The U.S. Freeport liquefied natural gas terminal is set to re-export a cargo of LNG this month. The cargo will be shipped by the Golar Grand, a 145,700 m3 tanker, which is due to arrive at Freeport terminal on January 23, according to shipping data. Freeport is located along the U.S. Gulf Coast on Q
Dart Energy Limited announced the formation of Dart Energy International Shale Pte Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary and business unit of Dart which will manage, grow and monetise Dart’s growing shale gas resources. During 2011 three major transactions have resulted in Dart becoming one of Europe’s lar
The Board of Directors of Total accepted the resignation for personal reasons of Thierry de Rudder as a Director, effective the close of the meeting Mr. de Rudder had first been elected as a Director at the Shareholders’ Meeting on January 14, 1999. He was re-elected several times, the last time at
Trinidad and Tobago’s LNG production in November dropped 20.3 percent on year, according to the Ministry of Energy. Trinidad and Tobago’s Point Fortin LNG terminal produced 1,077,000 mt of LNG in November. Point Fortin LNG is one of the world’s largest producers of liquefied natural gas and the plan
British Gas, the biggest supplier of gas and electricity to homes in Britain, has announced an average five per cent reduction in its standard domestic electricity prices. The price cut takes effect immediately and re-establishes British Gas as the cheapest major standard electricity supplier, on av
South Korea’s Samsung Heavy Industries Co. said today it has received a letter of agreement from Inpex to build an offshore gas processing facility for around US$2.26 billion. Work on the 100,000-tonne facility will begin in 2013 and the structure will have 110 metres (361 feet) both in height and w
France imported 220 liquefied natural gas cargoes in 2011, according to Elengy and STMFC data. The country’s LNG imports rose 5.2 percent to 10,948,902 mt, compared to the year earlier. The Montoir terminal received 60 liquefied natural gas cargoes, the Fos Tonkin terminal received 101 cargoes, and
Peru LNG shipped a liquefied natural gas cargo to Bilbao terminal in Spain on January 12, according to PeruPetro S.A. The cargo is being hauled by the Maersk Methane, a 162,427 cubic-meter tanker. The Peru LNG Project includes two parts: an LNG Plant with a Marine Terminal from which LNG is sent ove
Last week Gaz-System S.A. signed an agreement for the performance of construction and assembly works for the gas pipeline on the Gustorzyn-Odolanów route, 700 mm in diameter and 168 km in length. The agreement was concluded with the contractor ZRUG Sp. z o.o. with its seat in Poznań, selected under
South Korea imported 4,806,964 mt of LNG in December, up 46.6% from the same month in 2010 when the country purchased 3,278,930 mt of LNG, Korea Customs Service data showed. The country’s LNG imports dropped in November to 3.55 million mt of LNG, compared to the year before. Qatar and Indonesia supp
Brazil, the largest country in South America, imported 556,694 mt of LNG in 2011, according to the trade statistics. LNG imports in 2011 dropped 73.4 percent, compared to the year before. The country currently has LNG terminals in Pecém (State of Ceará), with a regasification capacity of 7 million c
Pakistan’s Secretary Petroleum & Natural Resources Mr. Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhry chaired a meeting to review import of LNG. Representatives of OGRA, USAID and LNG importers attended the meeting. Mr. Muhammad Ejaz Chaudhry dispelled the impression that the government is violating the LNG Policy and emph
Shell’s Stuart Bradford, BP’s Al Cook and theNord Stream pipeline project are amongst the leading industry nominations for the inaugural European Gas Conference Awards which will be announced during the event on 25 January in Vienna. The four different categories are: LNG Project of the Year, Pipeli
GAIL Gas Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of GAIL (India) Limited – a Navratna PSU, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Government of Andhra Pradesh for setting up of an LNG terminal/FSRU along the state’s expansive sea coast. The MoU was signed in the presence of Hon’ble Chief Min
