Over 400 Qatargas employees were recognised at a special ceremony held to mark continuous years of service with the company. Khalid Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Qatargas Chief Executive Officer, presented certificates and mementos as a token of appreciation to staff members who have completed twenty five,
The South Korean shipyard STX Offshore and Shipbuilding began steel cutting for the first high-tech ship a series of four liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers. The ships will be built on a joint class of Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) and Lloyd’s Register (LR) with the symbol KM (*) Ice2
No LNG cargoes where imported by Thailand in April, according to trade statistics. The country imported 270,000 mt in January-April period. Thailand has only one LNG terminal, which is located at the Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate in Rayong province, and it joined the club of LNG importing countries
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Imabari Shipbuilding have signed a technological collaboration agreement on container carriers. The initiative aims to combine MHI’s technological capabilities, as in the development of energy-saving vessels, and Imabari’s strong cost competitiveness, in order t
Delivery of a 435 kilometre gas transmission pipeline has today moved a step closer after the Queensland Coordinator-General approved a 44 kilometre section of pipeline within the Callide Infrastructure Corridor State Development Area (CICSDA). Member for Callide, Deputy Premier and Minister for Sta
His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, President of Dubai Civil Aviation and Chairman of Emirates Group, welcomed Khamis Juma Buamim Chairman, Drydocks World and Maritime World and heads and senior executives of the teams involved in the building of Shell’s Prelude FLNG project. The delegat
Oman Shipping Company (OSC) announced the addition of the LPG Carrier “GAS ELIXIR” to its fleet. Built in 2011, the 5,000 CBM capacity vessel, with a 100m Length overall, 17.6m beam and draft of 8m, will be on time charter to Oman Trading International (OTI), taking Omani LPG to regional markets. Th
Petronet’s Dahej LNG terminal on India’s west coast is due to get a cargo of LNG onboard the 154,800 cbm Aseem from Qatar on May 29, according to shipping data. The Dahej terminal in Gujarat is India’s first LNG import terminal and has a nominal capacity of 10 MMTPA. The terminal is meeting around 2
BP of UK, the operator of the Shah Deniz natural gas field in Azerbaijan, expressed its commitment to developing the Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) as the southern gas transportation route into Europe. Speaking at the BP Forum in Berlin, on Thursday, Iain Conn, Chief Executive Refining and Marketing
Exoma Energy announced that it has been appointed by the Queensland Government as preferred tenderer for the four new release areas, PLR2011‐2‐7, PRL2011‐2‐8, PRL‐2011‐2‐9 and PRL‐2011‐2‐12. Exoma applied last year for four of the permit areas offered in the 2011 Queensland acreage release. The perm
Karoon Gas Australia announced that today, the Boreas-1 well was completing pressure testing of the BOPs on surface. Since the last report, the 12-1/4” hole section was drilled from 3908 m to 4009 m, 9-5/8” casing was run and cemented, and the BOP and marine riser were pulled from the well. The BOPs
Salamander announced the successful appraisal of the Tutung gas-condensate discovery through the drilling of the Tutung Alpha-3 (TA-3) appraisal well. The Tutung discovery is located in the Bontang PSC, East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The TA-3 well was spudded on 25th March 2012 and drilled to a total d
CBM Asia announced that it has entered into a settlement deed to increase its participating interest in the Sekayu production sharing contract for the 583.49 km2 Sekayu block in the South Sumatra Basin of Indonesia to 26%. Currently, the Sekayu PSC is held 50% by a consortium of shareholders through
BP of UK said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to provide long-term LNG supply to Indonesia’s state electricity company, PT. PLN (Persero), for domestic Indonesian needs and also to support PLN in providing electricity for Teluk Bintuni Regency, Papua Barat province. The MoU was sig
