MEO Australia Limited said today that it has executed a Termination Deed with Air Products that terminates the 2004 Joint Development Agreement (JDA) between the two companies pertaining to the Tassie Shoal Methanol Project (TSMP) and the subsequent 2006 Amendment Agreement that effectively suspende
WorleyParsons announced the appointment of Dr Christopher (Chris) Haynes to its Board of Directors, effective 1 January 2012. Chris is based in the United Kingdom and is a senior oil and gas industry professional having 39 years’ experience with the Shell Group of companies and their affiliates in a
NYK LNG carrier Broog and NYK LNG Shipmanagement Ltd., the carrier’s ship-management company, have been accredited by the Green Award Foundation, which recognized the carrier and ship-management company for their attention to quality, safety, and the environment. The decision to bring LNG carriers i
LNG history was made once again in Trinidad and Tobago with the first visit to Point Fortin by the LNG carrier named in the town’s honour: the GDF SUEZ Point Fortin. At the on-board welcome reception were: (from left on the image) Captain Jose Ramon Urresti Zaballa; Roger Ferguson, Vice-President, C
Woodside announced that it intends to seek amendments to its Browse Basin retention leases, including a request to vary the condition relating to readiness for a final investment decision. The participants in the Browse Joint Venture are currently engaged in discussions on the final nature of this p
Arrow Energy’s multibillion dollar coal seam gas (CSG) – liquefied natural gas (LNG) project has taken a major step forward following last Friday’s lodging of three draft Environmental Impact Statements with the Queensland Government. These draft Environmental Impact Statements (EIS) assess the pote
Russia plans to increase LNG supplies to India in 2016, RIA Novosti reported, citing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. “Gazprom has signed the memoranda covering major supplies of LNG to India with several Indian companies,” Medvedev said. India’s ONGC is in talks with Russian Gazprom to jointly de
Two Qatari cargoes have been scheduled for delivery next week to the UK’s South Hook LNG terminal. The 217,000m³ Al Ghashamiya is expected to arrive at the South Hook terminal on December 23, and the 210.100m³ Duhail is due to arrive on the same day, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority web
Iran’s natural gas exports to Turkey has hit 7 billion cubic meters during the current Iranian calendar year, managing director of dispatching department for the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Hassan Montazer Torbati announced. According to the report of the public relations of the NIGC, he sa
Japan’s Osaka Gas said today that its November gas sales volume totaled 608 million cubic meters, down by 3.2% from the previous year. The gas sales volumes fell below the previous year for the first time in four months after July, 2011. Osaka Gas is one of the largest natural gas suppliers and a ma
Total today announced that it has taken, together with its partner Novatek, the final investment decision to develop the Termokarstovoye gas and condensates field. This onshore field is located in the Yamal Nenets autonomous district of Russian Federation, 250 kilometers east of Tarko-Sale. The fiel
Norway exported 2,830,360 mt of LNG in January-November period, according to the trade statistics. LNG exports in January-November period rose 23%, compared with the same period last year, when the country exported 2,300,359 mt of LNG. Norway exports liquefied natural gas through Hammerfest LNG term
Siemens is building a new combustion test center for gas turbines near Berlin. “We are investing 66 million euros to be able to study and validate the combustion processes in gas turbines in our own test center. That will enable us to build even more efficient gas power plants,” says Roland Fischer,
Yokogawa Electric Corporation announced that its subsidiary Yokogawa Engineering Asia Pte. Ltd. has been awarded a contract by CJV, a joint venture comprised of Chiyoda Corporation as JV leader, CB&I, and Saipem S.p.A., to perform the front end engineering design (FEED) for an integrated control and
