The Clatsop County Circuit Court has ruled against a company seeking to build a liquefied gas terminal and pipeline on Oregon’s North Coast… (opb) [mappress] Source: opb, May 18, 2011;
Pipeline engineering specialist, STATS Group, has completed a six-figure valued pipework maintenance contract on behalf of Dolphin Energy in Qatar. STATS carried out the planned maintenance on a 36” gas pipeline onboard the DOL-2 platform in the North Field, the world’s largest single gas field, loc
BG Group announced that it has signed Production Sharing Contracts with the Government of Kenya for two offshore exploration blocks – L10A and L10B. BG Group will be operator on both blocks and will hold a 40% equity interest in block L10A and a 45% interest in block L10B. The initial work programme
Iran’s GDP will rise by one percent by launching each of remaining phases of the South Pars gas field, managing director of the Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC), Mousa Souri announced here. He went on to say that by launching the remaining 14 phases of the giant gas field, total gas production of [&h
White Smoke AB and Frederiet AB have decided to join forces in the development of the world’s first LNG bunker vessel operation. All the future activities of the partners within the LNG bunkering business will be done through the jointly owned White Smoke Shipping AB. Fredrik Grenestedt, the managin
On the final day of the International Association of Drilling Contractors (IADC) Conference in Dubai, Ron Gilliland, RasGas Subsurface Group Manager delivered a speech outlining how recent developments at RasGas and for the State of Qatar has lead to a shift in focus for the company. December 2010 m
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, confirmed that its Training Services business has acquired the trade, assets and people of SkillsXP, from Dutch company Tritanium, for an initial cash consideration of €1 million. A further cash consideration of up to €0.5 million is
Woodside has appointed Dr Christopher Haynes OBE as a non-executive director effective 1 June 2011. Dr Haynes was nominated as a director by Shell Energy Holdings (Australia) Ltd. Dr Haynes is currently Executive Vice President, Upstream Major Projects within Shell’s Projects and Technology business
Denali – The Alaska Gas Pipeline announced that its open season efforts have not resulted in the customer commitments necessary to continue work on its Alaska North Slope gas pipeline project, which has an overall estimated capital cost of $35 billion (2009 dollars). Denali will withdraw its Federal
Chevron Australia Pty Ltd announced it had accepted delivery of the newly constructed Atwood Osprey Semi-submersible drilling rig which would begin development drilling operations offshore northwest Australia. The Atwood Osprey is a 6th Generation Ultra-deepwater Semi-submersible rig able to convent
The Board of Directors of Apache Corporation has declared regular cash dividends on the company’s common shares and 6% Mandatory Convertible Preferred Stock, Series D. The dividend on the common shares is payable on Aug. 22, 2011, to stockholders of record on July 22, 2011, at the rate of 15 cents p
Russia is considering the possibility of using the Yamal LNG project as an alternative way of supplying natural gas to Europe, as Turkey has… (interfax) [mappress] Source: interfax, May 18, 2011;
Icon Energy Limited today announced it has commenced coring operations on Lydia-11 at a depth of 696 metres. Lydia-11 is one of four wells to be drilled in this current program. Lydia-13 has now been confirmed as part of this program and an option has been exercised on the Atlas Drilling rig to comp
With less than a month to go to the opening of the GE Energy Manufacturing Technology Center, employees of GE in the Kingdom are looking forward to the educational and hands-on training prospects that the facility will offer. The Center further expands GE’s local job creation and training commitment
