InterOil Corporation, today announced that it has been granted Petroleum Retention License (PRL) No. 15, covering blocks including and surrounding the Elk and Antelope fields, unifying the fields into a single license separate from our exploration acreage and specifying minimum work commitment activ
Chevron Corporation today announced the award of major front-end engineering and design (FEED) contracts for the Gendalo-Gehem natural gas development in East Kalimantan, Indonesia. The Chevron-operated Gendalo-Gehem project is located in the Makassar Strait offshore East Kalimantan in water depths
Yemen LNG is planning to shut a feed gas pipeline to its liquefied natural gas export project for a few days in December for final repairs… (tradearabia) [mappress] Source: tradearabia, December 2, 2010;
Petronas Gas Bhd yesterday signed a Heads of Agreement with Petroliam Nasional Berhad for the development of Liquefied Natural Gas Regasification Facilities by PGB and the subsequent provision of LNG regasification services by PGB to PETRONAS. The Project will be located in the vicinity of Sungai Ud
The Ukrainian Cabinet of Ministers has approved a memorandum with Azerbaijan to supply liquefied natural gas to Ukraine, Deputy Ukrainian Fu… (oilandgaseurasia) [mappress] Source: oilandgaseurasia, December 2, 2010;
The Board of Directors of Hess Corporation today declared a regular quarterly dividend of 10 cents per share payable on the Common Stock of the Corporation on January 3, 2011 to holders of record at the close of business on December 20, 2010. Hess Corporation, with headquarters in New York, is a glo
Chevron Corporation today announced that C.N. “Sandy” Macfarlane has been appointed general tax counsel and an officer of the corporation. In this position, Macfarlane will direct Chevron’s tax activities. He succeeds Thomas R. Schuttish who has retired after 30 years with the company. “Sandy is a r
Karoon Gas Australia Limited has executed an agreement with its joint venture partner, ConocoPhillips (Browse Basin) Pty Ltd, under which Karoon will acquire an additional 50% participating interest in Browse Basin permit, WA-314-P. The permit is located to the north of permits WA-315-P and WA-398-P
China Natural Gas, Inc. , a leading provider of compressed natural gas (“CNG”) for vehicular fuel and pipeline natural gas for industrial, commercial and residential use in Xi’an, China, today announced that it signed a natural gas supply agreement on November 25, 2010 with a subsidiary of China Nat
ConocoPhillips announced today that the first cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Qatargas 3 (QG3) joint venture was shipped on Nov. 25, 2010. The cargo departed from Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar, bound for the Canaport LNG Terminal in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. “ConocoPhillip
E.ON has sold the 3.5 percent stake in Gazprom held by its subsidiary E.ON Ruhrgas. E.ON reached an agreement to sell a 2.7 percent Gazprom stake to Vnesheconombank (VEB), Russia’s state-owned investment bank. The payment of the purchase price and the transfer of the stock to VEB are expected to tak
The Mississippi River and other inland rivers of the United States are home to several thousand towboats. They are vital carriers of goods and materials, and an important element within the country’s overall transportation system. Current and future environmental restrictions on emissions are creati
National Grid has announced the start of commercial operations today of its second capacity expansion, delivered on time and to budget, at the company’s Isle of Grain LNG importation facility. Following the arrival of the first commissioning cargo of LNG on 29 October, the commissioning process has
Beach Energy Limited is pleased to release monthly drilling report for the period ending 1 December 2010. AUSTRALIA Beach Operated Cooper Basin Shale Gas Exploration – PEL 218 Drilling operations for Encounter-1 (Beach 90%), the first of a two well, back-to-back exploration program targeting shale g
