Noble Energy, Inc. announced today that it has ended drilling operations at the Leviathan #2 appraisal well location, offshore Israel. During the drilling process, the Company identified water flowing to the sea floor from the wellbore. The source is a water sand that flowed behind the surface casin
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) announced today that it has commenced the project’s formal Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) process in Italy. The submission of its Scoping Report to the Italian authorities follows a similar move in Albania last month. The Scoping Report document w
The Australian oil and gas industry says the political and commercial landscapes have changed significantly since the Australian Parliament last considered pricing carbon and this needs to be recognised in the treatment of Australia’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporters. The Australian Petroleum P
Navingo BV – organizer of Offshore Energy 2011 Exhibition & Conference (11 & 12 October, Amsterdam RAI) – is pleased to announce that André Goedée, CEO of Dockwise, and Michael Kahn, CEO of Jumbo, will join the Committee of Recommendation. This Committee will help secure the international ambitions
Today E.ON inaugurated the modern combined cycle gas turbine plant at Malženice in Slovakia with a capacity of 436 megawatts. The plant, representing an investment of 400 million Euros, marks a key milestone in Slovakian power generation as it has an efficiency of more than 59 percent. Due to its gr
Hamworthy has won a major contract from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to supply a complete inert gas generator system, as part of the shipbuilder’s latest Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) newbuild contract. The contract calls for delivery of a fully assembled inert gas system (IGS)
A new threshold has been reached in the price of natural gas: $8.50 per million British Thermal Units (BTU) – the price reportedly reached i… (globes) [mappress] Source: globes, May 16, 2011;
A €600 million energy project on the Shannon Estuary which could create 450 jobs is under threat… (sbpost) [mappress] Source: sbpost, May 16, 2011;
The Lijmiliya LNG carrier, with a capacity of 263,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal May 23, 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 metr
The Oil Ministry’s move to ask domestic natural gas users to subsidise costlier imported LNG has come in for sharp criticism from industry b… (business standard) [mappress] Source: business standard, May 16, 2011;
On Saturday, May 14, in Tallinn, the Prime Ministers of the three Baltic countries met to discuss regional cooperation in the energy sector… (baltic course) [mappress] Source: baltic course, May 16, 2011;
Lithuania should do all it can to extract natural gas from its shale rock layers, Energy Minister Arvydas Sekmokas (image) said Friday… (morningstar) [mappress] Source: morningstar, May 16, 2011;
Shareholders of Kebabangan Petroleum Operating Company Sdn Bhd (KPOC) will go ahead to develop the Kebabangan gas field, located offshore Sa… [mappress] Source: yahoo, May 16, 2011;
Shell Eastern Trading (Pte.) Ltd, trading as Shell Eastern LNG, and CPC Corporation, Taiwan (CPC) have signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) for the long-term supply of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Shell’s global LNG portfolio. With this HOA Shell will supply two million tonnes per annum for 20 year
