Qatargas participated in the Annual Qatar Process Safety Symposium held in Doha recently. The event titled “The Importance of Leadership Commitment in Making Safety a Core Value” was co-hosted by Texas A&M Qatar (TAMUQ) and Conoco Phillips Qatar. Toufik Benmosbah, Qatargas Chief Safety, Environment
Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine (N-KOM) signed a technical agreement with French engineering company Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT) Sunday at the Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Shipyard. The agreement will allow N-KOM to enhance its range of services and provide membrane tank servicing for liquefied n
Qatargas plans to shut all three trains at the Qatargas 1 project in the third week of April for three weeks for maintenance. “This is a normal planned shutdown,” chief executive of Qatargas, Khalid bin Khalifa al-Thani told Reuters. Qatargas 1 consists of three onshore LNG trains with a total combi
Qatargas plans to shut at least two of three trains at the QatarGas 1 project in late April for 13 to 23 days for maintenance. QatarGas will also shut its fourth train, part of QatarGas 2 project, in September for more than a month, Bloomberg reported, citing unnamed sources. The company is the larg
Mubadala Development Company of Abu Dhabi plans to set up a terminal to import LNG in the eastern emirate of Fujairah bypassing the Strait of Hormuz, according to media reports. The offshore LNG terminal would receive its first imports in 2014, Bloomberg reported. Iran has several times threatened t
Oman Shipping Company S.A.O.C. (OSC) confirmed an order for a newbuild LNG Carrier, at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) in Ulsan, South Korea. The LNG Carrier, for delivery in 2014, will have a 162,000 cubic meter capacity, and it will have dual fuel technology. Further the vessel will comply with Eur
Noble Energy said that it and its partners in the Tamar field have signed a gas sales agreement to sell natural gas from the Tamar field, offshore Israel, to Israel Electric Corporation Limited (IEC). Under the 15-year agreement, IEC is expected to purchase approximately 2.7 trillion cubic feet (Tcf
A tender to build a liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal in Bahrain will be awarded by the end of 2012, Bloomberg reported, citing Abdul Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Bahrain’s oil minister. Bahrain plans to import 400 million cubic feet of natural gas, he said. Recently, he said that Bahrain is in
RasGas of Qatar said that the Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Company Ltd (3) (RL3), has delivered the first LNG cargo under the new long-term LNG sale and purchase agreement with Korea Gas (Kogas). The agreement was signed and executed in February and is the third long-term SPA between the two com
Drydocks World, international player in ship repair and rig upgrade, conversion and new building, said that it will build the world’s largest turret weighing 11,500 tonnes for SBM Offshore, at its Dubai based shipyard. The turret will be integrated in the world’s first floating liquefied natural gas
Qatargas’ Chief Executive Officer Tuesday recognised the Qatargas employees, who have been instrumental in Qatargas becoming the first company in Qatar to achieve accreditation for its professional engineers development programme, from the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) and Institution o
Qatargas Chief Executive Officer, Khalid Bin Khalifa Al-Thani won the “Excellence in Gas Processing Practice” Award at the 3rd International Gas Processing Symposium in Doha. The award was presented by Dr. Sheikha Abdulla Al Misnad, President of Qatar University, in the presence of Dr. Mohammed Bin
Bahrain is in negotiations with Russia’s Gazprom to buy about 3 million mt of LNG per annum. The LNG will be delivered to Bahrain’s terminal expected to open by 2015. “Originally we would start off with say 400 million cfd of gas and that could be slowly ramped up,” Abdul-Hussain bin Ali Mirza, Bahr
Qatargas supports the 3rd International Gas Processing Symposium, with an opening keynote address. The Symposium being held in Doha between 5th – 7th March, is organised through the Gas Processing Centre Technical Advisory Committee and is an opportunity for gas industry experts to help provide dire
