Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee moderated a meeting today at the Company’s headquarters. The meeting was focused on the South Stream project implementation. Pursuant to the assignment by Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, a decision was made to sign
Linde, already a global leader in the growing liquefied natural gas fueling market, is deepening its commitment to the fuel with the purchase of 20 LNG-fueled trucks. The trucks, expected to hit the road later this year, will account for 20 percent of Linde’s 2012 tractor purchases and will be integ
Teekay GP LLC, the general partner of Teekay LNG Partners L.P., has declared a cash distribution of $0.63 per unit for the quarter ended December 31, 2011. The cash distribution is payable on February 14, 2012 to all unitholders of record on February 1, 2012. Teekay LNG Partners L.P. provides LNG, L
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and Fluxys G announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership pursuant to which GIP will acquire from Fluxys a 44.9% equity interest in Fluxys Switzerland. The transaction is expected to close following clearance from the European Commission regulato
Williams Partners L.P. today announced another significant milestone in building large-scale infrastructure in the Marcellus Shale with the start up of its Springville natural gas gathering pipeline. The Springville pipeline connects Williams Partners’ growing gathering system in northeast Pennsylva
Chevron Corp. today announced a natural gas discovery by its Australian subsidiary in the Exmouth Plateau area of the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia. The Satyr-3 well encountered approximately 243 feet (74 meters) of net gas pay. The well is located 113 miles (182 kilometers) north of E
Foster Wheeler AG said today that its India subsidiary, Foster Wheeler India Private Limited, part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has been awarded a contract for a new LNG receiving terminal to be built in Ennore, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The contract was awarded by Indi
Australia’s Woodside said today that Pluto LNG Foundation Project construction is in its final phase with commissioning and production start up of sections of the offshore and onshore production systems progressing to plan. Offshore, the Pluto A platform was declared ready for start up in November a
Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has given approval in principle for the basic design of a 14,000 teu containership to be powered by LNG. The design was developed in a joint industry project between Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, liner major CMA-CGM and
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality announced that up to $4.5 million in grants is being made available to eligible individuals, businesses, and governmental entities to support the development of a network of natural gas vehicle fueling stations to serve as a foundation for a self-sustain
A coalition of local residents, grassroots environmental and clean-energy groups today filed an appeal of the Oregon Department of State Lands’ decision to issue a dredging permit for the Port of Coos Bay that would allow the Port to export coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG). While the “multi-purp
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has completed the development of a large, 9 000 TEU container ship fuelled by LNG and obtained Approval in Principle from DNV. The ship is designed with a new type of LNG tank that provides more space for container cargo. The LNG is stored in prismatic low pressure insulate
Golar LNG Partners LP announced today that it has reached agreement with Petrobras to make certain modifications to the Golar Winter floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) and to extend the term of the contract by 5 years to 2024. Petrobras have taken the decision to move the Golar Winter F
The U.S. Department of Energy granted Sempra a long‐term authorization to export up to the equivalent of 1.7 Bcf/d of natural gas as LNG to FTA countries for 20 years from the proposed Cameron, Louisiana, LNG liquefaction plant. The ruling paves the way for a second approval allowing Sempra to expor
