EQT Corporation announced that it has commissioned a second drilling rig powered by clean burning natural gas. This second rig uses gas from on-site production to lower fuel costs and reduce truck traffic related to diesel deliveries, which in turn lessens the overall environmental footprint. At an
Rt Hon Ed Davey, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, praised the joint approach taken by National Grid and E.ON to help save up to 300,000 tonnes of CO2 each year by linking E.ON’s £500m new gas-fired power station to National Grid’s Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal on the Isle of
The Russian “Gazprombank” is interested in Ukrainian investment projects “LNG-terminal” and “Ring Road”. This was announced by Ihor Zhovkva, Director of International Cooperation Department of the State Agency for Investment and National Projects after the presentation of Ukraine’s investment opport
Eni presents the eleventh edition of the World Oil and Gas Review, a worldwide statistical review on oil and natural gas reserves, production, consumption, exports and imports. In 2011, oil reserves grew by 3.6% due to successful exploration in new reservoirs and the better knowledge of producing fi
Polskie LNG inquired the largest advisory companies in Poland about the possibility of conducting the LNG Terminal’s functionality expansion feasibility study. Polskie LNG Company, whose main objective is to construct and further to operate the liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in Świnoujście int
Diversification of sources and routes and switching to cleaner fuels are key items on Poland’s energy agenda. The country, which imports most of its gas from one source – Russia, – is making a big step towards energy security, with co-financing from the EBRD. The European Bank for Reconstruction and
Robert Kleiburg, Chief Operating Officer of the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) will give a key note speech on the importance of natural gas in energy transition on 23 October as part of the official opening of Offshore Energy Exhibition & Conference. In a recent article published by
BP announced the successful start-up of the Devenick gas project in the central North Sea. The Devenick project is a subsea tie-back to Marathon Oil’s East Brae platform and provides an important new source of domestic gas for the UK. Trevor Garlick, Regional President for BP’s North Sea business, s
GDF SUEZ accessed the US bond market for the first time in its history by launching a dual-tranche bond issue with maturities of 5 and 10 years and coupons of 1.625% and 2.875%, respectively. The issue has the lowest coupon rates ever achieved by a foreign utility-sector company on the US market. It
Dusseldorf hosted a meeting of the Coordinating Committee between Gazprom and E.ON Ruhrgas on sci-tech cooperation, personnel training and career development. The meeting was dedicated to the 20th anniversary of sci-tech cooperation between the companies. The meeting was moderated by Vlada Rusakova,
The introduction of new and larger vessels, Q-Flex and Q-Max, and new, often more exposed terminals becoming operational have changed mooring dynamics. The need to maintain workers’ safety at all times, whilst delivering maximum operational efficiency through lower costs and faster turnaround times
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev and Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni met yesterday in Astana for the VII Kazernergy Eurasian Forum. During the meeting, which was cordial and constructive, Eni’s CEO shared the developments and results of the company’s ongoing activities in the country with the Presi
GE said it will supply advanced gas turbine technology for a new 450-megawatt, combined-cycle power plant in the city of Stalowa Wola that will be the largest gas-fired project in Poland. It supports the government’s strategy to diversify the energy supply for Poland, which currently gets 95 percent
The Fuwairit LNG tanker, with a capacity of 138,262 cbm, is due to arrive in the Zeebrugge LNG terminal on October 19, according to port data. The Zeebrugge LNG terminal is situated on a 30ha site in the outer port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. It is operated by Fluxys LNG and has an annual throughput capa
