The GLE members unanimously elected Wim Groenendijk, Vice-President International & Regulatory Affairs, N.V. Nederlandse Gasunie, as GLE President. Wim Groenendijk has been a member of the ENTSOG Board during its first term (2010-2012) and has been a member of the GIE Board since 2011. Upon his elec
Led by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, the company’s delegation paid a visit to the Republic of Bulgaria on Monday. Working meetings of Alexey Miller with Plamen Oresharski, Bulgarian Prime Minister and Dragomir Stoynev, Bulgarian Economy, Energy and Tourism Minister too
LNG player Royal Dutch Shell said that Ben van Beurden will succeed Peter Voser as Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 January 2014. Peter Voser will leave Shell at the end of March 2014, marking the end of 29 years with the company. Van Beurden, 55, has been Downstream Director since January 2013.
Bergen Group Fosen has completed the delivery of MV “Stavangerfjord” to the shipping company Fjord Line. The handover is in accordance with the revised schedule communicated on 16 May this year. MS “Stavangerfjord” is considered to be among the most environmentally friendly cruise ships, and is thef
The Gazprom Management Committee Chairman Alexey Miller met last week with the founder of the KAMAZ Master rally raid team Semyon Yakubov and the team leader Vladimir Chagin at the company’s headquarters. The team participants presented a gas-fueled KAMAZ project being executed jointly with Gazprom
Engineering and construction company Kentz recently announced the following pre-close trading update. Overview Trading in the first half of 2013 in line with our expectations Backlog increased 9% to US$2.8bn at the end of May (31 December 2012: US$2.57bn) Order intake of US$900m to the end of May Ba
VIDEO LNG – the Safe Fuel Westport posted an interesting video illustrating how liquefied natural gas (LNG) is the safest legacy fuel available—even today. Maran Gas of Greece Takes Delivery of LNG Tanker The first electrical LNG carrier to be ordered by Maran Gas of Greece incorporating induction-b
Cuadrilla of UK has announced that it intends to apply for planning consent to hydraulically fracture and test the shale at its existing exploration well at Grange Hill. It has also announced that it intends over time to apply for consent to drill, hydraulically fracture and test the gas flow at up
The South Stream Project is making good progress and enters an important next phase. Following a recent Board Meeting, South Stream Transport has initiated two tenders, one for the supply of line pipe and another one for the construction of the South Stream Offshore Pipeline through the Black Sea. C
You are invited to join us in Amsterdam for Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference 2013 at Amsterdam RAI on October 15 & 16. Meet new customers and partners, as well as strengthen your relations with existing clients. Explore best practices and new developments. Whether you are interested in doing
Elengy, a GDF Suez unit, launched an LNG tanker truck loading station at its Montoir – de – Bretagne LNG terminal. Elengy will thus enable its customers (energy suppliers) to load up their tanker trucks with liquefied natural gas before transporting it to wherever it will be used. This LNG will be u
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea has reportedly won a tender to build up to 16 ice-class liquefied natural gas tankers for Russia’s Yamal LNG project. The agreement also allows transfer of rights to finance the tankers’ construction to third parties – shipping companies
LNG player GDF SUEZ of France pursues financial operations targeting balance sheet optimization and cost of debt reduction implemented in the framework of the action plan announced last December. The Group has recently launched several operations to buy back a portfolio of debt bearing an average co
Chiyoda Corporation of Japan and Xodus Group announced that they have formed a strategic capital alliance, with Chiyoda having acquired the majority of shares in Xodus Group from the previous investors, Sunrise Xodus B.V. and Simmons Parallel Private L.P. The increase in global demand for oil & gas
