Incat Crowther announced the launch of a 24m Catamaran Ferry constructed by Marine Engineering Consultants. Based on the successful Fantasea Sunrise (launched in 2011), Riverside Avalon is the first of three vessels contracted by Riverside Marine to ferry construction workers to the QCLNG project on
Singapore’s Energy Market Authority CEO, Chee Hong Tat, said that since the last LNGA conference in March 2011, the global LNG market has evolved significantly. Speaking at the “LNG Supplies for Asian Markets 2012” conference in Singapore, he said that “on the demand side, the Fukushima nuclear inci
Spain’s Bilbao import terminal is scheduled to receive a shipment of LNG from Peru on March 19, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the Castillo de Santisteban liquefied natural gas carrier, with a capacity of 173,600 cubic metres. The LNG carrier departed from Peru LNG termina
CNPC said in a statement that on March 2, pipeline construction of Hong Kong branch of the Second West-East Gas Pipeline commenced offshore Dachan Island near Shenzhen, Guangdong province. The pipe-laying vessel ZHONG YOU HAI 101 laid welded pipelines at the bottom of the sea. Hong Kong branch of th
Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on March 13, according to port data. The Arctic discoverer LNG tanker, with a capacity of 140,000 cbm, is sailing from Ras Laffan, Qatar. The Zeebrugge terminal is operated by Fluxys LNG and has an annual throug
Qatar’s RasGas has formally inaugurated its newly built, Zikreet office building at Ras Laffan. The Zikreet building, a dedicated and custom designed work environment, is now home to more than 350 employees of RasGas Operations Group and the Supply Department of Management Services Group. “RasGas re
GAZ-SYSTEM of Poland said in a statement that the Supervisory Board of Polskie LNG has dismissed Zbigniew Rapciak from the position of President of the Management Board of the Company. The Supervisory Board at the same time delegated Rafał Wardziński to act as President of the Management Board of Po
Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin LNG terminal shipped a cargo of liquefied natural gas yesterday, according to shipping data. The cargo is being hauled by the SCF Arctic, a 71.500 cubic-meter tanker, and it is due to arrive at the Escobar terminal in Argentina on March 16. Trinidad and Tobago’s Po
Japan’s Tokyo Gas (TG) and Petrovietnam Gas (PV Gas) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for cooperation on the development of the LNG value chain in Vietnam. To sign the MOU, TG and PV Gas held a signing ceremony at PV Gas’s headquarter office in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam, and presidents of
Fairstar Heavy Transport N.V. (FAIR) said it has been awarded two contracts by Japan Gas Corporation (JGC) to provide marine transportation services for the Ichthys LNG Project in Darwin, Australia. The two contracts engage the Fairstar 50,000DWT, open stern, semi-submersible vessels FORTE and FINES
Mr. G C Chaturvedi, Secretary, Petroleum and Natural Gas, Government of India has released the first Sustainability Report of GAIL (India) Limited in presence of Mr. B C Tripathi, Chairman and Managing Director of GAIL. This report proposes a roadmap for GAIL (India) Limited for improving three key
Elengy, a GDF SUEZ subsidiary, said in a statement that 2011 was a busy year for the LNG terminals of the company: liquefied natural gas (LNG) accounted for a growing share of France’s natural gas supplies last year. In fact, 159 TWh of gas (up from 155 TWh in 2010) was unloaded at Elengy’s three LN
Gaz Métro inc. (GMi ) of Canada said that it has entered into a new credit agreement with its bank syndicate providing for a $600 million secured revolving credit facility. The new credit facility, which replaces the $400 million credit facility originally put in place on December 21, 2004, is guara
Enagás said it has signed the final €175Mn tranche of the €1Bn loan taken out with the EIB in 2008 to finance its 2007-2011 Investment Plan. The conditions of the tranche are optimal regarding both maturity and finance cost. The period for repayment is up to 15 years, with a highly competitive total
