The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Yury Boiko, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister, Gazprom said in a statement. “The meeting addressed the prospects for long-term cooperation in the gas sector,” G
Foster Wheeler AG announced that a subsidiary of its Global Engineering and Construction Group has signed a three-year frame agreement with Statoil Petroleum AS for the provision of front-end engineering design (FEED) services for future projects at the Kårstø and Kollsnes processing plants, located
During the period 23 October – 25 October 2012, the Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) conducted two audit activities on Hammerfest LNG. One of the activities was directed at major accidents, and the other activity was related to the company’s work on identifying and following up groups potenti
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Yegor Borisov, President of the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia) discussed the progress with the Agreement of Cooperation and prospects for future partnership in light of the final investment decision on the Chayandinskoye field adopted by G
Ophir Energy announced successful results of its three-well appraisal programme on the Jodari field, Block 1 Tanzania. Ophir holds 40% of Blocks 1, 3 and 4; the BG Group operates with 60%. The Ophir-BG Joint Venture has successfully completed appraisal drilling on the Jodari asset, Block 1 offshore
A barge powered by LNG was bunkered from a truck, the first time this has ever been done in a Belgian port. The barge, the Argonon, is operated by Deen Shipping. This represents a further significant step towards more environment-friendly shipping in the port of Antwerp. Antwerp Port Authority conti
UK’s South Hook LNG terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG next week from Qatar, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The Shagra LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive at the South Hook terminal on December 16. Qatar Petroleum owns 67.5 per c
Sovcomflot (SCF Group) of Russia said that it has signed a new USD 700 million seven year credit facility with a consortium of eight leading international banks, including Citibank, N.A., Bank of America Merrill Lynch N.A., BNP Paribas S.A., DVB Bank SE, ING Bank N.V., Nordea Bank Norge ASA and Skan
Milford Haven Port’s cargo throughput has been significantly lower during 2012 than it was last year. Net operating profit before tax is expected to be around £4m for the year to 31 December 2012, down approximately 50% from the preceding year. The fall in profit is a direct consequence of significa
This year the International Gas Union (IGU) published its latest report Natural Gas for vehicles (NGV). The document was created by IGU Study Group 5.3 in cooperation with United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN ECE) Working Party on Gas and investigates the recent global developments rega
TNK-BP announced completion of construction of a gas pipeline from its Verkhne-Kolik-Yoganskoe field to the Bakhilovskaya Compressor Station. The pipeline is 13.4 km long and has a throughput capacity of 300 million cubic meters per year. The total project investment amounted to 410 mln rubles. The
The Bu Samra LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal on December 14, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year and is capable of delivering 21 billion cub
Princess Maxima of the Netherlands played the part of godmother at the naming ceremony for the LNG tanker “Coral Energy” in Rotterdam. The ship is to carry LNG for Skangass from the LNG plant at Risavika to Skangass terminals in Norway and Sweden. In 2010, Skangass entered into a long-term leasing c
Turkey will continue to import natural gas from Iran despite tighter U.S. sanctions, Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said. “We have always told officials that the issue is of strategic importance to us and we couldn’t comply with the sanctions,” Erdogan told a joint news conference with Russia
