Kleven Maritime has signed a new contract with Rem Offshore for delivery of one LNG powered offshore vessel. With this new contract, Kleven Maritime’s order reserve increases to 9 vessels at a combined value of 3.3 billion NOK. The vessel is of Wärtsilä Ship Design and is scheduled for delivery from
Marathon Oil Corporation announced two corporate officer elections that will be effective immediately upon the completion of the spin-off of Marathon’s Downstream business into Marathon Petroleum Corporation (MPC) which is expected to occur on June 30, 2011. Garry L. Peiffer, currently senior vice p
Teekay LNG Partners plans to release its financial results for the first quarter of 2011 before market open on Thursday, May 12, 2011. The Partnership also plans to host a conference call on Friday, May 13 at 11:00 a.m. (ET) to discuss the results for the first quarter of 2011. [mappress] Source: Te
Halliburton and El Paso Corporation today announced that an El Paso-operated well in North Louisiana is the first natural gas producing well to be completed using all three Halliburton proprietary CleanSuite™ production enhancement technologies for both hydraulic fracturing and water treatment. More
ABB, a power and automation technology group, has been chosen to supply Qatar’s largest gas producer with 16 continuous emission monitoring solutions (CEMS) units. The Qatargas 1 Plateau Maintenance Project (PMP) includes the construction of new acid gas removal and sulphur recovery units adjacent t
Liquiline annonced that it has entered into a contract with E.ON, one of the world’s largest private energy companies, for delivery of a newly developed public gas filling station for cars and taxis in Stockholm. The agreement has been signed with E.ON’s Swedish subsdiary, E.ON Gas Sverige AB, which
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that Jon Nield, 47, has been promoted to Vice President, Project Risk Management Group (PRMG), effective immediately. In this role, he will be responsible for leading the group that sets, reviews and implements the company’s risk management policy for proposal and c
Transeuro Energy Corp. issues an update on its Ukraine operation as follows: Flow testing of the second test interval of the previously announced 4 test programme on Karl-101 has been completed. The well was perforated underbalanced and flowed for 3 days before being shut in for a 48 hour pressure b
GDF SUEZ has entered into an agreement with Petronas LNG Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), the national oil company of Malaysia, under which, GDF SUEZ will supply Petronas LNG with 2.5 million tons of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from August 2012 over a 3.5 year
SIGTTO’s new LNG Ship to Ship Transfer Guidelines have been published by Seamanship Witherby. Ship-to-ship transfers of LNG have become increasingly commonplace in recent years, following the first commercial operation of this type in February 2007. There are now 10 LNG regasification vessels (LNGRV
Chevron says plans to expand its $43 billion Gorgon gas project may stymie employment and revenue in WA if the operation is not kept on Barr… (perthnow) [mappress] Source: perthnow, May 2, 2011;
Encana Oil & Gas (USA) Inc., a subsidiary of Encana Corporation, has completed a benchmark upstream joint-venture development agreement with Northwest Natural Gas Company, a Portland, Oregon-based natural gas distributor. The Public Utility Commission of Oregon recently approved the agreement that w
Aiming to further improve its safety performance, the Australian oil and gas industry has begun its third annual Stand Together for Safety event. Teams will stop work for two hours on a designated day in May to have a structured discussion about how safety can be improved in their workplace. The eve
Statoil has submitted a plan for development and operation (PDO) for the Katla discovery in the North Sea to the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy. Total investments are estimated at NOK 5.4 billion in current NOK. The Katla discovery was proven in March 2009, and is situated 13 kilometres
