Atlas Copco Mafi-Trench LLC, USA, has signed an agreement to acquire the pump business from J.C. Carter LLC, headquartered in California, USA. J.C. Carter is a leading producer of cryogenic submerged motor pumps, which have many applications in the growing natural gas market. The company’s products
Iran and Syria have signed an accord to build a gas pipeline for transferring Iran’s natural gas to Europe, Managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Mr. Owji announced here. According to the report of the public relations of the NIGC, he said that Iranian gas pipeline will procu
Saint Petersburg hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Rovnag Abdullayev, President of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR). The parties addressed the results of cooperation in 2010. Gazprom and SOCAR agreed that the joint ef
Asphar Survey has been awarded a contract to perform a Bathymetric Survey as part of the $US285m Bam CLOUGH PNG LNG Load-out Jetty Project near Port Moresby. The data obtained will form an integral part of the planning and construction for the Jetty and Berthing Basin for the Chiyoda JGC JV and Exxo
Singapore LNG Corporation Pte. Ltd. (SLNG) has awarded the contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the third Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) storage tank at the LNG terminal to Samsung C&T Corporation. The third 188,000 cubic metre LNG tank, in addition to the two similar siz
Eni signed a Memorandum of Understanding today with CNPC/Petrochina, the biggest listed national oil company in the world. The Memorandum of Understanding sanctions a broad spectrum of possible business opportunities to the benefit of both parties in China and internationally. In particular, the com
Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. announced today that its subsidiary, Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC, has signed a memorandum of understanding with EDF Trading, a wholly owned subsidiary of EDF S.A., under which EDF Trading intends to contract between 0.7 million tonnes per annum and 1.5 mtpa, equivale
Alstom and EDF Energies Nouvelles today announced the signature of an exclusive agreement to respond jointly to a call for tenders that the French government is planning to launch for offshore wind projects. The agreement covers the future construction of offshore wind farms developed by EDF Energie
Buccaneer Energy Limited (“Buccaneer” or “the Company”) provides update on the progress of the acquisition of a jack-up rig for operations in the Cook Inlet, Alaska. Buccaneer is in the process of negotiating and financing the acquisition of a jack-up rig that will have the capacity to operate in al
Occidental Petroleum Corporation announced today it has been selected by the Government of Abu Dhabi to participate in the development of Abu Dhabi’s Shah gas field, one of the largest gas fields in the Middle East. Under the terms of the new agreement in principle, Oxy will hold a 40-percent partic
Two Wilh. Wilhelmsen companies join forces to provide a more comprehensive portfolio of solutions, equipment and services tailored to the maritime and offshore industries. The newly formed company, Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions, will be a global provider of fully engineered environmental, safety, H
The prospectively evaluation of license Skagen (PL 498), which is a license from the 4 sea acquisition early 2010, has proven positive, and the license partnership has made a drill decision scheduled for 2012. Drilling of Jette (PL 385), which was scheduled Q1 2011, has been rescheduled to Q4 2011/Q
Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has successfully completed a multi-million Euros, two-year, contract, for CCC (Consolidated Contractors Company S.A.L. (Offshore)-Teyseer Contracting Company W.L.L.-JV) based in Abu Dhabi, to supply power cables for the Ras Laffan Port Expansion pr
Tap Oil Limited provides the following update on the Zola-1 exploration well, offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Location / Proposed Depth The Zola-1 well is located in permit WA-290-P, immediately south of the giant Gorgon gas field in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. The well is b
