UK’s South Hook liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on January 27, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The Al Mayeda LNG tanker, with a capacity of 266,oo0 cbm, is sailing from Ras Laffan, Qatar. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million ton
Statoil has resumed production at the LNG plant at Melkøya outside Hammerfest following a temporary shutdown due to rupture of a firewater line Wednesday last week. The facility can revert to full production without any production limitations. “We have a good overview of the extent of the damages an
Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee moderated a meeting today at the Company’s headquarters. The meeting was focused on the South Stream project implementation. Pursuant to the assignment by Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, a decision was made to sign
Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) and Fluxys G announced that they have entered into a strategic partnership pursuant to which GIP will acquire from Fluxys a 44.9% equity interest in Fluxys Switzerland. The transaction is expected to close following clearance from the European Commission regulato
Leading international classification society Bureau Veritas has given approval in principle for the basic design of a 14,000 teu containership to be powered by LNG. The design was developed in a joint industry project between Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, liner major CMA-CGM and
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has completed the development of a large, 9 000 TEU container ship fuelled by LNG and obtained Approval in Principle from DNV. The ship is designed with a new type of LNG tank that provides more space for container cargo. The LNG is stored in prismatic low pressure insulate
Norway exported 3,079,315 mt of LNG in 2011, according to the trade statistics. LNG exports in January-November period rose 22.4 percent, compared with last year, when the country exported 2,515,333 mt of LNG. Norway exports liquefied natural gas through Hammerfest LNG terminal, located on the islan
Petrofac, the international oil & gas service provider, announced two new appointments to its Board of Directors with immediate effect. René Médori (54) joins the Board as a non-executive director. Médori is finance director of Anglo American PLC, a role he has held since September 2005 after joinin
UK’s Isle of Grain liquefied natural gas terminal is expected to receive a cargo of LNG on January 20, according to shipping data. The Al Sahla LNG tanker, with a capacity of 216,164 cbm, is sailing from Ras Laffan, Qatar. Grain terminal has the largest tank capacity of any terminal in the UK with t
The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Zautbek Turisbekov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Kazakhstan to Russia. The parties looked at the issues of the Russian-Kazakh cooperation dee
Global energy demand will continue to grow over the next twenty years, albeit at a slowing annual rate, fuelled by economic and population growth in non-OECD countries. Increased energy efficiency and strong growth for renewable energy are also forecast in BP’s latest Energy Outlook 2030, which is p
Oslo-based shipbulder STX Europe AS, today issued a statement concerning the recent comments in the media about a potential sale of shares in STX OSV Holdings Limited. “STX Europe AS confirms that we as part of our ordinary course assessment of available strategies are exploring the viability of a s
Belgium’s Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal re-exported a LNG cargo yesterday. The cargo is being hauled by Methania, a 131,235 cubic-meter tanker. The LNG tanker is sailing to Spain’s Huelva terminal, and it is due to arrive on January 25, according to ship-tracking data. [mappress] LNG Worl
GasLog, an international owner, operator and manager of LNG carriers, announced that it has filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial public offering of its common shares. The number of shares to be offered and the pric
