Qatargas delivered on Thursday the first cargo of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to China National Offshore Oil Corporation’s (CNOOC) Zhuhai LNG terminal located in the Guangdong province. The cargo arrived aboard the Q-Flex LNG vessel Al-Gattara and will be used to commission the latest addition to th
Qatar Navigation (Milaha) Q.S.C. announced its financial results for the 9 months ended September 30th, 2013. Highlights: Operating revenues of QR 1.69 billion vs. QR 1.70 billion for the same period in 2012, a decrease of 0.2% year over year. Operating Profit of QR 569 million vs. QR 436 million fo
The 15th ministerial meeting of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) is scheduled to be held on November 3 in Tehran to pick a new secretary general. The meeting of the 13-member body, to which four countries have observer status, will also discuss gas market, financial and administrative issues, 20
Drydocks World & Maritime World, the well-established international service provider to the maritime, oil & gas and offshore energy sector, announced that Chairman Khamis Juma Buamim has accepted an invitation to chair the DNV Offshore Technical Committee. Buamim met Henrik O. Madsen – DNV GL Group
Bilateral trade between India and Qatar crossed $ 16 billion during the last financial year, most of it by way of LNG imports from Qatar, said PS Sasi Kumar, deputy head of mission at the Indian embassy, in Doha, yesterday in Qatar Chamber of Commerce & Industry. “India imports 7.5 million metric to
PIRA Energy Group reported that Qatari marketing flexibility provides key signals for price direction. In the U.S., the EIA’s most recent release of 914 Survey data indicated U.S. domestic production reached a new high in July 2013. Actually weak front, potentially strong back define European price
Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry, met on Tuesday with visiting US Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman. Discussions during the meeting covered issues of mutual interest and cooperation in the energy field. The meeting was attended by U.S. Ambassador to Doha Susan L. Z
Qatar’s premier marine company Nakilat has secured vessel building and operations contracts for the Port of Ras Laffan via its joint ventures, shipbuilder Nakilat Damen Shipyards Qatar (NDSQ) and towage operator Nakilat SvitzerWijsmuller (NSW). NDSQ has signed to build seven vessels — two 60-ton bol
Qatar Petroleum (QP), along with some of its joint ventures and subsidiaries as well as its Industrial Cities Directorate, took part in the 22nd World Energy Congress 2013, which was held last October 13-17 at the EXCO (Daegu Exhibition and Convention Center) in South Korea. The congress was hosted
Managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hamidreza Araqi says Ilam Gas Refinery in western Iran will be among the suppliers of natural gas to neighboring Iraq, noting that the facility produces two billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas annually. He said the refinery is processing sev
The Board of Directors of the Executive Committee of Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) has drafted the agenda for its upcoming ministerial meeting in Tehran. The GECF, bringing together 13 countries, drafted the agenda in its Doha meeting last Wednesday to be discussed during the Tehran meeting o
EGAS of Egypt has issued a tender for an FSRU which it hopes to use by next April, Reuters reported, citing EGAS’s deputy chairman Khaled Abdel Badie as saying. “We are renting it,” he said. “It is expected to be used by next April. We hope so. It depends on the offers,” Abdel Badie added. Egypt, [&
Petronet’s Dahej LNG terminal on India’s west coast is due to get a cargo of LNG from Qatar onboard the 138,700 cbm Raahi on October 17, according to shipping data. The Dahej terminal in Gujarat is India’s first LNG import terminal and has a nominal capacity of 10 MMTPA. The terminal is meeting arou
Kentz Corporation, the holding company of the Kentz engineering and construction group, announced the award by Qatar Shell GTL Ltd. for EPCm services on the GRVE Integrity Improvement Programme, at the Pearl Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) plant in Ras Laffan, Qatar. The contract, building on Kentz’s previous
