Foster Wheeler AG, announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a detail design contract by Enbridge Offshore Facilities, LLC for the deepwater Walker Ridge Gathering System (WRGS) export gas pipelines and the deepwater Big Foot (BGF) export oil pipeline locate
State-run Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) took delivery of its first liquified natural gas (LNG) shipment of the year, a KNPC executive… [mappress] Source: yahoo news, March 22, 2011;
SBM Offshore announces the industry’s first fully qualified and certified offshore LNG transfer system – the Cryogenic Offshore Offloading and Loading (COOL™) system. The COOL™ system is comprised of a flexible cryogenic floating LNG hose and connectors designed to allow the transfer of LNG between
The Board of Directors re-elected Alexey Miller as Gazprom Management Committee Chairman for another 5-year term starting from May 31, 2011. Alexey Miller was born on January 31, 1962 in Leningrad. He graduated from Voznesensky Leningrad Finance and Economics Institute and holds a PhD in Economics.
Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K. and Shell said today they would make a combined donation of US $2 million to the Japanese Red Cross Society to provide disaster relief assistance in response to the catastrophic earthquake and tsunami in Japan. The Shell Group, in addition to this, has implemented a worldwide
The changes and challenges of the past decade led to progress and growth for the natural gas industry, Linda DuCharme, director, Gas & Power Marketing, Europe, Russia and Caspian, ExxonMobil International Limited, said today in a keynote address at the Gastech Conference and Exhibition in Amsterdam.
The Zarga LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal March 29, 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 metres
Blue Energy Limited provides the following operational update. The prolonged and active wet season in Central Queensland has resulted in continual interruptions to the dewatering process on the Monslatt 4, 5P and 7 pilot wells. Whilst these wells have been completed and surface facilities put in pla
Liquefied Natural Gas Limited is pleased to provide an update on two important developments in relation to the Company’s 100% owned Gladstone LNG Project, at Fisherman’s Landing, Port of Gladstone, Queensland, Australia: • The Company has signed a Pre-Front End Engineering Design (Pre-FEED) Study Ag
Leading offshore classification society ABS has revised its Guide for Floating Offshore Liquefied Gas Terminals, reflecting the growth in size of gas handling, storage and transportation systems and the resulting impact on structural design and analysis requirements. Technical challenges in this sec
Monday in Novo-Ogaryovo Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Jurgen Hambrecht, Chairman of the BASF SE Board of Executive Directors signed in the presence of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin a Memorandum of Understanding on the South Stream project, providing for part
European countries need to revise their policies on purchasing liquefied natural gas (LNG) or risk losing shipments to Asia, which favours l… [mappress] Source: futurespros, March 21, 2011;
Class society ABS has been collaborating with Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) to evaluate the basic design and containment system parameters for an LNG carrier operating in an Arctic environment. Specifically the carrier would operate a trade route from the Kara Sea and Barents Sea to Europe
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V. announced today that the company has been selected by Yamal LNG LLC to provide front end engineering & design (FEED) services for the Yamal LNG project. The work is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2012. “We are pleased to be selected for this signi
