GAZ–SYSTEM S.A. jointly with AB Lietuvos Dujos signed an agreement with a winner of the tender ILF Consulting Engineers Polska Sp. z o.o Company for the performance of a Feasibility Study of the interconnection between Poland and Lithuania (GIPL). The feasibility study should be available by the fir
A ‘Notice of Discovery and its Commerciality’ for the Absheron discovery was submitted on June, 1 on behalf of the partnership Socar – Total – GDF Suez by operator Total E&P Absheron. The step is described as “an important milestone in the frame work of the Agreement on Exploration, Development and
Statoil has made a significant gas and condensate discovery in the King Lear prospect in the southern part of the Norwegian North Sea along with its partner Total E&P Norge. Exploration well 2/4-21 drilled by the jack-up rig Maersk Gallant in production licences 146 and 333, has proven a 48-metre ga
Nord Stream has successfully completed the second of the two underwater tie-ins of its second gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea on 28 June. The 1,224-kilometre offshore pipeline is now complete and will be de-watered and dried before being joined to the onshore landfall sections in Russia and Germ
OOO NOVATEK Chelyabinsk, a wholly-owned subsidiary of OAO NOVATEK, announced on June 28 the execution of a long-term natural gas supply contract with OAO MMK. The gas supply contract has been signed for a period of 10.5 years until 31 December 2022, and it is estimated that the total volume of natur
Chelyabinsk hosted a joint meeting of Gazprom and the Pipe Producers Association. The Company’s delegation was led by Vitaly Markelov, Deputy Chairman of the Management Committee. It was noted at the meeting that Gazprom’s high demands enabled domestic pipe plants to upgrade the production capacitie
Solbus in partnership with GAZPROM Germania, a Berlin-based daughter company of GAZPROM, and Polish municipal transport companies organized a series of demo-runs of LNG buses during April and May. Two Solbus LNG buses have made over 12 thousand kilometers when servicing regular lines in the host cit
LNG player BG Group of UK today announced with the Republic of Kazakhstan and the other contracting companies in the giant Karachaganak gas-condensate field in north-west Kazakhstan, completion of their agreement which was initially signed on 14 December 2011. Under the terms of the agreement the Re
Enagás has reached a deal with Elecnor to invest in the winner of the tender to build and operate the Morelos gas pipeline in Mexico. According to this agreement, Enagás and Elecnor will each hold 50% of the company owning the gas pipeline and will jointly carry out all engineering, construction and
Stolt-Nielsen announced that Avance Gas Holding (AGHL), a joint venture between Sungas Holdings and Stolt-Nielsen Gas has reached an agreement with Transpetrol Shipping whereby Transpetrol will sell its two very large gas carriers (VLGC) to AGHL in return for cash and 33 1/3 equity ownership of AGHL
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) today welcomed news of the signing of an inter-governmental agreement (IGA) on the Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline project (TANAP) by President Ilham Aliyev of Azerbaijan and Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey. TAP Managing Director Kjetil Tungland said: “Th
UFG of Spain, a specialist gas company operating in international LNG markets, said it has appointed Cesare Cuniberto as managing director. Cesare Cuniberto previously occupied the post of Chairman and Managing Director of Tigáz, the largest gas distribution and marketing company in Hungary, and whi
The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Dr. Johannes Teyssen, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of E.ON. The parties addressed the current issues and prospects for future cooperation in the energy sector, Gazprom sa
NOVATEK of Russia plans to sign contracts to sell half of the LNG produced from Yamal project after a final investment decision is made, Reuters reported, citing the company’s CEO Leonid Mikhelson. “After we take a final investment decision and before we begin project financing, we plan to sign cont
