Japan’s Inpex Corp. and JGC Corp. will jointly acquire a 40 percent stake in several shale gas mines in Canada from Nexen Inc., the Nikkei business daily reported today. Inpex will take about 30 percent stake, with JGC owning the rest. Recently, Nexen Inc. said that it is interested in shale gas JV
The Gazprom Board of Directors took notice of the monitoring outcomes on the shale gas industry development in various regions of the world. The meeting mentioned that the industrial production of shale gas is currently underway only in the USA and Canada. The production of shale gas is associated w
Shell has appointed Norwegian-based Air Products to deliver Nitrogen Membrane Technology for Shell’s prestigious Prelude LNG Project to be launched offshore Australia. Earlier this autumn, Air Products also received the order to supply its technology to the majority of all new LNG ships on order. “C
Japan’s Inpex concedes the cost estimate for its Ichthys liquefied natural gas project in the Timor Sea needs to be updated after its … (theaustralian) [mappress] Source: theaustralian, November 28, 2011; Image: inpex
Athens-based Maran Gas Maritime has agreed to exercise options held with South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries for two LNG Tankers, according to media reports. The LNG tankers are worth $200m each and HHI will deliver the two tankers in December 2014 and April 2015. The Company declined to comment
Estonia plans to build two types of propane-butane (LPG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals in Sillamae port, the sea news portal … (baltic-course) [mappress] Source: baltic-course, November 28, 2011; Image: sillamae port
Israel Electric Corporation (IEC) has published a request for information (RFI) to international companies and traders for the import of … (globes) [mappress] Source: globes, November 28, 2011;
The Planning Commission (PC) has given its consent to a 90-kilometre-long gas pipeline project aimed at supplying Liquefied Natural gas … (thefinancialexpress-bd) [mappress] Source: thefinancialexpress-bd, November 28, 2011;
The Japanese and South Korean governments held their first working-level meeting Monday to strengthen cooperation in the procurement of … (kyodonews) [mappress] Source: kyodonews, November 28, 2011; Image: tepco
Woodside Petroleum Ltd., Australia’s second-biggest oil producer, faces delays at its liquefied natural gas projects because of challenges… (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, November 28, 2011; Image: woodside
The Gazprom headquarters hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee and Sergey Vakhrukov, Governor of the Yaroslavl Oblast. The parties discussed the progress with the Agreement of Cooperation. In particular, they examined the issues of the Y
Managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Javad Owji, denied western media reports on Pakistan’s withdrawal from gas contract with Iran adding the neighboring country is willing to buy more gas by adding an annex to the contract. He said that, based on the signed deal between the
Tokyo Electric Power Co said on Monday that it will sell its entire stake in Kanto Natural Gas Development Co for about 5.7 billion yen … (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, November 28, 2011; Image: tepco
BHP Billiton today announced changes to its senior management team: – Alex Vanselow, Group Executive and Chief Financial Officer, will retire from BHP Billiton at the end of February 2012. He will be succeeded by Graham Kerr, recently President of Diamonds and Specialty Products; and – Mike Henry, P
