On January 12, the signing ceremony of the main terms of the contract on Azerbaijani natural gas transaction between the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) and National Iranian Gas Export Company (NIGEC) was hosted at SOCAR Head office. Speaking at the event, Mr. Rovnag Abdullayev, SOCAR Presid
On November 18th SSPA, FKAB, White Smoke and Swedish Marine Technology Forum entered into a joint agreement with the Korean energy giant KOGAS to evaluate the possibilities for developing a Korean system for delivery of LNG to gas-fuelled ships. The order is an acknowledgement of West Sweden as an a
The LNG Lokoja, a BW Group Ltd. tanker, with a capacity of 148,500 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s Dragon terminal January 19, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. BG and Petronas between them have contracted for the full capacity at Dragon LNG’s Milford Haven site over
Russia and India will cooperate on jointly developing liquefied natural gas projects including in third countries, the Russian government sa… (RIA Novosti) [mappress] Source: RIA Novosti, January 13, 2011;
On November 17, 2010 OAO Gazprom priced USD 1 billion of loan participation notes due November 29, 2015. The notes were issued by Gaz Capital S.A., a Luxembourg special purpose vehicle, under Gazprom’s Loan Participation Note Programme. The loan participation notes were priced at par and have an ann
Wilhelmsen Ships Service has appointed Vidar Hole to the position of Business Director responsible for the Maritime Logistics Services portfolio. Vidar will drive the design, development and launch of new offers in line with the company’s strategy and identified market and customer needs, across its
Total announced the following appointments to its Management Committee, effective January 1, 2011: * Arnaud Breuillac, Senior Vice President, Middle East, Total Exploration & Production. * Michel Hourcard, Senior Vice President, Development and Operations Techniques, Total Exploration & Production a
Mechanical engineering group, EnerMech, has invested £20 million in a new Process, Pipeline and Umbilical Services division and appointed one of the industries leading pipeline experts to head up the unit. Les Graves joins the EnerMech board as director and brings with him more than 30 years experie
The report “Global LNG Market Analysis” investigates key trends of the industry and outlines future trends after inclusive study of various… [mappress] Source: prlog, January 13, 2011;
Findon-based AMC Engineering Ltd is ending the year on a high note after securing another industry certification. The international torque equipment specialists have been awarded the OSHAS18001 certification, an internationally recognised assessment specification for occupational health and safety m
The partners in the Snøhvit licence have decided to perform studies of possible concepts for building a new LNG plant at Melkøya in Hammerfest (Train II). The licence has conducted a feasibility study of processing capacity expansion of Hammerfest LNG plant, Melkøya called Snøhvit Train II, and have
The Al Kharaitiyat LNG carrier, with a capacity of 216,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal January 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 c
Operator Gassco transported 97.3 billion standard cubic metres (scm) of Norwegian gas to receiving terminals elsewhere in Europe during 2010, 700 000 scm more than the year before. This volume was carried by pipeline from fields on Norway’s continental shelf to facilities in Germany, Belgium, France
The Al Sahla berthed on Sunday 9th January at National Grid’s LNG importation terminal at the Isle of Grain in Kent. This is Grain’s two hundredth cargo. This brings the amount of energy delivered into the UK gas market through the terminal to almost 18 billion cubic metres, which is sufficient to s
