BG Group today announced that the Republic of Kazakhstan (RoK) and the contracting companies in the giant Karachaganak gas-condensate field in north-west Kazakhstan have reached an agreement that will support the further development of the field. The agreement, effective from 30 June 2012 on satisfa
ConocoPhillips Skandinavia AS, operator of production licence 301 CS, has completed drilling of the wildcat wells 7/11-12 S and 7/11-12 A. The wells proved gas. The wells were drilled in the southern part of the North Sea, about 19 kilometres southwest of the Ula field. A 40-metre gross gas column w
Foster Wheeler AG announced today that its Reading, UK, operation, Foster Wheeler Energy Limited, part of its Global Engineering and Construction Group, has won the British Safety Council’s highly coveted Sword of Honour in 2011. Foster Wheeler was one of 54 organizations worldwide presented with a
Classification society Germanischer Lloyd (GL) and IHI Marine United Inc. (IHIMU) signed an agreement for a joint development project (JDP) to investigate and develop solutions for large LNG fuelled container vessels. GL and IHIMU will be working together on a concept study for a 13,000 TEU contain
Fluxys and GRTgaz plan to create transmission capacity from France to Belgium by building a new interconnection between their networks. The project would significantly contribute to security of supply and market integration as it is to increase transfer possibilities between the PEG Nord and Zeebrug
Technip was awarded by Uzbekistan GTL LLC an extension of the existing reimbursable services contract, for the front-end engineering design of a gas-to-liquids (GTL) plant, located 40 kilometers south of Qarshi in Uzbekistan. This plant will be based on Sasol’s world leading GTL technology and will
Portugal’s Port of Sines is scheduled to receive a shipment of LNG from Qatar on December 23, according to the Port of Sines website. The Lusail LNG Tanker, with a capacity of 145,000 cubic metres, is sailing from Port of Ras Laffan. The terminal is held by REN Atlântico and has a nominal send out [
From 13 December to 15 December, the gas flow through the Nord Stream Pipeline will be temporarily suspended due to planned maintenance works at Gazprom’s connecting pipeline. During the shutdown time, Nord Stream will also carry out maintenance activities at the installations on the German landfall
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Yury Boiko, Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Minister. The parties discussed issues of the current and future cooperation. Ukraine transits nearly 70 per cent of Russia
Shipping rates of liquefied natural gas for a period of 12-months or more rose to a record, Bloomberg reported, citing an analyst at Morgan Stanley. A.P. Moller-Maersk, hired out LNG tanker Maersk Methane for three years at $140,000 a day, Ole Storer, a Morgan Stanley analyst said. Morgan Stanley sa
The Al Mayeda LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal December 19, 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 billion cubic
The latest LNG cargo to be loaded at Norway’s Hammerfest terminal has been dispatched to Spain, according to shipping data. The 140,000 m3 Arctic Voyager departed Hammerfest yesterday, and is expected to arrive at the Huelva terminal on December 20. The Hammerfest terminal, on the island of Melkøya,
Kongsberg Maritime has released a sophisticated Engine Room Simulator (ERS) model based on a Dual Fuel Diesel Electric (DFDE) Engine Room configuration from a modern liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier. The new DFDE model will offer the most sophisticated simulator training for LNG engineers availab
Portugal’s Port of Sines is scheduled to receive a shipment of LNG from Nigeria on December 18, according to the Port of Sines website. The LNG Finima, with a capacity of 130,000 cubic metres, is sailing from Nigerian Bonny terminal. The terminal is held by REN Atlântico and has a nominal send out c
