International energy consultancy Xodus Group has launched an AUD 3 million (£2 million) operation in Perth, Australia as it sees big opportunities for its integrated services in major greenfield projects. Andy Jones has returned to the company to head up the new office as operations director and is
Swift Energy Company announced that it has entered into a long term agreement for natural gas gathering and processing services for its LaSalle County, TX natural gas production with Eagle Ford Gathering LLC, a 50/50 joint venture between Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. and Copano Energy, L.L.C.
A terminal for liquefied natural gas, LNG, could be completed in Gothenburg, the largest port in Nordic region, as early as 2015. This is the aim behind today’s signing of a letter of intent, stating that Gothenburg-based Swedegas and the Dutch company Royal Vopak are exploring the possibility to en
A landmark MoU for hydrocarbon cooperation was signed between ONGC and CNPC, the global energy giants with strong international presence, by Mr. Sudhir Vasudeva, CMD, ONGC and Mr. Jiang Jiemin, Chairman, CNPC, on June 18 at New Delhi. This MoU will be a crucial signpost for the economic powerhouses
Assistant Treasurer David Bradbury announced transitional arrangements for the liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) industries when the carbon price is applied to the non-transport use of these fuels in 2012-13. Under the Clean Energy Future package, from 1 July 2012 until 3
Japan’s LNG imports reached 7.06 million tonnes in May, a rise of 16.8 percent compared to a year earlier, according to data released today by the finance ministry. Japan, the world’s largest LNG importer, imported 6.906 million mt of LNG in April, up 14.9 percent from a year before. The country’s m
Intertek, a leading provider of quality and safety services to a wide range of industries around the world, has expanded its facilities, capabilities and expertise to better serve the growing demand for technical services and expertise supporting the oil & gas industry in Trinidad and Tobago. Intert
Bilbao LNG terminal in Spain received a liquefied natural gas cargo yesterday onboard the 140,000 cbm Arctic Voyager, according to shipping data. The tanker was shipped from Norway’s Hammerfest LNG terminal on March 11. Spain’s Bilbao terminal facilities have a storage capacity of 300,000 m3 of LNG,
Origin, on behalf of the Australia Pacific LNG Project, is the first to be licensed under a new CSG Logistics Safety Code of Practice launched today in readiness for the expected increased heavy vehicle traffic as the four major CSG to LNG projects come online. Origin Upstream CEO, Paul Zealand, who
Polskie LNG, a PGNiG unit, today provided a photo update on Poland’s first LNG terminal being built at the Port of Świnoujście. In the first stage of operation, the LNG terminal will enable the re-gasification of 2.5 bn m³ of natural gas annually. In the next stages, depending on the increase of dem
Armour Energy Ltd reported that the drilling of the Cow Lagoon 1 well (Batten Trough, McArthur Basin NT EP176) has been completed at a total depth of 1804 metres. Approval has also been obtained from the Northern Territory Government to suspend the well. The well has now been cased and cemented. The
Inmarsat, the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications services, announced it has been selected by Bechtel Australia Pty. Ltd., with an award in March 2012, to provide the permanent plant telecommunication systems for the Australia Pacific LNG facility on Curtis Island in Gladstone
Exoma Energy Limited announced that it has spudded Darr-1, the second well of the Galilee Joint Venture’s 2012 exploration program. Darr-1 will be a core well sampling the shale oil/gas in the Toolebuc shale. This well will provide further data for Exoma’s evaluation of the oil and gas resource in t
In support of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production, the Bureau of Land Management approved a natural gas project in Utah’s Uinta Basin that would drill up to approximately 1,300 new wells over 15 years. The approved plan, which
