Russian state-controlled gas company Gazprom said that a meeting was held at the company’s headquarters between Alexey Miller, Gazprom’s CEO, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Petrovietnam State Oil and Gas Corporation. “The parties discussed bilateral cooperation in the oil and gas sector a
On the 7th of December the naming ceremony of Anthony Veder’s new LNG carrier will take place at the Cruise Terminal in the heart of the city of Rotterdam. The Coral Energy is world’s first direct driven dual-fuel ice class 1A LNG carrier. Development of the Ship The development of the Coral Energy
NGVA Europe announced that two more of its members have applied for seats on the association’s Board of Directors: Holding Energie Italiane and Raufoss Fuel Systems. They will have to be officially confirmed by the next annual General Meeting to join NGVA Europe’s governing body. Holding Energie Ita
Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Yury Boiko, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister. Meeting addressed the issues of long-term strategic cooperation in the gas sector. Consideration was also given to readines
The Zarga LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal from Qatar on November 27, 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 bil
Statoil and Wintershall have entered into a 10-year gas sales agreement for the delivery of a total of 45 billion cubic meters (bcm) to the German and other North-West European markets. “This strategic agreement demonstrates the continued competitiveness of Norwegian natural gas in the German energy
Production at Statoil’s LNG plant at Melkøya, Hammerfest has been shut down after power failure just before 14.30 pm on Monday, the company said in a statement. The incident resulted in the emergency response organisation being mobilised, and personnel were according to instructions evacuated from t
Cryonorm Systems said it has received an order to install the LNG fuel system on two gas carriers for Anthony Veder. Cryonorm Systems will engineer, produce and supervise the installation of the LNG system. “This is a milestone for both companies”, said Jos Glorie, business development director at C
Lloyd’s Register has appointed RS Sharma, the former Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) of India’s high-profile Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), as Chairman of Operations for South West Asia. Sharma, whose appointment was effective from 1 November, has joined Lloyd’s Register at a time when
Increase of domestic gas production is the main priority for Ukraine’s development of the energy sector, Minister of Energy and Coal Industry Yuriy Boyko stated while speaking on the Inter TV channel. ” It is better to produce gas at home, to produce more, while creating new jobs. Increase of domest
Watson, Farley & Williams (WFW), an international law firm, said that it has advised Höegh LNG on the sale of its wholly owned subsidiary Port Meridian Energy Limited for US$20m to Meridian Holdings, an entity advised by West Face Capital and owned by a fund managed by West Face. Port Meridian Energ
International energy sector faces considerable upheaval in the coming two decades, according to the World Energy Outlook 2012 presented by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Vienna. Without a stronger joint European energy policy, it will not be possible to overcome the challenges ahead. Austr
Cuadrilla of UK said it has made a decision to re-spud its well at Anna’s Road. Re-spudding entails discontinuing its current well and preparing another about 10 feet away from the original. Re-spudding wells is common practice in the industry. The consequence of this is that the completion of the c
“One of the great challenges of our time is to meet the world’s increasing demand for energy, while at the same time tackling the global climate challenges in a responsible manner,” says Statoil CEO Helge Lund at the 2012 Autumn Conference. Statoil believes that more forceful international measures
