Senior management from N-KOM and Nakilat recently attended the launching and naming ceremony of N-KOM’s Q-Max sized floating dock at Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in South Korea. 42,000T of fabrication work has been completed for the floating dock named ‘Laffan’, measuring 405m by 66m with a liftin
STASCO’s Q-Max LNG carriers Zarga and Al Mafyar are concurrently undergoing routine drydocking and repairs at the Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) shipyard in Qatar this month. Undergoing its first special survey, Zarga had repairs done on the water ballast tanks as well as modifications to
Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov stressed his country’s determination to continue cooperation with Iran and Russia in the energy sector. The president stressed that it is important to ensure supplying gas to the foreign markets in the volumes stipulated by the agreements signed with Iran
Shell and BP have reportedly signed deals to supply Kuwait with LNG over the next 5-6 summers. The total volume of LNG to be delivered between the two companies would be around 2.5 mtpa, Jamal Al-Loughani, deputy director of marketing at Kuwait Petroleum Corp. (KPC), told the Kuwaiti Al-Seyassah new
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani has voiced Tehran’s readiness for broadening oil and gas cooperation with Azerbaijan. In a meeting with Azeri President Ilham Aliyev in Tehran, Rouhani said there are different economic capacities especially in the oil and gas sectors for the two countries to cooperat
The Offshore Support team (Shorebase) of the Offshore Asset Department of RasGas celebrated the completion of a Safety Milestone of 17 years without a Lost Time Incident and 13 years without a Recordable Incident. Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi, RasGas Chief Executive Officer said: “As a world-class glob
Qatargas recently welcomed the President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), Judith Hackitt, and provided a tour of its facilities in Ras Laffan. This was the first time the President of IChemE has visited Qatar. Khalid Bin Abdulla Al-Thani, Qatargas Chief Operating Officer – Engineer
Technip, in partnership with China HuanQiu Contracting & Engineering Corporation (HQC), was awarded by Basra Gas Company (BGC), a front-end engineering design contract for Ar Ratawi Natural Gas Liquids (NGL) train1 project at North Rumaila in Basra Province, Iraq. The project is the first of the new
Iran will become the second country in the Middle East in terms of gas storage capacities with the implementation of a gas storage facility this year, a top official said. “Iran will become one of five main countries in the world and second in the Middle East with underground facilities for natural
The image above shows a Qatargas’ LNG vessel docked at the Port of Ras Laffan in Qatar. Qatargas is the world’s largest LNG producer with an annual LNG production capacity of 42 million tonnes per annum. The company has the largest dedicated fleet of chartered LNG carriers. [mappress] LNG World News
Omani Oil Minister Mohammed bin Hamad Al Rumhy said the energy-hungry nation aims to get 1 billion cubic feet of gas per day from Iran from 2017/18, under a long-term agreement. Iran and Oman have great potentials for boosting cooperation in oil industry including supplying gas to Oman’s LNG units w
The Dahej LNG terminal, owned by India’s biggest LNG importer, Petronet LNG, will get a cargo of LNG from Qatar onboard the 138,097 cbm Disha on April 4, according to shipping data. Petronet has recently received environmental clearance from India’s Ministry of Environment & Forests for doubling the
The Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, formally laid the foundation stone for Laffan Refinery 2 (LR2) at a ceremony held on Tuesday at the Qatar National Convention Centre in Doha. LR2 will effectively double the condensate refining capacity of the Laffan Refinery to 300,000 barrels per day, soli
SPT Marine Transfer Services announced the contract award for Provision of Technical Support Services to KNPC (Kuwait National Petroleum Company) at their Mina Al Ahmadi GasPort in Kuwait. The LNG Import facility at Mina Al Ahmadi is used to supply additional clean fuel for the increased power deman
