N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie and Royal, main shareholders in Gate terminal, announce the appointment of Dick Meurs as Managing Director of Gate terminal BV. On 1st April 2012 he will succeed Branko Pokorny who has been responsible for the development and realization of the terminal since 2008. With the
Japan’s Osaka Gas is in negotiations to buy liquefied natural gas from Dominion Resources, Sempra Energy and Freeport LNG in the United States, Bloomberg reported, citing Tetsushi Ikuta, general manager of Osaka Gas energy resources and international business development. He said that Osaka Gas may
Due to ever-stricter emission standards there is growing interest in the international shipping world for LNG as a fuel for ships. It is generally assumed that by 2015 a number of pioneers will have LNG-powered ships in their fleet. According to the ship classification bureau Det Norske Veritas, bet
PETRONAS has signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Total of France to jointly study the development and production potential of K5, a high carbon dioxide gas field offshore Sarawak. Under the HOA, PETRONAS’ newly established upstream research unit Exploration and Production Technology Centre and To
On 25 March, Total reported that a gas leak following a well operation occurred on the same day at the wellhead platform on the Elgin gas field which is located in the UK North Sea approximately 240 km east of Aberdeen. Total immediately launched internal emergency procedures and Crisis Management T
Randy Eresman, Encana Corporation’s President & Chief Executive Officer, will be presenting at the Global LNG Summit on Thursday, March 29 in Singapore. The presentation will focus on North American natural gas supply and the liquefied natural gas (LNG) export market. Encana is a leading North Ameri
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced that Lloyd’s Register, a world leading certification organization, has certified that its products comply with the ISO17894 standard on the shipboard use of programmable electronic systems, and are thus suitable for use on such as LNG carriers and floating pro
The Al Ghuwairiya LNG carrier, with a capacity of 263,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal from Qatar on April 4, 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
Pacific Rubiales Energy (PRE) acting through its wholly owned subsidiary Pacific Stratus Energy Colombia Corp. (PSE), announced today the signing of a natural gas/ LNG Liquefaction, Regasification, Storage and Loading Services Agreement with Belgium based EXMAR NV. The Agreement calls for EXMAR to b
NSW businesses and consumers face the risk of constrained gas supply and higher prices in the absence of a growing local gas industry, according to new research released today by Santos. The analysis, prepared by ACIL Tasman, identifies two fundamental drivers that are changing the gas supply market
Russian gas giant Gazprom said it has completed preparation of the project documents for Phase 1 of the Southern Corridor gas transmission system (GTS). The documents were submitted to the State Expert Review Board (Glavgosekspertiza) for consideration. The Southern Corridor will convey gas, inter a
Chevron is in negotiations with potential customers seeking supply from its Wheatstone LNG project in Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald reported, citing Brian Smith, General Manager of the Wheatstone Project. “Discussions are ongoing with a number of customers,” he said. “At the moment were over
GAIL (India) Limited has set a target of transmitting 121.55 MMSCMD and marketing 85.75 MMSCMD of natural gas from domestic sources and through LNG route during Financial Year 2012-13 under the Annual Memorandum of Understanding signed with Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas for performance targets
Trinidad and Tobago shipped an LNG cargo from the Point Fortin terminal Sunday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the Catalunya Spirit, a 138,119 cubic-meter tanker and the destination of the cargo is unknown at this moment. Point Fortin LNG terminal produced 14,664,884 mt of
