The first electrical LNG carrier to be ordered by Maran Gas of Greece incorporating induction-based electric propulsion motor technology from GE’s Power Conversion business is expected to enter commercial service in July. The Woodside Rogers, built by one of the major Korean shipbuilders, Daewoo Shi
Following the reorganization of Eni’s Gas & Power activities, approved by the Company’s Board of Directors, the Business Unit Optimization & Trading will be renamed Business Unit Midstream and a new Business Unit Downstream Gas & Power has been created. The Business Unit Downstream Gas & Power, of w
Unveiling of ME-LGI concept signals impending, further expansion of MAN B&W dual-fuel portfolio. Ole Grøne, Senior Vice President – Low Speed Promotion & Sales – MAN Diesel & Turbo, said: “We can really see the momentum towards dual-fuel operation building now. The ME-GI engine we introduced – and i
As of today, Norwegian engine manufacturer Bergen Engines AS becomes part of the Tognum Group. Following the acquisition of Tognum AG by the joint venture of Rolls-Royce plc. and Daimler AG, the former Rolls-Royce subsidiary Bergen Engines was merged into the Tognum Group. With that Tognum, the prop
The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) does not confront consumers, rather its moves on their side to materialize a win-win game in line with mutual interests. Addressing the GECF meeting in Moscow, Iranian minister of petroleum, Rostam Qasemi, expressed hope the club of gas exporting countries to
Steel Cutting Ceremony Held for Petronas FLNG, Malaysia Petronas held steel cutting ceremony for its floating LNG facility. The ceremony was led by PETRONAS’ President and Group CEO, Tan Sri Dato’ Shamsul Azhar Abbas and was jointly hosted by Technip’s President & CEO Mr. Thierry Pilenko and DSME’s
From 1 July inland shipping can officially bunker (refuel with) LNG in the Seinehaven, in Rotterdam Botlek. The municipality of Rotterdam has amended the Port Management Regulations to allow this. On Thursday afternoon, 27 June, Port Alderman Jeannette Baljeu welcomed clients who had come to witness
Today the annual General Shareholders Meeting of Gazprom was followed by a meeting of the Company’s newly elected Board of Directors. The meeting resolved to elect Viktor Zubkov as Chairman of the Gazprom Board of Directors. Alexey Miller Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee was named as Dep
On June 14th, the Huelva regasification plant celebrated 25 years since it began to operate. This terminal, located at the mouth of the rivers Tinto and Odiel, began its construction in 1985, and it was put into operation on 14 June 1988 with the tanker “Isabella”, that unloaded LNG from Algeria. Th
On Thursday Seimas of the Republic of Lithuania approved the Law on Amendment to Articles 5, 10 and 11 of the Law on Liquefied Natural Gas Terminal of the Republic of Lithuania. The Law, inter alia, amends the regulation of trade of natural gas brought through the LNG Terminal, i.e.: The Law abolish
Portugal’s Port of Sines is scheduled to receive a shipment of LNG from Nigeria on June 29, according to port data. The cargo is being hauled by the Soyo, a 160,000 cubic-meter tanker, and it is sailing from Nigeria’s Bonny terminal. The Sines terminal is held by REN Atlântico and has a nominal send
Statoil ASA has together with its partners Eni Norge AS and Petoro AS made a small gas discovery in the Nunatak prospect in PL532 in the Barents Sea. Well 7220/5-2, drilled by the rig West Hercules, encountered gas in rocks of Cretaceous age. Based on the present evaluation the discovery is consider
Woodside said that it has had two separate offers accepted to farm-in to offshore blocks located in the prospective Porcupine Basin off Ireland. Petrel Resources plc has accepted Woodside’s offer to acquire 85% participating interest in Licensing Option 11/6 (comprising offshore blocks 45/6, 45/ 11,
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee held at the Company’s headquarters a meeting dedicated to the company’s promising liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects, namely LNG plants in the Primorye Territory and Leningrad Region. It was noted that the Vladivostok-LNG project with a m
