MEO Australia Limited announced that the Commonwealth – West Australia Offshore Petroleum Joint Authority has approved MEO’s application to vary the Minimum Work Requirements of the WA-454-P Exploration Permit in the Joseph Bonaparte Gulf region of the Timor Sea (Petrel sub-basin). The variation rep
UK’s Grain LNG terminal will receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas from Qatar today, according to shipping data. The cargo is carried by the 217,000 cbm Al Huwaila tanker. Grain LNG is the UK’s first modern LNG facility and can hold almost 1 million cubic metres of liquefied natural gas in store.
Chevron Australia has launched a major recruitment drive in Australia for hundreds of engineers required to work on two of the country’s largest energy projects. Chevron Australia managing director Roy Krzywosinski said this is an exciting time to join the energy industry in Australia. “Chevron is d
CB&I reported net income for the fourth quarter of $70.5 million, versus $63.2 million in 2010. Revenue for the quarter was $1.3 billion, with new awards of $772.4 million. For the full-year, net income was $255.0 million. CB&I’s consolidated 2011 revenue was $4.6 billion, up 25% over 2010. Cash and
South Korea, the world’s second biggest buyer of LNG, is due to get a cargo of liquefied natural gas from Indonesia’s Bontang terminal, according to port data. The 125,877 cbm Wakaba Maru will reach the Pyeongtaek LNG terminal on February 25. The Pyeongtaek LNG terminal is South Korea’s first LNG im
A joint seminar of the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS), Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RMRS) and Gazprom Marketing and Trading on Gas Fuelled Ships will be held in St.Petersburg today. The concept of the use of Methane as a main propulsion fuel on non-LNG vessels has been a matter of indu
Origin and Skills Queensland today announced an innovative training program that will see farmers and CSG companies work collaboratively on coal seam gas production on their properties. Origin is a partner in the Australia Pacific LNG project and operator in the gasfields. While Origin is leading th
Statoil and partner ExxonMobil have made a large gas discovery offshore Tanzania in the first exploration well in Block 2. Statoil announced on February 17 that the partnership had encountered indications of natural gas in the Zafarani exploration well in the Block 2 licence offshore Tanzania. The l
GE Oil & Gas said it has received a contract of more than USD$150 million from Apache in Australia to supply subsea equipment for the Julimar Development Project, located offshore near Dampier in Western Australia. The Apache-operated Julimar Development Project is a joint venture between Apache (65
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline said it has started a nearshore survey north of Vlore in south-eastern Albania. The purpose is to collect samples of the seabed soil near the Albanian coast along the planned route of the natural gas pipeline, which plans to bring Caspian gas to southern Italy, TAP said.
Amiad, a global producer of water treatment and filtration solutions, said that it has secured US$1.6m contract with Origin Energy of Australia, for the supply and commissioning of the Company’s Arkal automatic self-cleaning disc technology (Spin Klin Galaxy) for Origin’s Australia Pacific LNG proje
International FPSO moorings and marine engineering services business, Sigma Offshore, has added new impetus to its growth plans by appointing an experienced industry figure to head up one of its key service areas. Geir Eik has become Vice-President Internal Turret Systems at Aberdeen-headquartered S
Exxon Mobil Corporation announced today that additions to its proved reserves in 2011 totaled 1.8 billion oil-equivalent barrels, replacing 107 percent of production. Excluding the impact of asset sales, reserves additions replaced 116 percent of production. “ExxonMobil replaced more than 100 percen
Teekay GP, the general partner of Teekay LNG Partners today said that during the fourth quarter of 2011, the Partnership generated distributable cash flow of $44.1 million, compared to $39.3 million in the same quarter of the previous year. The increase primarily reflects the incremental distributab
