of St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2012. The two leaders discussed the prospects of cooperation in the global energy ma
Royal Dutch Shell plc announced that it has issued 19,764,839 A Ordinary shares in relation to the scrip dividend programme for the first quarter 2012 interim dividend. Following this issue and the cancellation of shares previously bought back and announced, the total number of A shares in issuance
At the Überseebrücke pier, the Port of Hamburg has for the first time been able to welcome an LNG-fuelled ship. The KV BARENTSHAV belongs to the Norwegian Coastguard fleet, and is deployed on fisheries controls, sea rescue, policing, Customs inspections and environmental checks within Norwegian terr
Technip was awarded a services contract for the Ichthys floating production storage and offloading unit. The FPSO unit will be located in the Browse Basin, Western Australia, at a water depth of 250 meters. Technip will provide these services to Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. This contrac
Woodside of Australia said that the liquefied natural gas (LNG) key terms agreement with CPC Corporation Taiwan for the Browse LNG Development was allowed to expire on 21 June 2012, on the agreement of both parties. Woodside signed in 2007 a liquefied natural gas key terms agreement with CPC Corpora
At the XVI St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Russia’s Sovcomflot, the world’s largest operator of ice class vessels, signed an agreement to provide Shell will the use of two modern LNG carriers on the basis of a long-term time charter. The agreement was concluded following a tender process
Chesapeake Energy Corporation today announced the appointment of five new independent directors to its reconstituted nine-member Board of Directors. Archie W. Dunham, former Chairman of ConocoPhillips and former Chief Executive Officer of Conoco, has been appointed by the Board as Chesapeake’s new i
The Umm Slal LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal from Qatar on June 27, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year and is capable of delivering 21 bill
China, the world’s biggest energy consumer, imported 1,14 million tons of liquefied natural gas in May, up 17,8 percent compared to a year earlier, customs data showed. In January-May, cumulative LNG imports came to 5,45 million tons. The country imported 1,06 million tons of LNG in April, up 24 per
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, announced today that Island Offshore has taken delivery of Island Crusader, the first gas powered Rolls-Royce offshore vessel. This new and advanced UT 776 CDG platform supply vessel, is the first of two ordered by Island Offshore. Managing Director of
Today, within the framework of the XVI St Petersburg International Economic Forum, Fulvio Conti, CEO and General Manager of Enel and Vagit Alekperov, CEO and Chairman of the Management Committee of OJSC LUKoil, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on mutual cooperation in the gas industry. Through t
Skangass of Norway said in a statement that on 30 May 2012, Uddeholms officially began using natural gas for heating some of its furnaces. The process of converting 30 furnaces from LPG and heavy oil will continue throughout the year. The natural gas is delivered from the Skangass LNG terminal locat
