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WoodMac: Russia-China Energy Trade Could Quadruple by 2025
Wood Mackenzie says Russia is shifting its outlook east and engaging with China on a range of huge deals that could see energy trade between the neighbouring countries quadruple by 2025. Agreements for oil, coal and power supply have already been struck and while negotiations on a gas deal have prov
USA: Harvey Gulf Selects Air Products to Supply Generators for LNG PSVs
Norwegian-based Air Products has been selected by Harvey Gulf International Marine to supply Nitrogen Membrane Generators for the six newly ordered LNG fueled Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) to be built at Trinity Offshore Shipyard, Gulfport, MS. The NC 1.1 series cabinet model consists of a complete
UK to Get LNG Cargo from Qatar
The South Hook liquefied natural gas terminal in the UK is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on October 6, according to shipping data. The Al Gharrafa LNG tanker, with a capacity of 216,000 cbm, departed from Qatar’s Ras Laffan Port on Wednesday. UK’s South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million to
National LNG Platform: No Excise Increase (The Netherlands)
Excise duty on LNG will not be increased, as the plans the government announced during the State Opening of Parliament (Prinsjesdag) show, The National LNG Platform said in a statement. The decision is a reversal of the earlier announced increase of the excise duty on LNG. The National LNG Platform
Qatargas, Petronas Sign UK LNG Supply Deal
Qatargas and Petronas LNG (UK) signed a five-year Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) for an annual LNG volume of 1.14 million tones, effective January 2014. The LNG will be supplied from Qatargas 4 (Train 7), a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Shell which started production in January 2011,
WINGAS Opens Gas Storage Facility in Jemgum, Germany
WINGAS, a joint venture of Gazprom and Wintershall, has commissioned one of the highest-performance and largest cavern storage facilities in Jemgum, Lower Saxony, Germany. The owners of the storage facility are WINGAS and VNG Gasspeicher GmbH, with 5/6 and 1/6 shares, respectively. Responsible for t
Gas Natural Fenosa Participating in European Mobility Week
Gas Natural Fenosa of Spain said it is participating in the European Mobility Week. The company manages five of the 12 currently operational LNG/CNG filling stations located on the main transport corridors in Spain, which enable the use of this fuel by goods transport companies. Gas Natural Fenosa i
Eidesvik, AGR Sign Viking Prince Contract (Norway)
Eidesvik Offshore and AGR Petroleum Services AS (AGR) on behalf of a well campaign, has entered into a contract for the LNG driven supply vessel Viking Prince. The firm period of this contract is for 12 wells and with an option for 8 more wells. AGR are supplier of Well Management services for these
METI, EU Commission Complete LNG Market Research
On September 10, on the occasion of the second LNG Producer-Consumer Conference held in Tokyo, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Directorate General for Energy of the European Commission compiled the achievements derived from the research cooperation from June 2013 concernin
Belgium: Port of Antwerp Selects Exmar as Strategic Partner for LNG Bunkering
As a result of a European public tender, the Antwerp Port Authority appointed ship owning company EXMAR as its strategic partner for LNG bunkering in the port of Antwerp. Both partners have teamed up for the development of an LNG bunkership as well as for the execution of several further required st
Awilco LNG of Norway Takes Delivery of Its First Newbuilding
Awilco LNG of Norway said that it has taken delivery of its first 156,000 cbm newbuilding – “WilForce” from Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea. The vessel was delivered on budget approximately 16 days delayed compared to original contract, the company said in a statement.
USA: GDF Suez Accepts Bids for LNG Supply from AdvanceLNG Project
GDF SUEZ Gas NA announced the advanceLNG Project, an initiative to provide attractively priced LNG to a wide array of customers in the U.S. Northeast. Starting today through December 31, 2013, GDF SUEZ Gas NA is accepting non-binding bids for LNG supply from the proposed project. While LNG from GDF
VIDEO: Masterton Dismantling LNG Tanks in Glen Mavis (UK)
Based on the success of the demolition and dismantling of the LNG Tanks in Manchester, Masterton was awarded the sister plant in Glen Mavis, Scotland. This project involved the dismantling and demolition of two further liquefied natural gas (LNG) tanks and associated process plant. The demolition of
Petroceltic Ties Back New Kaliakra Gas Well Offshore Bulgaria
Petroceltic International today announced the successful tie-back of a new production well on the Kaliakra gas field, offshore Bulgaria. The well was completed with a subsea wellhead and connected to the existing Kaliakra pipeline for export via the Galata platform. The well and flow line works were