Iran has offered to help Turkey to repair a section of its natural gas transfer line, which was damaged by an explosion earlier this week, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Javad Owji announced. He went on to say that, Iranian gas flow to Turkey has been halted due to an
Construction work on a section of the pipeline that will export gas from Iran to Pakistan has advanced by 20 percent, managing director of Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Company (IGEDC), Alireza Gharibi announced. According to the report of the public relations of the National Iranian Gas C
Construction the third section of sixth Iran’s gas trunk line (IGAT-6) which is aimed to export natural gas to Europe has progressed by 48 percent, managing director of Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Company (IGEDC), Alireza Gharibi said. He went on to say that, the 620-kilometer-long dista
MOL-operated LNG tanker LNG Aries has been attacked by pirates on Wednesday off the coast of Oman, Reuters informs citing International Maritime Bureau’s anti-crime arm. Namely, a small dhow manned by 5-6 persons crew, armed with guns and rocket propelled grenades approached the tanker and opened fi
Qatar Shipping SPC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Milaha, has secured a ten year US $110 million ship financing facility with QNB Group . Proceeds from the facility will be utilized by Qatar Shipping to fund the ongoing construction of 19 harbor assistance vessels. The vessels will be deployed in Mes
Nakilat, Qatar’s premier gas transporter, has assumed full responsibility for the management and operations of its four VLGCs (Very Large Gas Carriers), expanding Nakilat’s critical role in Qatar’s maritime sector by adding in-house ship management and operations to the spectrum of marine services o
As part of its ongoing Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme, RasGas recently hosted a luncheon for 12 American teachers who are in Qatar for the 4th annual Teachers Educating Across Cultures in Harmony (TEACH) Fellowship programme. TEACH is a cultural exchange tour of Middle East organise
RasGas, a joint venture between Qatar Petroleum and ExxonMobil, presented Tenaris with the “15 Years of Quality and Safety” award on June 13, in a ceremony held at Tenaris’s mill in Campana, Argentina. Tenaris was chosen out of more than 300 RasGas business partners. The Qatari company is a main pla
Dr. Mohammed bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry and Chairman & Managing Director of Qatar Petroleum ( QP ), was a keynote speaker at the 5th OPEC International Seminar, which formally opened yesterday at the Hofburg Palace in Vienna, Austria. QP is one of the sponsors of the two-day
Tokyo Electric (TEPCO) of Japan said it has signed an LNG Sales and Purchase Agreement with Qatargas to buy approximately 1 million tons of LNG per annum on a long-term basis from August 2012. “Given the increased thermal power generation following the earthquake disaster, TEPCO has communicated to
Iran will be able to export as much as 180 million cubic meters of natural gas per day by 2016, deputy managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Mostafa Kashkoli said. Addressing 25th World Gas Conference, Kashkoli said: Over the fifth five year development plan to 2015, 12 new p
Iran is ready to receive new offers from interested companies and investors to create a safe atmosphere of their cooperation, deputy managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Mostafa Kashkoli said. According to the report of the public relations of the NIGC, he said that Iran is
Yemen LNG Company participated in the Korea-Yemen Energy forum at Sana’a this 10th June. His Excellency Park Kyu-ock, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea, signaled in his opening remarks the importance of the LNG in the bilateral trade between Yemen and Korea and the vital necessity to protect oil a
Qatargas presented several key papers and participated in panel discussions and poster sessions at the 25th World Gas Conference (WGC 2012) held from 4 – 8 June in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Alaa Abu Jbara, Qatargas Chief Operating Officer, Commercial & Shipping participated in the Strategic Panel disc
