Sovcomflot Group held its 12th Business Partners Conference in Saint-Petersburg. The meeting was timed to coincide with the company’s anniversary – marking 25 years since its foundation as a joint stock enterprise. Quarter of a century ago in June 1988, Sovcomflot JSC was founded on the basis of an
Bio-fuel supplier Gasrec has announced that its next bio-LNG refuelling station will be built at Avonmouth near Bristol, UK. The station will be capable of refuelling up to 700 vehicles a day. The station will form part of Gasrec’s planned network of refuelling stations which will be located near mo
EDF Trading, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EDF S.A., announced the appointment of Matthew Arnold as Head of LNG effective July 8th, 2013. Arnold will be based in London and will focus on developing EDF Trading’s international LNG and NGL footprint, identifying market opportunities and creating a stra
The BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2013 – the 62nd annual report – is launched today, revealing that 2012 had the largest single-year increase in US oil production ever recorded, and new evidence of the flexibility of the world’s energy system in meeting rapid global change. The US recorded t
PIRA Energy Group reports that seasonal weakness in 2Q global LNG has pressured down more on Europe. In the U.S., the falloff in natural gas drilling has yet to affect output. In Europe, power sector gas demand spiraled lower. Specifically, PIRA’s analysis of natural gas market fundamentals has reve
LUKOIL commissioned the first stage of a base compressor station (BCS) in Yamalo-Nenets District to transport gas from the Company’s fields in Bolshekhetskaya Depression to the OAO Gazprom gas pipeline system. The BCS is located at Nakhodkinskoye gas field developed by LUKOIL since 2005. The capacit
Portugal’s Port of Sines will receive a shipment of liquefied natural gas from Qatar next week, according to the Port of Sines website. The Ejnan liquefied natural gas carrier, with a capacity of 145,000 cubic meters, is expected to arrive at the Sines terminal on June 19. The terminal is held by RE
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee took part Tuesday in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) in a meeting of the South Stream Transport Board of Directors. The Board Members addressed various issues regarding the progress with the offshore section of the South Stream gas pipeline. Th
The Shagra LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal on June 18, port data shows. This is the second cargo that is scheduled to arrive at the South Hook terminal in the next seven days and they are both sailing from Ras Laffan […]
Foster Wheeler said that it has acquired Ingen Ideas, a privately held upstream consultancy company located in Aberdeen, UK. Ingen specializes in field development and project decision support, focused on the evaluation and implementation of oil and gas field developments covering greenfield and bro
UK’s South Hook LNG import terminal is expected to receive a cargo of liquefied natural gas on June 15, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The Bu Samra LNG tanker, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is transporting the cargo from Ras Laffan, Qatar. The South Hook terminal c
Winner of the NHO Hordaland Innovation Prize, and candidate for the National Innovation Price for 2013, is Liquiline. “The prize is an important part of the NHO’s work on visualization of business innovation capability, and show that there are good creative businesses in the country. Furthermore, pe
Statoil of Norway said it is restarting operations at its Hammerfest LNG export terminal after the terminal was shut since May 28 due to a short circuit in the electrical unit of one of the cooling processors. “Repair work and tests completed successfully. Compressors running and start-up progressin
The Methania liquefied natural gas carrier, with a capacity of 145,702 cubic meters, is due to arrive in the Zeebrugge LNG terminal on June 11, according to port data. The liquefied natural gas carrier will load in a re-export cargo and depart from the Zeebrugge terminal to Argentina’s Bahia Blanca
