Iranian minister of petroleum, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh voiced the Islamic Republic’s willingness to develop bilateral cooperation with Japan, especially in oil and gas sector. Replying to the minister of economy, trade and industry of Japan, Toshimitsu Motegi’s letter, Zanganeh has expressed his count
Qatargas and E.ON Global Commodities signed a flexible SPA for five years starting in January 2014 and covering a volume of approximately 1.5 million tonnes of LNG per year. The LNG will come from Qatargas 4 (Train 7), a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and Shell, and will be delivered on-board
Iran Majlis Speaker Ali Larijani has underlined the importance of the completion of Iran-Pakistan (IP) gas pipeline project as a prelude to promotion of Tehran-Islamabad relations. “The IP gas pipeline is among the important projects which will lead to the expansion of trade cooperation between the
Dana Gas, the Middle East’s leading regional private sector natural gas Company, and Crescent Petroleum, the oldest private oil and gas Company in the Middle East, have announced the achievement of five years of continuous production in their major operations in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. As join
Kentz Corporation announced the award of a Manpower Services contract for the Qatargas Laffan Refinery Phase 2 Project (LR2) in Qatar. Through the operating entity of Qatar Kentz W.L.L, this contract continues Kentz’s existing working relationship with Qatargas, in supporting the management of this
Qatar Petroleum (QP) recently took part in the 33rd GCC Production and Maintenance Committee Meeting, which was held last September 30 in Abu Dhabi and involved representatives from national petroleum companies in the GCC. This year’s meeting focused on “Maintenance, Planning and Scheduling Device”
RasGas announced that the Barzan Gas Project’s four offshore platform topside modules, collectively weighing a total of 9,500 tonnes, have successfully and safely arrived in Qatar. The topsides, which include three wellhead platforms and an additional living quarters module, made their 20-day journe
Noble Energy announced that the A-2 appraisal well drilled on the Block 12 discovery offshore the Republic of Cyprus has successfully encountered approximately 120 feet of net natural gas pay within the targeted Miocene-aged sand intervals. The Cyprus A-2 well, which is more than four miles northeas
Natural gas storage plays a prominent role in security of country energy needs, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hamidreza Araqi said. Addressing the International Seminar of Working Committee 2 (WOC2) of the IGU, Araqi said the fast growing use of gas, as one of the impo
Iran plans to host the World Gas Conference (WOC 2) workgroup of the International Gas Union (IUG) for the first time in the country, Massoud Samivand, Managing Director of Natural Gas Storage Company (NGSC) said. According to the report of the public relations of the National Iranian Gas Company (N
RasGas Company recently hosted its third annual reception in Seoul, South Korea under the patronage of His Excellency Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry. The event which was attended by RasGas CEO, Hamad Rashid Al-Mohannadi, Oil & Gas, Industry and Energy ministers from n
ExxonMobil Research Qatar (EMRQ) said it has begun field testing its ‘Remote Gas Detection’ system, which is designed to improve process safety and environmental performance at liquefied natural gas production and transportation facilities and other gas processing facilities. The system employs a sp
GE Expands Small-Scale LNG Business (USA) In connection with its recent acquisition of substantially all the assets of the Salof Companies, GE Oil & Gas announced that it has completed its acquisition of a 50 percent ownership interest in Beijing enCryo Engineering Co., Ltd., a Beijing-based joint v
South Korea, the world’s second biggest buyer of LNG, is due to get a liquefied natural gas cargo from Qatar, according to shipping data. The 135,000 cbm Hyundai Technopia departed from Ras Laffan in Qatar on Saturday and it is expected to arrive at the Tongyeong LNG terminal on October 6. Tongyeong
