The Umm Slal LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal from Qatar on June 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 bill
Rolls-Royce, the global power systems company, announced today that Island Offshore has taken delivery of Island Crusader, the first gas powered Rolls-Royce offshore vessel. This new and advanced UT 776 CDG platform supply vessel, is the first of two ordered by Island Offshore. Managing Director of
Today, within the framework of the XVI St Petersburg International Economic Forum, Fulvio Conti, CEO and General Manager of Enel and Vagit Alekperov, CEO and Chairman of the Management Committee of OJSC LUKoil, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on mutual cooperation in the gas industry. Through t
Skangass of Norway said in a statement that on 30 May 2012, Uddeholms officially began using natural gas for heating some of its furnaces. The process of converting 30 furnaces from LPG and heavy oil will continue throughout the year. The natural gas is delivered from the Skangass LNG terminal locat
Today Statoil launches its annual outlook for global economics and energy markets – Energy Perspectives 2012. It foresees significant progress for energy efficiency, but global energy demand is still expected to increase by more than 40 per cent towards 2040. Fossil fuels account for the majority of
Natural gas production in the U.K. has been falling for years. Average monthly U.K. natural gas production has fallen from around 350 billion cubic feet (Bcf) per month in 2000 to less than 200 Bcf per month in 2011, the U.S. Energy Information Administration said in a report. Natural gas production
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has undertaken its first Clean Shipping Index (CSI) verification for the product tanker Bit Viking. GL issued the vessel with a Statement of Compliance confirming that the data submitted by owner Tarbit Shipping meets the requirements of the Index, an essential step for ensur
Paolo Tonon, MSc has been appointed Vice President, R&D of Wärtsilä Industrial Operations as of 1 June 2012. Mr Tonon will be responsible for the Research and Development of Wärtsilä products. Mr Tonon, who joined Wärtsilä in 1998, has successfully held several leading strategic, operational and tec
BG Group announced it has successfully added a US dollar denominated hybrid bond to the long-dated sterling and euro denominated hybrid bonds issued earlier this week. The size of the new issue is US$500 million, taking the total raised across all three currencies to US$2.07 billion. The new bonds,
Tokyo Gas of Japan announced that the company has completed the acquisition of shares in T-Power N.V., a company that operates natural gas fired power station in Belgium. On September 21, 2011, Tokyo Gas announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to purchase, via its subsidiary TG Europower
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee visited today the Portovaya compressor station – the key operational element of the Nord Stream gas pipeline. He heard the report on completion of testing at the first string of the gas pipeline. Performed in compliance with the industrial
A terminal for liquefied natural gas, LNG, could be completed in Gothenburg, the largest port in Nordic region, as early as 2015. This is the aim behind today’s signing of a letter of intent, stating that Gothenburg-based Swedegas and the Dutch company Royal Vopak are exploring the possibility to en
Bilbao LNG terminal in Spain received a liquefied natural gas cargo yesterday onboard the 140,000 cbm Arctic Voyager, according to shipping data. The tanker was shipped from Norway’s Hammerfest LNG terminal on March 11. Spain’s Bilbao terminal facilities have a storage capacity of 300,000 m3 of LNG,
Polskie LNG, a PGNiG unit, today provided a photo update on Poland’s first LNG terminal being built at the Port of Świnoujście. In the first stage of operation, the LNG terminal will enable the re-gasification of 2.5 bn m³ of natural gas annually. In the next stages, depending on the increase of dem
