Syria will invest US$800 million to develop ports and ships by 2015, to capitalise on traffic and transport from the reconstruction process… (bairdmaritime) [mappress] Source: bairdmaritime, December 13, 2010;
A $30 billion gas hub project in Western Australia’s environmentally sensitive Kimberley region has been recommended to proceed by the state… (yahoo news) [mappress] Source: yahoo news, December 13, 2010;
The $5.25 billion being spent on widening of the Panama Canal is only the beginning of expenditures in the rush to accommodate giant … (newsroompanama) [mappress] Source: newsroompanama, December 13, 2010;
ExxonMobil congratulated Qatar on becoming the world’s largest producer of liquefied natural gas at a ceremony today marking the production capacity milestone of 77 million tones per annum (MTA). The event was celebrated in Ras Laffan Industrial City at a ceremony under the patronage and in the pres
The results are in from the first beach nourishment survey and the Board of Aldermen concluded there is not as much support for the proposed… By SUZANNE ULBRICH (jdnews) [mappress] Source: jdnews, December 13, 2010;
Critics claim a council could put lives and taxpayers’ money at risk at a waterside tourist spot as it tries to make amends for a bungled… (walesonline) [mappress] Source: walesonline, December 13, 2010;
Dubai A proposed new container port in the western Indian state of Gujarat built on a public-private partnership could tap funding from expatriate Indians or Indian-owned institutions for its development. There could even be opportunities for GCC-based port operators with the proposed project open t
It’s taken several years longer than originally anticipated, and the final reports could rival a couple of New York phone books in size. But, in the end, the economics… By Mary Carr Mayle (savannahnow) [mappress] Source: savannahnow, December 13, 2010
GE today announced its intention to make an offer for 100% of Wellstream Holdings PLC, a leading engineer and manufacturer of high-quality flexible pipeline products for oil and gas transportation in the subsea production industry. The terms of the transaction, which value Wellstream’s share capital
MEO Australia Limited advises that since the last progress report, the 9-5/8” casing was run and cemented to a depth of 2,971m MDRT and the 8-1/2” hole was drilled through the target reservoirs to a total depth of 3,500m MDRT over the weekend. No hydrocarbons were encountered in the objective reserv
We were privileged to have seen first-hand President Noynoy Aquino at work as a consensus-builder. The President recently called the various key stakeholders in the.. (mb) [mappress] Source: mb, December 13, 2010
Europe can meet its 2050 ambition of reducing its CO2-emissions by 80 per cent compared to 1990, in a faster and more cost-efficient way if natural gas plays a significant part in the energy mix going forward. In a report initiated by a group of experienced gas players in Europe and delivered to the
Cheniere Energy, Inc. announced today that its wholly owned subsidiary, Cheniere Common Units Holding, LLC, has reached an agreement with its lenders to amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement dated August 15, 2008, for the 2008 Convertible Loans due 2018. The outstanding balance of the Loa
Western Sahara Resource Watch (WSRW) has asked international banks to halt further funding of the US oil firm Kosmos Energy. The company is exploring for oil offshore occupied Western Sahara. Should Morocco – through its US partner Kosmos Energy – discover oil offshore Western Sahara, it will underm
