Qatar is facing high prices for LNG since 2006 and therefore plans to boost its exports Europe in the next five years. The forecast says LNG shipments to Europe will rise by 22% by the next year, which is the highest since 2009. According to Poten & Partners, Centrica Plx, U.K.’s biggest energy supp
Qatargas team, comprising Nationals from Onshore Operations, were recognized for “Best Team Performance” among all participating teams at an LNG process training program held recently in Japan. The three-week training programme was organized by JCCP. Oil and gas professionals from ten countries part
Egyptian Government authorities paid AED 194 million (US$ 53 million), from the current total outstanding receivables of AED 1,210 million (US$ 330 million), to Dana Gas. Payment of $ 42 million has been received in US dollars and the balance in equivalent Egyptian pounds. Including this tranche, du
A senior Iranian diplomat says European countries want to purchase natural gas from Iran. “We can sell our gas to Turkey or Europe. Europe is very eager to buy gas from Iran,” Ebrahim Rahimpour, Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia-Pacific Affairs said, Iran’s SHANA news agency reported. Earlier this mo
Foster Wheeler announced that subsidiaries of its Global Engineering and Construction Group have been awarded contracts by Saudi Aramco for the provision of engineering and project management services for the development of the Fadhili Gas Program in the Eastern Province of the Kingdom of Saudi Arab
Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Exports Company Ali-Reza Kameli has stressed the need for acquiring LNG technology in order to win a share in distant export markets. “Access to LNG industry will increase our share of gas trade and will push us closer to our main objective, which is acquiri
As the global liquefied natural gas market expands rapidly, the fleet of LNG tankers continues to experience tremendous growth. According to the International Gas Union, at the end of 2012, the LNG fleet consisted of 362 vessels of all types. LNG World News will every week introduce five LNG tankers
Masked gunmen killed 18 people and injured six others working on a gas pipeline outside the Iraqi town of Muqdadiya on Friday, according to several media reports. Fifteen of the those killed were Iranians and three were Iraqis, the reports said. The workers were laying the foundation for a gas pipel
The Government of the Sultanate of Oman and BP have signed a gas sales agreement and an amended production sharing agreement for the development of the Khazzan field, with BP as operator. The full field development will involve a drilling programme of around 300 wells over 15 years to deliver platea
Corpus Christi Liquefaction Enters USD 11 Billion of Contracts with Bechtel Cheniere Energy announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Corpus Christi Liquefaction and Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals have entered into two lump sum turnkey contracts for the engineering, procurement and construction of
Iran has generally agreed to deliver natural gas to India through a deepwater pipeline crossing the Sea of Oman, marketing director of the National Iranian Gas Exports Company (NIGEC), Ali Amirani said. “Negotiations were held with three Indian companies for their purchase of gas from Iran, and gene
Japan Marine United Corporation (JMU) and IHI Corporation (IHI) agreed on the joint development of LNG fuel tank and supply system for LNG fueled container vessels for United Arab Shipping Company (UASC) headquartered in Dubai, UAE. These vessels are the UASC’s current newbuilding order of five 14,0
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski met with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to discuss gas issues, economic cooperation. “We managed (during the talk with the emir) to confirm the special climate in Polish-Qatari relations…” President Komorowski told reporters after the talks. The P
Iran has started pumping 4.5 million cubic meters of gas per day from the Sarajeh gas storage facility to the national gas network, said the managing director of the Natural Gas Storage Company (NGSC) Masoud Samivand. Samivand said withdrawal of gas from the facility started on the 22nd of November,
