Qatargas today opened a new market for Qatari liquefied natural gas as Dubai Supply Authority (DUSUP) completed the commissioning phase of its new LNG terminal in Jebel Ali port. The commissioning was completed by the delivery of the first cargo via a Q-Flex vessel with LNG produced from Qatargas 2
Santos today welcomed the announcement by South Australian Premier Mike Rann that the State will set a carbon emissions limit for new power generation to drive the conversion of electricity production from high-carbon coal to lower carbon natural gas, and enable the further development of renewable
Esso Highlands Limited, a subsidiary of Exxon Mobil Corporation and operator of the PNG LNG Project, recently officially opened its Port Moresby Construction Training Facility. The Project is investing 150 million Kina in training services and capital costs to train up to 4,000 Papua New Guinean wor
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, announces that it has acquired a 20% interest in Gateway Storage Company Limited (Gateway), to progress and develop the Gateway Gas Storage project in the East Irish Sea. The cash consideration could be up to £33 million over time, f
BG Group recently announced that its second Tanzanian exploration well, Chewa-1, has also discovered gas. The well, located in Block 4 approximately 80 kilometres offshore southern Tanzania in a water depth of around 1 300 metres, is some eight kilometres north-west of BG Group’s Pweza-1 gas discove
The Al Safliya LNG carrier, with a capacity of 210,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal December 11, 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 cubi
The Irish energy regulator has exempted the proposed Shannon LNG project from third-party access requirements… (argusmedia) [mappress] Source: argusmedia, December 6, 2010;
The managing director of Iran LNG Company, a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company, says Iran will soon start exporting Liquefied N… (presstv) [mappress] Source: presstv, December 6, 2010;
Ukraine has delayed for up to three months a tender to select a company that would design a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal near Odessa… (ukrainianjournal) [mappress] Source: ukrainianjournal, December 3, 2010;
THE FRENCH port of Le Havre has abandoned its plan to take a one-third stake in a planned LNG terminal… (fairplay) [mappress] Source: fairplay, December 3, 2010;
An inspection of Gorgon contractor Boskalis and their cranes and rigging equipment by the Gorgon Project manager Kellogg Joint Venture (KJV) has identified significant areas of concerns, MUA National Secretary Paddy Crumlin said today. Mr Crumlin said if the issues identified were not addressed then
Beach Energy Ltd wishes to advise that on 1 December 2010 it issued 5,453,895 unlisted performance rights to Beach executives following shareholder approval at the Beach’s annual general meeting held on 25 November 2010. The unlisted performance rights expire on 30 November 2015 and subject to meeti
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that it has secured a contract with BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of BHP Billiton, Limited , to supply umbilicals and distribution equipment for development of the Macedon gas field off Western Australia. Oceaneering’s scope of supply is for a
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Peter Voser, Chief Executive Officer of Royal Dutch Shell plc, signed a protocol on strategic global cooperation. This agreement establishes basic guidelines for the companies’ broader collaboration. Amongst the opportunities the compa
