Eni has made a significant gas discovery onshore Pakistan, in the Badhra Area B exploration concession, located in the Khirtar Fold Belt region, 350 kilometers north of Karachi. The Badhra B North-1 exploratory well, which led to the discovery, was drilled at a total depth of 2,450 meters and encoun
Four young Qataris have become the first sea cadets to sign up for Nakilat’s Marine Cadet Program, making history for Qatar’s shipping industry at the signing ceremony held on Thursday at Nakilat’s headquarters in Doha. Qatar’s premier shipping, maritime services and marine construction company Naki
Iran is ready to provide gas to Pakistan, Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (TCCIM) President Yahya Al Eshagh announced. Referring to gas pipeline project, he said that the pipeline laying work is in progress and expected to be completed in next 8 to 10 months up to Pakis
Siemens will supply Khormala gas turbine power plant in northern Iraq with four SGT5-2000E gas turbines and four SGen5-100A generators along with the associated auxiliary and ancillary systems. The customer is the KAR Construction and Engineering Company Ltd., which is erecting the Khormala plant fo
Rolls Royce Marine, a global leader in marine integrated and propulsion systems, will participate at the upcoming 2nd edition of the LNG Technology World Summit, Doha. The conference which is scheduled to take place on 25-26 of this month will convene professionals accountable for achieving technica
Qatar Gas Transport Company Ltd. (Nakilat) has recently closed US$380 million of Islamic Murabaha financing with Qatar International Islamic Bank (QIIB) and Qatar Islamic Bank (QIB). Muhammad Ghannam, Managing Director of Nakilat, emphasized that this financing underlines the strength of Nakilat’s p
Qatargas announced that it is helping its Japanese customers by supplying over 20 million tonnes of LNG in the short term to help with the aftermath of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Qatargas has increased its support for Japan by 11 million tonnes from the original 9 million tonnes of short-term
Yemen LNG signed yesterday in Sana’a an agreement with Shabwah Rural Water Authority and with the Governor of Shabwah for the construction of a pipeline to supply potable water to Bir Ali. The village of Bir Ali comprises 3,500 inhabitants on the coast of the Gulf of Aden, in the district of Rudhoum
Delek Group’s gas subsidiaries announced together with its partners in the Leviathan project that as part of the strategic process, proposals were received on September 7, for a purchase of up to 30% of working interest in Leviathan (a total out of all partners’ rights in the Leviathan project), by
Harib Al Kitani has been named the new Chief Executive Officer of Oman LNG. Al Kitani’s appointment essentially makes him the first Omani national to lead Oman LNG, representing the largest of Sultanate’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) companies, a key component in the country’s thriving energy sector.
The first and second platforms of South Pars Phases 17 & 18, known as the main platforms of these phases, are going to be installed in Persian Gulf waters within the next three months. In SP-17 & 18 Development Project, 4 platforms have been projected for construction and installation, the first and
By launching three underground gas storage facilities, there would be the possibility to draw 35 million cubic meters of gas per day from them in winter. Managing director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Javad Oji, made the remarks adding stockpiling gas, especially for cold season, is neces
Qatargas plans to shut Qatargas Train 4 and Qatargas Train 5 in September for maintenance, Reuters reports. “Qatargas operates a rolling programme of planned maintenance at its facilities. As part of this planned maintenance, Qatargas Train 4 and Qatargas Train 5 will shut down for planned maintenan
Yemen LNG Company said in a statement that it denies the news of a pipeline sabotage that was reported by some press agencies today. LNG production is running on the two trains at the Balhaf LNG plant and all the upstream facilities and the pipeline are in service at nominal capacity, the company sa
