Dana Gas, the Middle East’s leading publicly-listed natural gas company, has announced the appointment of Patrick Allman-Ward as the new Group CEO for the company with effect from 01 September. The company, which is listed on the Abu Dhabi Exchange (ADX) and recently announced the successful re-fina
South Korea, the world’s second biggest buyer of LNG, is due to get a liquefied natural gas cargo on July 23, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the 214,198 cbm Al Kharsaah, and it is sailing from Qatar’s Ras Laffan to the Pyeongtaek LNG terminal. South Korea’s Pyeongtaek LNG
India is interested in importing liquefied natural gas from Iraq, according to a statement from India’s Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. The country’s Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dr. M. Veerappa Moily, is in Baghdad to attend a two-day meeting of the 17th India-Iraq Joint Commission
VIDEO LNG – the Safe Fuel Westport posted an interesting video illustrating how liquefied natural gas (LNG) is the safest legacy fuel available—even today. Maran Gas of Greece Takes Delivery of LNG Tanker The first electrical LNG carrier to be ordered by Maran Gas of Greece incorporating induction-b
South Korea, the world’s second biggest buyer of LNG, is due to get a liquefied natural gas cargo from Qatar on July 18, shipping data reveals. The 135,000 cbm Hyundai Cosmopia departed from Qatar’s Port of Ras Laffan on Wednesday and it is sailing to the Pyeongtaek LNG terminal. South Korea’s Pyeon
Pakistani Secretary of Petroleum and Natural Resources Minister informed the committee on petroleum and natural resources that the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project will be completed by the end of 2014. The secretary said IP gas pipeline project is an important project that would help Pakistan to o
Maran Nakilat Co. Ltd., a joint venture (JV) between Nakilat and Maran Ventures, has secured Islamic refinancing worth $662.4m that will see the JV expand its fleet and Nakilat increase its ownership of the JV. At a ceremony held at Nakilat’s Doha head office, Maran Nakilat Co. Ltd. signed a $662.4m
Dana Gas PJSC, the Middle East’s first and largest regional private sector natural gas company, announced a new gas discovery on the West El Manzala concession in the Nile Delta, Egypt. The Begonia-1 discovery well encountered 15 m of net pay in a good quality sandstone reservoir of the Lower Abu Ma
Steel Cutting Ceremony Held for Petronas FLNG, Malaysia Petronas held steel cutting ceremony for its floating LNG facility. The ceremony was led by PETRONAS’ President and Group CEO, Tan Sri Dato’ Shamsul Azhar Abbas and was jointly hosted by Technip’s President & CEO Mr. Thierry Pilenko and DSME’s
This is the latest documentary on Ras Laffan Industrial City (RLC), the base for all onshore operations to support the development and utilization of Qatar’s North Field gas assets. Located 80 kilometres northeast of Doha, RLC commenced operations in 1996 and has evolved since then into a world-clas
Masoud Samivand, Managing director of Iran’s Natural Gas Storage Company (NGSC), said Shorijeh gas reservoir as Middle East’s biggest gas storage facility is nearing completion and storing would start in the near future. According to the report of the public relations of the National Iranian Gas Com
Polskie Górnictwo Naftowe i Gazownictwo (PGNiG ) has commenced production of natural gas from two wells in the Rehman field, located in the Kirhtar licence area in Pakistan. At present, both production and sales have reached 295 cubic metres per minute. The gas is being fed to the Pakistani transmis
PIRA Energy Group reported that LNG supply shifts to Asia. At end-May, eastern Canada’s storage deficit remained a whopping 40% of the market’s pre-winter peak. In Europe, there is a strategy shift for third Quarter buying. Specifically, PIRA’s analysis of natural gas market fundamentals has reveale
The discovery of huge reserves of gas will make Israel – a country once entirely dependent on imported fuel – self-sufficient in electricity production for the first time since its creation in 1948. And the offshore gas fields could make the state a major player in the Mediterranean gas market, writ
