BG Group found reason to hope this week that it is making progress toward ending its eight-year battle to build an 8 Bcm/year LNG import terminal at the southern Italian port of Brindisi, BG spokesman Neil Burrows said Thursday. The project has been in a state of limbo for years as BG struggles to o
Gazprom has launched gas production from the Nydinskaya area in the Medvezhye field. A comprehensive gas treatment unit (CGTU-N) and 20 wells have been put onstream. In 2012 the area will reach the projected output of 2.3 billion cubic meters of gas and over 5 thousand tons of gas condensate per ann
Blue Energy Limited provides the following update on drilling activities in ATP814P permit. Sapphire Block The Sapphire 4 Coal Seam Gas well reached a total depth of 940 metres and has been cased and suspended pending completion as a future pilot production test well. The Ensign 35 drilling rig has
The nation’s natural gas supplies fell last week, the government said Thursday… (yahoo) [mappress] Source: yahoo, December 2, 2011;
Liquiline announced that Frank Berget (44) will join the Company as Sales Manager as of 1st of December 2011. Mr. Berget is a norwegian residing in London, Great Britain, where he studied after finishing high school in Stavanger, Norway. He has worked with sales his whole professional live with main
Renewable energy capacity is surging in Turkey, but natural gas will remain the fuel of choice for power generation in the coming years, the managing director of OMV Turkey said at the Platts Mediterranean Power Markets Conference late Tuesday. “Wind and other investments are speeding up,” but natur
The price of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) will go up by Rs1.5 to Rs2 per kg in case local producers raise the price in accordance with hike… (dawn) [mappress] Source: dawn, December 1, 2011;
Westport Innovations Inc., the global leader in natural gas engines, today announced that it has entered into an agreement with Electro-Motive Diesel (EMD), an original equipment manufacturer (OEM) of diesel-electric locomotives, to integrate Westport’s high pressure direct injection (HPDI) technolo
British forward gas prices dropped to a 10-month low on Thursday, weighed down by rising supplies and the prospect of more long-term Russian… (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, December 1, 2011; Image: uk national grid
BP announced today that it has agreed to sell its Canadian natural gas liquids (NGL) business to Plains Midstream Canada ULC (Plains Midstream), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. . Plains Midstream will pay BP a total of US$1.67 billion in cash, subject to customary adj
The boom in liquefied natural gas exports from Queensland’s coal-seam gas is set to increase prices and put pressure on the government’s … (theaustralian) [mappress] Source: theaustralian, December 1, 2011; Image: woodside
Malaysia’s state oil firm Petronas posted a 54 percent increase in second-quarter profit on Thursday, helped by better crude oil prices and … (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, December 1, 2011; Image: petronas
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. Consideration was given to the current and future cooperation in the gas sector. The parties highlighted the cons
Taiwan, Asia’s third biggest importer of liquefied natural gas, increased purchases of the fuel in November for 20.5% from a year before. The island purchased 1,106,015 metric tons in November, compared with 918,183 metric tons a year earlier, RIM Intelligence reported today. Taiwan has two LNG impo
