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Picture of the Day: Hammerfest LNG Terminal
Statoil of Norway operates Europe’s first export facility for liquefied natural gas located on Melkøya island near Hammerfest. The Arctic gas from the Snøhvit field in the Barents Sea is sent ashore through a 143-kilometre-long pipeline to the LNG export facilty, and it is processed before being coo
EIA: 16 Pct of Gas Consumed in Europe Goes through Ukraine
Europe, including all EU members plus Turkey, Norway, Switzerland, and the non-EU Balkan states, consumed 18.7 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of natural gas in 2013. Russia supplied 30% (5.7 Tcf) of this volume, with a significant amount flowing through Ukraine. EIA estimates 16% (3.0 Tcf) of Europe’s to
EU Parliament Excludes Shale Gas from Tougher Environmental Assessments
The European Parliament has on Wednesday voted to impose tougher rules governing the environmental impact of oil and conventional gas exploration, while at the same time exempting shale gas. “Despite Parliament’s requests, mandatory environmental impact assessments for the extraction and exploration
DNV GL Introduces Shale Gas Verification Service
DNV GL launched a comprehensive, tailor-made independent verification service based on the provisions of its Recommended Practice for Risk Management of Shale Gas Developments and Operations (RP), regulatory requirements and other publicly available standards. The new service will be used as a tool
PIRA: Peak Winter Buying Has Been Wrapped Up
PIRA Energy Group said that peak winter buying has been wrapped up. In the U.S., Appalachian shale bottlenecks are increasingly visible. In Europe, gas fundamentals becoming more bearish. Specifically, PIRA’s analysis of natural gas market fundamentals has revealed the following: In Europe and Asia,
GEA Delivers Heat Exchangers for Yamal LNG Plant
GEA Batignolles Technologies Thermiques (GEA BTT), a subsidiary of GEA Heat Exchangers, landed a record order with a value of over 40 million Euros from the plant contracting companies Technip and JGC. The order was for more than 400 air-cooled heat exchangers for the three-line liquefied natural ga
VIDEO: Shell 2014 Strategy Update
Shell’s CEO Ben van Beurden today reinforces his priorities for the company in presentations to financial markets. Shell’s strategy is founded on technological expertise, disciplined capital investment, integrated operations, and large scale. This is underpinned by an unrelenting focus on safety. In
ECSA: Shipowners’ Hopes Dashed Over LNG Infrastructures
“Shipowners’ hopes for decisive action with regard to LNG refueling points have been shattered,” said Patrick Verhoeven, the European Community Shipowners’ Associations (ECSA) Secretary General. “While the 2015 deadline for the compliance with the requirements of the EU Sulphur Directive is fast app
Rolande, Titan to Jointly Source and Transport LNG
Rolande LNG and Titan LNG said that they have signed a strategic partnership for the sourcing and transportation of LNG to industrial customers and LNG truck filling stations in North West Europe. “Rolande LNG will jointly source and transport LNG with Titan in our 5 dedicated LNG tank containers so
Contract for Laying First South Stream String to Be Signed in March
Gazprom approved the signing of a contract for laying the first string of South Stream’s offshore section and a pipe procurement contract for the second string of the gas pipeline offshore section. Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee took part today in the South Stream Transp
Blue Stream Delivers 100 Bcm of Gas to Turkey
Blue Stream gas pipeline supplied its 100th billion cubic meter of Russian natural gas to Turkey. In 2013 gas supplies via Blue Stream had stood at 13.7 billion cubic meters of gas accounting for over a half of the total gas volume (26.7 billion cubic meters) exported by Gazprom to Turkey in 2013. “
Port of Antwerp Releases LNG Bunkering Procedures
Antwerp Port Authority announced that the new Municipal Police Regulations, Port Guidelines and associated forms came into force on 9 March 2014. For the first time ever the regulations include specific procedures for LNG bunkering. With these procedures the Port Authority aims to ensure that bunker
GM&T Singapore Inks LNG MSPA with PV Gas
Gazprom Marketing & Trading Singapore (GM&T Singapore) said it has signed a Master Sales and Purchase Agreement (MSPA) with PetroVietnam Gas (PV Gas). The agreement was signed at a ceremony in Ho Chi Minh on 4 March. The ceremony was attended by senior representatives from both companies, including
DONG Energy to Elect New Board Chairman
Thomas Thune Andersen will be named new Chairman of the Board of Directors of DONG Energy. Thomas Thune Andersen has many years of experience from the energy sector and has seats on the boards of a number of international companies dealing in energy, logistics and distribution. He is i.a. chairman o