Iran will soon pump natural gas to its second underground gas storage facility northeast of the country, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Hamidreza Araqi said. “Upon completion of its second phase, the facility will be able to take 20 million cubic meters of gas per day,
LNG player GDF Suez inaugurated the 375 MW Uch II gas-fired power plant on Friday following successful achievement of commercial operation earlier this month. Located in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, Uch II is an extension to the existing 551 MW Uch plant. GDF Suez has majority ow
Picture of the Day: LNG Module Arrives at Curtis Island The module program has been in full swing for the Curtis Island LNG projects for more than 20 months with well over half the modules now in their permanent positions across the sites, Bechtel said on Wednesday. South Korea: Two Workers Killed A
Dana Gas held its 8th Annual General Meeting chaired by the company’s chairman Sheikh Ahmed Bin Sultan Al Qasimi. All resolutions presented to shareholders at the AGM were approved. The AGM approved the Board of Directors’ report on the company’s financial results and the financial statements togeth
Nakilat of Qatar has added three new LNG vessels to its fleet through its joint venture Maran Nakilat, which has closed US $807.4m of refinancing provided by Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB) and Barwa Bank. The refinancing deal was signed during a ceremony held in Doha on Tuesday 22nd April and attended by
Qatargas has achieved another significant safety milestone by completing twelve years of operations on its offshore facilities without a Lost Time Incident (LTI). Comprising nine offshore platforms, the Qatargas Offshore facilities supply gas and condensate to the onshore liquefaction plant at Ras L
World’s largest LNG shipper Nakilat has hosted and chaired the Middle East Regional Forum of the Society of International Gas Tanker and Terminal Operators (SIGTTO). The event took place on Wednesday, 16th April, in Doha, Qatar, and was attended by around 50 delegates from the region and other count
Stabilis Energy Buys Domestic LNG Business from Encana Stabilis Energy signed a definitive agreement to purchase substantially all of the U.S. based assets of Encana Natural Gas (ENGI). Denver-based ENGI is a leading distributor of LNG fuel to domestic high horsepower engine operators in the oilfiel
Federal Cabinet of Pakistan approved a policy for the import of liquefied natural gas and an LNG terminal would be constructed in Karachi in accordance with the project, according to local media reports. This was announced during today’s federal cabinet meeting in Islamabad under the chairmanship of
Qatargas, the world’s largest LNG producer, has extended its support to the activities of the Qatar Society of Petroleum Engineers (QSPE), the local chapter of the world renowned Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE), enabling local petroleum engineering professionals to share knowledge and benefit f
Iranian Petroleum Minister says the country’s natural gas production capacity will climb to one billion cubic meters (bcm) per day in three years’ time. Stressing the extension of gas transmission pipelines and compressor stations in the country, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said that the National Iranian
Salim bin Nasser Al Oufi, Undersecretary at Oman Ministry of Oil and Gas says that discussion is on for importing one trillion cubic feet of natural gas per day from Iran, which is equivalent to one third of the country’s present gas production. Al Aufi said that the agreement is just a Memorandum o
LNG tanker Aseem, managed by the Shipping Corporation of India (SCI), was recently repaired at the Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) shipyard in Qatar. “The highlight of the repair was the renewal and installation of two AMZ 1120 rotors for the 12,650 KW capacity Main Propulsion motors, done
Portugal’s Port of Sines will get a shipment of liquefied natural gas from Oman next week, port data shows. The Al Sahla, with a capacity of 216,164 cubic meters, is expected to arrive at the Sines LNG import terminal on April 23. The terminal is held by REN Atlântico and has a nominal send out [&he
