RasGas has signed an additional LNG sales and purchase agreement with Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) to supply 2.0 million tonnes of LNG for 20 years from its plant in Qatar to terminals in South Korea, the two companies said in a statement. RasGas is the largest single supplier of LNG to South Korea
Qatargas has become the first company in Qatar to achieve accreditation for its professional engineers development programme, from the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE) and Institution of Engineering Technology (IET). Qatargas Operating Officer – Engineering and Ventures, Sheikh Khalid Bin
Qatargas is participating in the 5th International Petroleum Technology Conference (IPTC), Bangkok, Thailand from 7 – 9 February. Being organised under the theme “Technology and Operational Excellence: Keys to Sustainable Global Energy”, the event addresses technology issues that challenge industry
Qatar, the world’s largest LNG producer, has yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding with Pakistan for the supply of around 3.5 mtpa of LNG to Pakistan. The deal was signed by Qatar’s minister for energy Dr Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada and Pakistan’s minister for petroleum and natural resources
Drake & Scull Qatar (DSQ) a wholly owned subsidiary of Drake & Scull International has announced that it has been awarded a QAR 125 million Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing (MEP) contract for Phase 1 of Qatar Petroleum’s Multipurpose Administration Complex located at Ras Laffan Industrial City in
Turkmenistan has reduced its natural gas exports to Iran due to technical problems, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Javad Owji said. According to the report of the public relations of the NIGC, he said that despite reduction in Turkmen gas exports, no Iranian city has s
An Egyptian pipeline, which transports gas to Israel and Jordan, was attacked on Sunday. The blast struck in the Massaeed area west of of al-Arish, in north Sinai peninsula. This was at least the 12th attack on the pipeline since the end of the Mubarak regime last year. Israel imports 43 % of its na
Gas delivery to Iraq will start as of next Iranian calendar year that begins 21 March 2012, Iranian minister of petroleum, Rostam Qasemi said. He also said that construction of Iran-Iraq gas pipeline had progressed by 40 percent, SHANA news agency reported. Speaking on the latest situation of Iran-I
Sanctions imposed against Iran will not affect the IP gas pipeline project and therefore Pakistan will continue to pursue it, Pakistan’s Minister for Petroleum and Natural Resources Asim Hussain said. He went on to say that, Pakistan is determined to complete the Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline despite t
Implementing a new maintenance strategy designed to slash downtime, GE Oil & Gas recently completed the first cycle of gas turbines modular replacement project at the Qatargas liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Ras Laffan Industrial City. Qatar increased LNG production time by approximately one we
A delegation representing the Gas Producers Association – GCC Branch, whose headquarters are in Bahrain, made a visit to the offices of Emirates General Petroleum Corporation “Emarat” in Dubai to discuss the preparations for holding the annual conference for the Gas Exporters in GCC, to be held on t
Dana Gas PJSC, the Middle East’s largest regional private sector natural gas company, has announced its preliminary financial results for the year ended 31st December 2011. Financials Dana Gas reported gross revenue of AED 2.5 billion (2010: AED 1.8 billion), from the sale of hydrocarbons, and gross
The global LNG market will remain tight until at least 2014, Reuters reported citing Macquarie’s analyst Jason Gammel. “The removal of nuclear generation from the Japanese electricity grid has completely changed their demand for natural gas, and it’s made the LNG market extremely tight until at leas
RasGas Company Limited (RasGas) has made a big leap in its Qatarisation programme in 2011 as the company’s Operations Group had a total of 138 Qatari trainees last year, including 66 trainees newly enrolled in 2011. The growth of the number of Qataris joining for training in RasGas has been on a ste
