Shell’s Prelude FLNG project offshore Australia is on track for operations around 2017, Platts reported, citing Marjan van Loon, Shell vice president for LNG and processing. Van loon also said that the FLNG project is under no schedule pressure to be the first operating FLNG facility. “Because the s
The Gazprom delegation headed by Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee, made a business trip to the French Republic yesterday. During the trip, Alexey Miller met with Henri Proglio, Chairman and CEO of EDF. The meeting was focused on the progress with the South Stream project
Belgium’s Fluxys said in a statement today that it has unloaded 70 carriers at its Zeebrugge LNG terminal in 2011. The major part of the tankers were carrying LNG from Qatar, while others came from Yemen, Nigeria and Trinidad. The peak month was May, with 11 unloaded LNG carriers. Since June 2010, t
A true hybrid energy system is currently being developed for installation on board the offshore supply vessel Viking Lady. An impressive battery pack for energy storage will soon be installed. When the new system is complete, the operation of the engine will be more smooth and cost effective giving
Skangass AS and Preem AB have signed an agreement regarding the delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Preem’s refinery in Lysekil on the west coast of Sweden. The agreement involves building the largest LNG receiving terminal in Scandinavia next to the refinery, an investment estimated at 55 mi
E.ON AG continued its consolidation course in a difficult business environment in 2011 and is past the worst. At the presentation of the company’s annual results, CEO Johannes Teyssen was cautiously optimistic about where E.ON stands. “We made good progress implementing our strategy. E.ON 2.0, our e
Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on March 27, according to the Zeebrugge Port Authority. The Lusail LNG tanker, with a capacity of 145,663 cbm, is sailing from Qatar. The Zeebrugge terminal is operated by Fluxys LNG and has an annual throughput
The Al Samriya LNG carrier, with a capacity of 263,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal from Qatar on March 20, 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 b
DONG Energy of Denmark said in a statement that Anders Eldrup will resign from his role as CEO of the company. Fritz Schur, Chairman of the Board of Directors, said: ”Anders Eldrup has made a huge contribution to DONG Energy for eleven years and is handing over a strong, well-run company. I wish him
Portugal’s Sines liquefied natural gas terminal received 2,153,243 mt of LNG in 2011, according to the Sines Port Authority data. The terminal, operated by REN Group, received one more LNG cargo in 2011, compared from a year before when it received 37 cargoes. The Sines LNG terminal entered the firs
Gazprom of Russia said that the pre-commissioning work entered its final stage at the first startup complex of the Bovanenkovo field. Gas produced from the field was conveyed to the comprehensive gas treatment unit (CGTU) module 1. This process step is required to complete hot testing of the CGTU as
Nigeria’s Bonny LNG terminal shipped a cargo of liquefied natural gas to France on March 7, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the LNG Borno, a 149,600 m3 cubic-meter tanker, and it is due to arrive at the Montoir terminal in France on March 17. Bonny terminal has an overall c
The Strategy Committee of Fluxys SA has decided to propose to the Board of Directors on Wednesday to pay out available reserves of €421.6 million, the company said in a statement. The pay-out will be financed, for the larger part, by available cash. The envisaged pay-out allows Fluxys SA to bring it
Following the Memorandum of Intent signed in April, Gazprom and DONG Energy held negotiations and agreed on the action plan to further develop cooperation between the two companies in Northwestern Europe at the existing gas-fired power plants as well as at a brand new and modern combined cycle power
