Chevron Australia Pty Ltd today announced a natural gas discovery in the Exmouth Plateau area of the Carnarvon Basin, offshore Western Australia. The Vos-1 well encountered approximately 138 metres (453 feet) of net gas pay. Located in the WA-439-P permit area approximately 300 kilometres (186 miles
The Australia Pacific LNG Project’s commitment to maximise opportunities for local people and contractors was given another boost, with the appointment of a Regional Supplier Liaison Officer for its CSG to LNG Project. The Regional Supplier Liaison Officer role was a concept raised by community memb
Russian Gazprom has decided to end its South Stream pipeline in Italy rather than Austria, Reuters reported, citing unnamed company source. The South Stream route will run from the Black Sea to Bulgaria, Serbia, Hungary and Slovenia and then to Italy. The South Stream project is scheduled to become
Marubeni Corporation announced that it has agreed to acquire a 40% equity interest in APT Allgas Energy Pty Ltd (Allgas), a wholly owned subsidiary of the APA Group in Australia. RREEF Infrastructure (RREEF), a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG also acquired a 40% equity stake in Allgas, resulting in a
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced that it, along with its co-venturers, have sanctioned the development of the Lucius project, located in the Keathley Canyon area of the deepwater Gulf of Mexico. “We are very pleased to achieve this important milestone in the development of the deepwater Luci
The Ejnan liquefied natural gas carrier, with a capacity of 145,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the Zeebrugge LNG terminal December 22, according to the Port of Zeebrugge website. The Zeebrugge LNG terminal is situated on a 30ha site in the outer port of Zeebrugge, Belgium. It is operated by F
CBM Asia Development Corp. said that it has been informed by the operator Newton Energy Capital Limited, that the first coalbed methane exploration core well (CBM-KW-01) in the Kutai West Coalbed Methane Production Sharing Contract block, located in East Kalimantan, Indonesia, was spud on December 1
With the opening of a new office in Perth, Kvaerner is boosting its presence in the oil and gas hub of the Asia Pacific region. “I am excited by the opportunities the Australian market represents,” Kvaerner’s president and CEO, Mr. Jan Arve Haugan, said at the opening of the Perth office on December
Indonesia’s PT Pertamina said that it hopes to secure supplies of liquefied natural gas from the Bontang LNG plant for Central Java FSRU project, the Jakarta Post reported, citing the company’s senior vice president for gas, Nanang Untung. “The high price has made LNG imports less favorable for us b
Offshore Middle East has announced the addition of Mr. Abdelkader Haouari, Offshore Operations Manager, Qatargas Operating Company Limited as part of the growing Advisory Board for the 4th Offshore Middle East Conference & Exhibition which will return to Qatar in 2013. To be held at the Qatar Nation
Energy Solutions International (ESI), a global supplier of pipeline management software for the oil and gas industry, announced that Gujarat State Petronet Limited (GSPL) has decided to expand their deployment of PipelineStudio. GSPL originally deployed PipelineStudio back in 2004. Recently a GSPL l
Qatargas , the world’s largest LNG producer, said today that the maintenance of its Trains 5, 6 and 7 and Qatargas 3 and 4 inlet receiving facilities has been completed. Earlier this year, Qatargas said that it will shut down three of the world’s biggest LNG producing plants at different times durin
Cheniere Energy, Inc. announced today the pricing of its previously announced offering of 36,300,000 shares of its common stock at a price per share of $8.35. The underwriter will have a 30-day option to purchase up to an aggregate of 5,445,000 additional common shares from Cheniere to cover any ove
SGS said it has acquired US engineering and consulting firm Innovative Technical Services (Intech). Intech is a privately held engineering and consulting firm specializing in production allocation modelling to the oil and gas industries. Founded in 2001 and located in New Orleans and Houston, Intech
