Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG today, according to shipping data. The Al Shamal LNG tanker, with a capacity of 217,000 cbm, is sailing from Ras Laffan, Qatar. The Zeebrugge terminal is operated by Fluxys LNG and has an annual throughput capac
Petrobras said it has discovered oil and natural gas in the Solimões Basin, Block SOL-T-171, in the State of Amazonas. The discovery took place during drilling of well 1-BRSA-961-AM, unofficially known as Igarapé Chibata Leste. Located in Coari, 25 km from the Urucu Oil Province, the well was drille
Clean Energy Fuels Corp. has signed a 10-year agreement with Green Energy Oilfield Services, a major Texas truck transport provider, to build, supply, and maintain a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) fueling station at Green Energy headquarters in Fairfield, Texas. The Clean Energy LNG station will fu
Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) issued today a statement regarding the current gas supply shortfalls in Europe. “The extreme cold weather that Europe is presently facing has boosted gas demand, putting energy supplies under strain. In the past couple of days Russian gas supplies to Europe have fallen
Natural gas consumption in Belgium Thursday set a new record of 1131 GWh, beating out the previous record set on 8 January 2010 by more than 5%, according to Fluxys. It was also two thirds more than consumption last Thursday, an average weekday in winter. This means that on 2 February the Fluxys gri
An Egyptian pipeline, which transports gas to Israel and Jordan, was attacked on Sunday. The blast struck in the Massaeed area west of of al-Arish, in north Sinai peninsula. This was at least the 12th attack on the pipeline since the end of the Mubarak regime last year. Israel imports 43 % of its na
Israel’s Delek yesterday said that it has discovered natural gas after drilling offshore the country’s Mediterranean coast. “Tanin #1 exploration well reached target and the partnerships have concluded that strong signs of natural gas were discovered, based on tests carried out during drilling by th
Gas delivery to Iraq will start as of next Iranian calendar year that begins 21 March 2012, Iranian minister of petroleum, Rostam Qasemi said. He also said that construction of Iran-Iraq gas pipeline had progressed by 40 percent, SHANA news agency reported. Speaking on the latest situation of Iran-I
B.C. Premier Christy Clark Friday said that British Columbia’s natural gas strategy will be established on a foundation of four priorities for long-term economic prosperity under the BC Jobs Plan. “We are creating new and exciting opportunities by diversifying our natural gas sector, strengthening j
Japan, the world’s largest LNG importer, is due to receive another LNG cargo from Nigerian Bonny terminal this month, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the 145,914 cbm LNG River Orashi and it is expected to arrive at Futtsu terminal on February 25. The Futtsu terminal will al
Trinidad and Tobago’s LNG production in 2011 dropped 8.1% on year, according to the Ministry of Energy. Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin LNG terminal produced 14,664,884 mt of LNG in 2011. The country’s LNG shipments also declined last year to 13,647,298 mt, down 8.3% compared to the year before.
Golar LNG Partners LP said today that its board of directors has declared a quarterly cash distribution with respect to the quarter ended December 31, 2011 of $0.43 per unit. This represents an increase of $0.03 per unit or 7.5 percent from the previous quarter. It also represents an 11.7 percent in
Sanctions imposed against Iran will not affect the IP gas pipeline project and therefore Pakistan will continue to pursue it, Pakistan’s Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Asim Hussain said. He went on to say that, Pakistan is determined to complete the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline despite t
ExxonMobil Exploration and Production Romania and OMV Petrom, said on Friday that natural gas has been encountered in Domino‐1, the first deepwater exploration well in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea. “This is encouraging, but it is too early in the data evaluation and exploration process to sp
