UK’s South Hook liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG next week, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The Al Gharrafa LNG tanker, with a capacity of 216,000 cbm, is due to arrive on January 2. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of
Santos Ltd has entered into facility agreements covering USD 1.2 billion of direct loans and guarantees from a consortium of Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) and commercial banks. Taylor-DeJongh acted as financial advisor to Santos on the three facilities. The SACE- and EFIC-guaranteed facilities total
INPEX CORPORATION announced that its Annual Report 2011 was awarded the Grand Prize under the 14th NIKKEI Annual Report Awards sponsored by the Japanese leading news media, The NIKKEI. The NIKKEI Annual Report Awards have been held every year since 1998, with the aim of enhancing the contents qualit
Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal re-exported a LNG cargo today, according to the Port of Zeebrugge website. The cargo is being hauled by Methania, a 131,235 cubic-meter tanker. The LNG tanker is sailing to Spain’s Sagunto terminal, and it is due to arrive on January 3, according to
Qatargas has become the first company in Qatar to secure accreditation from the UK-based Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IchemE) for successfully implementing a development programme for Qatari engineers and graduates. The new accreditation,
GAIL (India) Limited received the coveted ICSI National Award for Excellence in Corporate Governance for adopting excellent practices in Corporate Governance. Mr. B C. Tripathi Chairman and Managing Director GAIL (India) Limited received this award on behalf of GAIL from Shri E S L Narasimhan, Hon’b
The Minister of Petroleum and Mines of Venezuela and President of PDVSA, Rafael Ramírez, Eni’s CEO, Paolo Scaroni, and Repsol’s CEO, Antonio Brufau, signed the Gas Sales Agreement (GSA) for the commercial development of the super-giant field Perla in Venezuela, one of the world’s largest gas fields
Qatargas received the Green Award for three more of its chartered LNG vessels – a significant recognition acknowledging the vessels’ compliance with global environment regulations and safety standards. The Green Award for the vessels, ‘Broog’, ‘Al Zubarah’ and ‘Zekreet’ were presented to the vessel
RWE and Gazprom decided by mutual agreement to terminate at the end of the year their exclusive talks on a potential joint venture for the construction and operation of power stations in Germany, the UK and the Netherlands. These talks had started in July this year and the parties agreed to explore
South Korea’s KOGAS said today that is in negotiations with Shell to acquire stake in Prelude FLNG. KOGAS, the world’s largest corporate buyer of LNG, plans to set up a wholly owned subsidiary next year, KOGAS Prelude, in Perth, the company said in a statement to the Korea Stock Exchange. The Prelud
Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. has extended its option agreements with Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (HHI) for the delivery of two FSRUs, that were to expire by mid December 2011 and mid January 2012, respectively. Both option agreements are now valid into first quarter 2012. The Company’s third and fo
Chevron Australia has awarded Svitzer a 20-year contract on the Gorgon LNG Project. The value of the contract is 600 million USD. Svitzer will build four 33m 80-tonne bollard-pull azimuthing stern drive (ASD) tugs and one pilot boat for the marine services at the Gorgon terminal. “These tugs will be
This week, the LNG Guardian, built by Gondan Shipyard for the Italian Owner Fratelli Neri, has finished the trials period. During the past days, the LNG Guardian has set sail from the Yard facilities in Figueras as well as from El Musel, Port of Gijon. These days’ aspects such as the speed or the bo
In November 2011, Elengy has signed LNG terminal access contracts with its twentieth and twenty-first direct customers having a direct access to regasification capacities at the Montoir-de-Bretagne and Fos Tonkin LNG terminals. Elengy has then more than doubled its portfolio since the subsidiary was
