Toyota Tsusho Corporation (TTC) signed the CBM Sales Agreement with Walloons Coal Seam Gas Company Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of BG Group plc., the ultimate owner of the Queensland Curtis LNG Project (QC LNG). TTC will supply CBM over 20 years from ATP651P block (TTC has 15% equity), which can serve as f
Cove Energy plc, the AIM quoted upstream oil and gas company, announced an update on activities in their 8.5 per cent participating interest in the Mozambique Offshore Area 1 block (Rovuma Area 1). Cove reports that the latest appraisal well, Lagosta 2 (7.4km north of Lagosta 1), has spudded on 11 D
Technip was awarded by Uzbekistan GTL LLC an extension of the existing reimbursable services contract, for the front-end engineering design of a gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, located 40 kilometers south of Qarshi in Uzbekistan. This plant will be based on Sasol’s world leading GTL technology and will
The ten regional electric power companies in Japan consumed 44,150,291 mt of LNG in January-November period, a year-on-year rise of 19 percent, according to the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan (FEPC). The companies received 4,909,371 mt of LNG in November, an increase of 48.4% compar
Portugal’s Port of Sines is scheduled to receive a shipment of LNG from Qatar on December 23, according to the Port of Sines website. The Lusail LNG Tanker, with a capacity of 145,000 cubic metres, is sailing from Port of Ras Laffan. The terminal is held by REN Atlântico and has a nominal send out [
The Australian Petroleum Production & Exploration Association (APPEA), the peak body representing Australia’s oil and gas industry, welcomes the recognition of the central role that gas will play in Australia’s energy future. This document acknowledges: – That developing Australia’s gas resources is
From 13 December to 15 December, the gas flow through the Nord Stream Pipeline will be temporarily suspended due to planned maintenance works at Gazprom’s connecting pipeline. During the shutdown time, Nord Stream will also carry out maintenance activities at the installations on the German landfall
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has received a full-turnkey order for a project to build a 1,600 megawatt (MW) gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power generation plant from Gulf JP NS Company, Limited (GNS) in Thailand, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gulf JP Company Limited which is 90% owned
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. announced that it has entered into a new $1.2 billion credit facility to provide additional liquidity. The facility closed on December 9, 2011 but has not been activated. Pursuant to its terms, PAA may activate the facility at any time over the next six months, re
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Yury Boiko, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister. The parties discussed issues of the current and future cooperation. Ukraine transits nearly 70 per cent of Russia
Shipping rates of liquefied natural gas for a period of 12-months or more rose to a record, Bloomberg reported, citing an analyst at Morgan Stanley. A.P. Moller-Maersk, hired out LNG tanker Maersk Methane for three years at $140,000 a day, Ole Storer, a Morgan Stanley analyst said. Morgan Stanley sa
Indonesia’s Pertamina will probably drop plans to import LNG for its floating storage and regasification projects due to soaring prices, a company official said last week. “The chance for importing LNG is slim at current high price,” Mochamad Harun, a company spokesman said. “We have 1.5 million mt
Iran’s oil minister Rostam Qasemi announced that the country has discovered a huge natural-gas field in the Caspian Sea. The ministry’s news website, quoted Rostam Qassemi as saying the field is located within the country’s maritime borders at a depth of 700 meters and contains an estimated 50 Tcf o
The Al Mayeda LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal December 19, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year and is capable of delivering 21 billion cubic
