Portugal’s Sines liquefied natural gas terminal received 2,153,243 mt of LNG in 2011, according to the Sines Port Authority data. The terminal, operated by REN Group, received one more LNG cargo in 2011, compared from a year before when it received 37 cargoes. The Sines LNG terminal entered the firs
Gail India, the nation’s biggest natural gas distributor, plans to import more than sixteen spot cargoes of LNG in 2012/13, Economic Times reported, citing Prabhat Kumar, the company’s director of marketing. “Dabhol will be commissioned later this month. We have tied up a spot cargo with Excelerate
Gazprom of Russia said that the pre-commissioning work entered its final stage at the first startup complex of the Bovanenkovo field. Gas produced from the field was conveyed to the comprehensive gas treatment unit (CGTU) module 1. This process step is required to complete hot testing of the CGTU as
The economic benefit of Australia’s burgeoning coal seam gas (CSG) sector was Wednesday presented to delegates at ABARES’ Outlook 2012 conference in Canberra. The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association’s (APPEA) Chief Operating Officer – Eastern Region, Rick Wilkinson, released fo
Oman LNG and ESO have signed a pivotal five- year agreement that will see the Sultanate’s primary liquefied natural gas (LNG) company provide long-term funding in support of ESO’s aspirations to increase its environmental conservation outreach and effectiveness in Oman. Oman LNG has committed capaci
Nigeria’s Bonny LNG terminal shipped a cargo of liquefied natural gas to France on March 7, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the LNG Borno, a 149,600 m3 cubic-meter tanker, and it is due to arrive at the Montoir terminal in France on March 17. Bonny terminal has an overall c
The Strategy Committee of Fluxys SA has decided to propose to the Board of Directors on Wednesday to pay out available reserves of €421.6 million, the company said in a statement. The pay-out will be financed, for the larger part, by available cash. The envisaged pay-out allows Fluxys SA to bring it
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation said that the Barquentine-2 well, offshore Mozambique, flowed at an equipment-constrained rate of 90 to 100 million cubic feet per day (MMcf/d), with minimal pressure drawdown, providing confidence in well designs that are capable of 100 to 200 MMcf/d. “The test at Bar
Following the Memorandum of Intent signed in April, Gazprom and DONG Energy held negotiations and agreed on the action plan to further develop cooperation between the two companies in Northwestern Europe at the existing gas-fired power plants as well as at a brand new and modern combined cycle power
Norway’s Hammerfest LNG terminal shipped an liquefied natural gas cargo yesterday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being hauled by the Arctic Voyager, a 140,000 cubic-meter tanker. The destination of the cargo is Gibraltar at this moment. The Statoil-operated Hammerfest terminal has a capac
The technology company Linde Group once again saw profitable growth in the 2011 financial year, achieving its best ever figures for Group sales and Group operating profit. “We have become even more efficient overall and were able to achieve the targets we had set in full,” said Professor Dr Wolfgang
The Lijmiliya LNG carrier, with a capacity of 263,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal from Qatar on March 17, 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 bi
Drydocks World, international player in ship repair and rig upgrade, conversion and new building, said that it will build the world’s largest turret weighing 11,500 tonnes for SBM Offshore, at its Dubai based shipyard. The turret will be integrated in the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas
El Paso Corporation of USA said that its shareholders approved the merger with Kinder Morgan during a special meeting of stockholders. Based on preliminary results, approximately 79 percent of El Paso’s outstanding shares of common stock as of the record date were voted at the special meeting, the c
