A subsidiary of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co awarded two contracts worth 4.44 billion dirhams to the Italian unit of French oilfield firm Techn… (yahoo news) [mappress] Source: yahoo news, December 30, 2010;
Repsol and Sinopec today successfully closed the agreement reached in October to jointly develop the exploration and production of its Brazil offshore assets and to create one of the Latin America’s largest private energy companies. After obtaining the necessary authorizations from the authorities o
The Methane Heather Sally LNG carrier, with a capacity of 145,613 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s Dragon terminal January 5, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. BG and Petronas between them have contracted for the full capacity at Dragon LNG’s Milford Haven site over th
The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting among Co-Chairmen of the Joint Coordinating Committee (JCC) between Gazprom and the Agency for Natural Resources and Energy under the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (Agency) – Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Company’s Ma
NIGERIA’S Liquefied Natural Gas Company (NLNG) said its plant, forced to shut down by a power problem December 22, has been restarted… (nigerianbestforum) [mappress] Source: nigerianbestforum, December 29, 2010;
MEO Australia Limited advises that since the last progress report, abandonment operations were completed and the Songa Venus semi-submersible drilling rig was released at 04:15 hrs Perth time, Sunday 26th December 2010. Drilling operations on the Artemis-1 program were conducted safely and without e
The Al Mayeda LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal January 5, 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 m
Work has begun in Peterhead on a pioneering underwater tool developed by Aberdeen-based Ecosse Subsea Systems. Ecosse Subsea Systems was recently awarded a £30,000 Scottish Enterprise grant to assist in the research and development of SCAR, a specialist trenching plough, and fabrication is now under
Chesapeake Energy Corporation announced that its Board of Directors has declared a $0.075 per share quarterly dividend that will be paid on January 18, 2011 to common shareholders of record on January 3, 2011. Chesapeake has approximately 655 million common shares outstanding. In addition, Chesapeak
Following Qatar’s historic achievement of 77 million tonnes per annum (Mta) of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production capacity, reconfirming the country’s position as the world’s leading producer of LNG with the largest production capacity, RasGas has paid tribute to future of LNG at the Operations
A new Bahrain company has been formed primarily to transport petrochemicals and liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Middle East production hubs… (tradearabia) [mappress] Source: tradearabia, December 28, 2010;
Six months have passed after Bangladesh reached an understanding for import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar, but no formal deal co… (unbconnect) [mappress] Source: unbconnect, December 28, 2010;
China Southern Power Grid Co. (CSG) has entered into a long-term strategic partnership agreement with China National Offshore Oil Corporatio… (tradingmarkets) [mappress] Source: tradingmarkets, December 28, 2010;
The Iran Natural Gas Liquefaction Company director said that $450 million has been set aside for the Iran LNG project… (tehrantimes) [mappress] Source: tehrantimes, December 28, 2010;