Bulgaria has now joined France in banning hydraulic fracturing and followed it by cancelling a gas exploration permit it granted to energy giant Chevron. The Queensland Greens say it is proof that the Queensland Government has rushed into promoting the industry without full consideration of all the
Norway exported 3,079,315 mt of LNG in 2011, according to the trade statistics. LNG exports in January-November period rose 22.4 percent, compared with last year, when the country exported 2,515,333 mt of LNG. Norway exports liquefied natural gas through Hammerfest LNG terminal, located on the islan
Petrofac, the international oil & gas service provider, announced two new appointments to its Board of Directors with immediate effect. René Médori (54) joins the Board as a non-executive director. Médori is finance director of Anglo American PLC, a role he has held since September 2005 after joinin
Nexus Energy Limited today said that it has signed a non-binding Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Shell Development (Australia) Pty Ltd and Osaka Gas Crux Pty Ltd to exclusively pursue a Shell-led integrated gas and liquids development to commercialise the Crux asset. Nexus has been progressing in para
Santos today announced fourth quarter activities report for the period ended 31 December 2011. 2011 sales revenue up 14%, higher oil production, projects delivered on plan 2011 production of 47.2 mmboe was within the company’s guidance range and 5% lower than 2010, primarily due to the sell-down of
Woodside today released its fourth quarter report, showing higher than anticipated production for the period, driven mainly by the strong performance of the company’s oil assets. Woodside CEO Peter Coleman said he was pleased the company had delivered a solid production result, which exceeded Woodsi
Apache Corporation today announced that its board of directors has elected Margery M. Harris as executive vice president of human resources. She joined Apache in 2007 as vice president of human resources and was promoted to senior vice president in 2011. “Margie has played a critical role in the dev
UK’s Isle of Grain liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on January 20, according to shipping data. The Al Sahla LNG tanker, with a capacity of 216,164 cbm, is sailing from Ras Laffan, Qatar. Grain terminal has the largest tank capacity of any terminal in the UK with t
Contracts relating to gas transfer to Europe will be finalized up to the end of current Iranian calendar year, 20th March 2012, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company, Javad Owji announced. Regarding permissions from Turkey, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon on transporting Iran’s gas to Europe
Saipem has signed an EPCI contract with INPEX for the Gas Export Pipeline (GEP) on the Ichthys LNG Project in Australia. Saipem’s scope of work will include the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Installation of 889 kilometres of a 42-inch-diameter subsea pipeline, in water depths of up to 2
The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Zautbek Turisbekov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Russia. The parties looked at the issues of the Russian-Kazakh cooperation dee
Global energy demand will continue to grow over the next twenty years, albeit at a slowing annual rate, fuelled by economic and population growth in non-OECD countries. Increased energy efficiency and strong growth for renewable energy are also forecast in BP’s latest Energy Outlook 2030, which is p
Global gas and energy leaders from around the world will gather to attend the 25th World Gas Conference (WGC2012) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 4-8 June 2012. Hosted by Petronas and organised by the International Gas Union (IGU), the conference and exhibition will seek to address the seismic shifts
Oslo-based shipbulder STX Europe AS, today issued a statement concerning the recent comments in the media about a potential sale of shares in STX OSV Holdings Limited. “STX Europe AS confirms that we as part of our ordinary course assessment of available strategies are exploring the viability of a s
