The cost of insuring liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers has risen as naval containment of piracy fails and surging global demand spurs traf… (arabianbusiness) [mappress] Source: arabianbusiness, September 8, 2011;
Iraq holds the majority stake in a natural gas deal that would provide domestic electricity while easing the dependency on imports, an offic… (upi) [mappress] Source: upi, September 7, 2011;
A news agency reported on September 7th an attack on Yemen LNG facilities in Shabwah. Yemen LNG denies this report. There was no attack on any Yemen LNG facility and there was no evacuation of any personnel. Yemen LNG currently operates normally at all worksites and produces LNG at nominal capacity.
Thailand’s top energy firm, PTT Pcl , has cancelled a deal with Qatar to buy 1 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas (LNG), and signed con… (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, September 7, 2011;
Qatar’s Rasgas is to shut down one of the world’s biggest liquefied natural gas (LNG) production units for maintenance next January, a compa… (alrroya) [mappress] Source: alrroya, September 6, 2011;
Alfa Laval – a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling – has received an order from a Japanese engineering company to supply heat exchangers for a new major natural gas project in Qatar. The order value is approximately SEK 90 million and delivery is scheduled for 2
Egyptian natural gas exports to Jordan will resume soon under a new agreement with amended prices, a Jordanian government source has said… (almasryalyoum) [mappress] Source: almasryalyoum, September 5, 2011;
Leviathan 3 well operator Noble Energy Inc. has notified its Israeli partners that drilling of the well was halted at a depth of 2,600 meter… (globes) [mappress] Source: globes, September 5, 2011;
National Iranian Offshore Oil Company (NIOOC) will sign a $5 billion contract with a consortium of Asian companies to develop ‘Farzad-B’ gas… (tehrantimes) [mappress] Source: tehrantimes, September 5, 2011;
80% of the Tamar natural gas field pipeline has already been manufactured and is waiting at Israel Shipyards. The partners will begin laying… (globes) [mappress] Source: globes, September 2, 2011;
Chiyoda Corporation, Japan’s leading engineering and construction firm, announced that agreement has been reached between its subsidiary in Qatar, Chiyoda Almana Engineering, and Qatargas Operating Company Limited for an Engineering, Procurement and Construction management (EPCm) Services Contract o
Pipe laying operations at the South Pars gas field phases 15 and 16 is near completion, the manager of the SP phases 15 and 16, Abolqasem Noubakhti said. He went on to say that, pipe laying of the phase 16 with 115 kilometers length have been completed while the work in phase 15 is going […]
Qatar is about to overtake Indonesia as the third-largest exporter of liquefied natural gas to Japan, which has been increasing LNG imports… (gulf-times) [mappress] Source: gulf-times, August 31, 2011;
Jordan will sign an agreement with Egypt next month to resume natural gas supplies, the Associated Press reported, quoting Minister of Energ… (zawya) [mappress] Source: zawya, August 29, 2011;
