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Top News of The Week April 14-20, 2014
Stabilis Energy Buys Domestic LNG Business from Encana Stabilis Energy signed a definitive agreement to purchase substantially all of the U.S. based assets of Encana Natural Gas (ENGI). Denver-based ENGI is a leading distributor of LNG fuel to domestic high horsepower engine operators in the oilfiel
Novatek Makes Board Changes
Novatek, operator of Russia’s Yamal LNG project, approved the election of new members to the company’s Board of Directors. The following members were elected to the Board of Directors: Andrei I. Akimov: Chairman of the Management Board of Gazprombank; Burckhard Bergmann: Board Member of the Presidiu
Shell CEO Meets Vladimir Putin
Vladimir Putin met with Chief Executive Officer of Shell Ben van Beurden. Van Beurden briefed the President on Shell’s current projects in Russia. Shell, a Dutch-British company, is one of the global leaders in the energy and petrochemicals sector, with operations in more than 70 countries. Shell ha
Gazprom Contracted 1.9 Bcm in Bergermeer UGS
Gazprom Group has contracted 1.9 bcm of capacity in Bergermeer underground gas storage facility (UGS) on a long-term basis from Abu Dhabi company TAQA. The UGS is located near Alkmaar in the Netherlands. Gazprom Group took a share in the facility following a tender for supplying of “cushion gas”, or
Klaipedos Nafta Approves Rules for Use of LNG Terminal
Klaipedos Nafta of Lithuania said that the company’s Board has approved the rules for use of the Klaipeda LNG terminal. The National Commission for Energy Control and Price of Lithuania issued the rules on April 11. The rules establish the procedure and conditions of use of the terminal, requirement
MAN Diesel & Turbo Adopting IMO Tier III Regulations
MAN Diesel & Turbo is ready for IMO Tier III regulations, said Stephan Timmermann, MAN Diesel & Turbo Executive Board Member responsible for Marine Systems and After Sales. “We have the technologies in place to support our customers for this new era of environmentally efficient shipping. I am please
GDF Suez: LNG Transshipment at Montoir Terminal (VIDEO)
LNG player GDF Suez recently completed the transshipment of a liquefied natural gas cargo at the Montoir-de-Bretagne LNG terminal in France. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6a4v5mF5CI&feature=em-subs_digest The liquefied natural gas, originating from the Snøhvit liquefaction plant in Norway, was sh
Paolo Scaroni, Yuri Prodan Discuss Gas Production in Ukraine
The Ukrainian Minister of Energy, Yuri Prodan, and Eni’s CEO, Paolo Scaroni, met in Kiev where they discussed the importance for the country of increasing the availability of natural gas. The parties discussed Eni’s activities in Ukraine and agreed on the need to cooperate in order to increase the p
Dynagas LNG Charters Clean Force to Gazprom
Dynagas LNG Partners, an owner and operator of LNG carriers, said that it has entered into a new 13-year time-charter contract with Gazprom Marketing & Trading Singapore for the Clean Force, a fully winterized, 149,700 cbm Ice Class LNG carrier built in 2008. Dynagas LNG also entered into an agreeme
PGNiG Gas Sales Down in Q1
PGNiG of Poland said its sales of gas were at 4.9 billion cubic meters in the first quarter of 2014, compared to 5.6 billion cubic meters in the same period of 2013. Natural gas production remained unchanged year on year, at 1.2 billion cubic meters. In Q1 2014, natural gas imports totaled 2.5 billi
Minister: Krk LNG Project More Realistic than Ever Before
The long-delayed LNG terminal project on the northern Adriatic island of Krk in Croatia is way more realistic now than it was ever before due to the crisis involving Ukraine and Russia, Croatia’s Economy Minister Ivan Vrdoljak said in a statement last week. “For a couple of months we have been tryin
EDI Contributing to Formation of Professional Community in Energy Sector
The Netherlands hosted the 13th meeting of the International Supervisory Board of the Energy Delta Institute (EDI). The meeting addressed the Energy Delta Institute performance in 2012 and 2013. Taking part in the meeting were Sergey Khomyakov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, Ha
LNG Carrier Due at UK South Hook Next Week
The UK’s South Hook liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on April 23, port data reveals. The Aamira LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is transporting the cargo from Ras Laffan, Qatar. Qatar Petroleum owns 67.5 per cent of South Hook LNG Terminal Co
Leviathan Partners Bid to Supply Gas to Cyprus
On April 14, 2014, a proposal was submitted by Delek Group’s gas partnerships for the supply of natural gas through pipeline from the Leviathan reservoir in a tender published by the Government of Cyprus through the Government gas company – DEFA. The tender is for the supply of natural gas to Cyprus