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TGS, EMGS Expand Barents Sea 3D Survey Area
TGS and Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) have agreed to further expand the Companies’ previous cooperation agreement in the Barents Sea. TGS will partner with EMGS to acquire electromagnetic (EM) data over four additional blocks in the Hoop area of the Barents Sea to bring its total joint owne
INOXCVA Gets LNG Storage Tanks Deal
INOXCVA has been awarded orders to supply the LNG Storage Tanks & installation of equipment in the tank connection space of LNG Fuel Gas packages by TGE Marine Germany. The new contracts are for the supply of 6 Units of 770 M3 LNG Tanks for the Crowley Maritime Corporation’s two ConRo ships (2400 TE
Aibel Works on Snoehvit Facility Upgrades
In the course of the next month Aibel will perform 100,000 hours of work in connection with a shutdown that will improve the stability of the Snøhvit facility at Melkøya near Hammerfest. “The keyword is improvement. The goal of Statoil with all the projects in this shutdown is a more robust and stab
Trelleborg Gimbal Mountings for Ruhrpumpen’s Water Injection Package
The pump manufacturer Ruhrpumpen has chosen Trelleborg Gimbal Mountings for its water injection package for LNG in Gjerdrum, Norway. The package is placed on a special designed Floating Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) unit from Sevan Marine, the “Sevan Voyageur”. Trelleborg’s gimbal mounti
DNV GL Presents Pipeline Integrity Software Synergi Pipeline
Following the merger of DNV and GL, one leading pipeline integrity software solution will now incorporate both previous brands, DNV’s Synergi Pipeline and GL Noble Denton’s Uptime. The single next-generation system will be branded under the Synergi Pipeline name. Pipeline integrity software As the f
Morgan Stanley Buys YPF Stake from Repsol
Repsol of Spain has sold to Morgan Stanley & Co. 11.86% of the share capital of YPF for $1.26 billion, the company said in a statement on Wednesday. The transaction will generate estimated capital gains before taxes of 622 million dollars, according to the statement. Following the sale, Repsol will
Rolls-Royce Sells Energy Gas Turbine Business to Siemens
Rolls-Royce said that it has signed an agreement to sell its Energy gas turbine and compressor business to Siemens for a £785 million cash consideration. The business being sold supplies aero-derivative gas turbines, compressor systems and related services to customers in the oil and gas and power g
New Season of Gas-Fuelled Car Races Scirocco R-Cup Now Open
Opening ceremony of the new natural gas-fuelled car racing series Volkswagen Scirocco R-Cup season took place on a legendary racing track Hockenheimring, Germany. Gazprom Germania being an official partner of the cup supplies compressed natural gas (CNG) for the racing vehicles. Lots of motorsport f
LNG Tanker Due at UK South Hook Next Week
The Mozah LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal from Qatar on May 14, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The South Hook LNG terminal, a part of the Qatargas 2 integrated value chain, is one of the largest LNG re-gas
Picture of the Day: Greenstream LNG Barge
The LNG powered barge, Greenstream, chartered by Shell, has been built and designed at Peters Shipyards in The Netherlands. Greenstream has been designed with many new safety and efficiency features. For example, she has four small efficient engines rather than one large engine as in traditional bar
Iveco: First Units of Gas-Powered Stralis Deployed to European Customers
The first units of Stralis Natural Power Euro VI, the new heavy range of natural gas-powered vehicles launched by Iveco, have already been deployed to European customers. Iveco has long embraced this challenge, especially for transport missions in sectors such as the distribution, short and medium-l
Statoil Completes Shah Deniz Farm Down
Statoil of Norway completed the farm down of 10% of its interest of 25.5% in the Shah Deniz Production Sharing Agreement and the South Caucasus Pipeline Company Limited to BP (3.33%) and SOCAR (6.67%). The consideration for the sale and transfer of these assets is USD 1.45 billion. The divestment th
Noble, Partners to Supply Tamar Gas to UFG
Noble Energy announced the execution of a non-binding Letter of Intent (LOI) between the Tamar field partners and Union Fenosa Gas (UFG) for the supply of natural gas from Tamar, offshore Israel, to UFG’s existing natural gas liquefaction facilities in Egypt. The LOI contemplates a contract term of
PGNiG Starts Drilling for Shale Gas at Luzino Well
Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (PGNiG) has commenced the drilling of the exploratory Tępcz-1 vertical borehole, the purpose of which is to investigate the hydrocarbon potential of shale deposits. The borehole is located in the administrative district of Luzino, within the Wejherowo licence