Total announced that its affiliate Total E&P UK has made a new gas and condensate discovery in the West of Shetland on the United Kingdom Continental Shelf, close to the currently under development Laggan and Tormore fields. The Edradour exploration well lies in block 206/4, 75 kilometres North West
Reserve officers from Russia’s Northern Fleet can be retrained to work in the Shtokman gas project and the Murmansk transport hub, says Nort… (barentsobserver) [mappress] Source: barentsobserver, January 5, 2010;
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, announces that Andy Inglis has joined the company as Chief Executive of its Energy Developments and Production Solutions businesses. Following a familiarisation period, he will join the Board of Petrofac in March and will re-locate t
Repsol Chairman Antonio Brufau and Sinopec Chairman Su Shulin Tuesday in Madrid presided over the first joint meeting at the top corporate level between both companies following the agreements reached in Brazil. At the meeting, both chairmen agreed to create working groups to analyse new business op
The Lithuanian enterprise Klaipedos nafta has announced a tender to choose a consultant on building an LNG terminal, Lithuanian Energy Minis… (oilandgaseurasia) [mappress] Source: oilandgaseurasia, January 4, 2011;
The Bluesky LNG carrier, with a capacity of 145,700 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s Dragon terminal January 11, 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 the next 20 yea
The Board of Directors of Repsol International Capital Limited (RIC) has authorized the redemption of 100% of the outstanding Series A Preference Shares issued by RIC and guaranteed by Repsol YPF (the Series A Preference Shares). The Series A Preference Shares are currently listed on the NYSE under
One of the extensions within OCTOPUS-Onboard is the Dynamic Positioning capability forecast function, DP for short. The OCTOPUS-DP functionality gives offshore vessels the possibility to make optimum use of a safe time window for their weather-sensitive operations. An important remark has to be made
Russia’s natural gas production climbed 11.5 percent to 650.311bn cubic meters in 2010 compared to the previous year, the Russian Energy Min… (rbcnews) [mappress] Source: rbcnews, January 3, 2011;
Barents NaturGass AS has won a contract to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Torghatten Nord AS for seven new LNG ferries in one of Norw… (ngvglobal) [mappress] Source: ngvglobal, December 31, 2010;
The Onaiza LNG carrier, with a capacity of 210,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal January 7, 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 metr
Liquefied natural gas may help Great Britain deal with energy security but it exposes the market to global pressures, energy analysts said… (upi) [mappress] Source: upi, December 31, 2010;
Repsol has approved the appointment of Miguel Angel Devesa del Barrio and Begoña Elices Garcia as Executive Officers of the company and members of the Executive Committee as from January 2011. Miguel Angel Devesa del Barrio who maintained the post of Corporate Director of Strategy and Corporate Deve
Wärtsilä, the marine industry’s leading solutions provider, has introduced a more powerful version for marine applications of its popular Wärtsilä 32 engine. First introduced in the 1980s, and with more than 4000 units sold to the marine industry alone, the Wärtsilä 32 engine has proven to be a high
