Statoil today celebrates its 10th anniversary as a listed company. Statoil shares are traded on the New York and Oslo stock exchanges. “Statoil has evolved from mainly a Norwegian player into a global company well situated in the most attractive areas worldwide. We have developed a sharper profile a
Russian Maritime Register of Shipping (RS) will class two LNG carriers, ordered by Sovcomflot for Gazprom Global LNG. A series of two membrane 170 000 cu m capacity LNG carriers for the charterer Gazprom Global LNG (a Gazprom subsidiary) will be constructed in South Korea. According to the specifica
SENER Ingeniería y Sistemas has signed an LNG contract with Dunkerque LNG, a subsidiary company of EDF, for the development of a regasification plant in the city of Dunkerque, in northern France. SENER has been awarded this EPC contract as part of the TS LNG consortium made up of SENER and Techint.
Nordic LNG has signed a supply agreement with the single producer of titanium dioxide pigments in Scandinavia. Titanium dioxide pigments are used as feedstock when producing paint, plastic materials and paper products. Kronos Titan AS is situated at Øra, an industrial area, outside Fredrikstad in No
GL Noble Denton has forecast that the development of shale gas production in Britain will increase the energy sector’s dependence on carbon capture and storage as a method for reaching UK emission reduction targets. Talking at a debate on the future of unconventional gas in London, GL Noble Denton’s
IBM, NTT Europe and South Hook LNG Terminal Company Ltd., operators of the largest Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) re-gasification terminal in Europe, announced a 5-year agreement for IBM and NTT to deliver cloud computing services to South Hook’s operations in London and in Milford Haven, Wales. With t
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the world’s biggest shipbuilder, announced the Company clinched a USD 500 million order to build the world’s first two new LNG Floating Storage Regasification Units (FSRU) for Hoegh of Norway on June 12. This contract also includes an option exercisable by Hoegh to order tw
The Mesaimeer LNG carrier, with a capacity of 216,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal June 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 met
The legal framework for the Nabucco Pipeline has been finalised with the signing – in Kayseri, Turkey – of the Project Support Agreements (PSAs) between NABUCCO Gas Pipeline International GmbH and the responsible ministries of the five transit countries (Austria, Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Turke
Eni signed a purchase agreement with Cassa depositi e prestiti Spa (CDP) for the sale of 89% of the existing shares, corresponding to 94% of the economic rights held in Trans Gasleitung Austria GmbH. Trans Gasleitung Austria GmbH is the company owning the transport rights for the Austrian section of
On June 10, 2011, Jens Stoltenberg, the Prime Minister of Norway, is expected to visit Gdansk in Poland to have bilateral meeting with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk. Norwegian Prime Minister regularly meets his colleagues in the countries that are about to take over the EU presidency, which will
The plan for development and operation of the Valemon gas and condensate field in the North Sea was approved by the Norwegian parliament yesterday, 9 June. Production start-up is planned for 2014. The Valemon field is one of Statoil’s largest development projects on the Norwegian continental shelf (
The Gazprom headquarters hosted a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Dr. Johannes Teyssen, Chairman of the E.ON AG Management Board. The parties addressed the current state and the development prospects for the European and, in particular, the G
On 7-9 June, Volvo Trucks took part in the NGV Berlin 2011 Fair in order to present the recently launched Volvo FM MethaneDiesel. The participation in this show is also part of Volvo Trucks commitment to establish “blue corridors” in Europe. These transport corridors are designed to increase the ava
