Turkmenistan has issued an angry response to Russian scepticism over the size of its natural gas reserves and reinforced its ambition to fin… (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, November 21, 2011
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, has secured a £1.4 million Work Management Systems development & implementation contract with the Queensland Gas Company (QGC), a wholly owned subsidiary of BG Group. The contract, which is the first to be secured alongside local par
The Gazprom Management Committee has approved the work done by Gazprom to implement the Eastern Gas Program. Special attention was paid to timely delivery of natural gas to Vladivostok and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in 2011. The following facilities have been put onstream: the first startup complex of the Sa
Eni, through its subsidiary Eni Indonesia, has been awarded today two new Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) in Indonesia. In the West Papua Province (East Indonesia), Eni has been awarded 100% interest in the Arguni I PSC (5,386 sq. km), located onshore and offshore in the Bintuni Basin. The block
The Umm Slal LNG carrier, with a capacity of 266,000 cubic metres, is due to arrive in the UK’s South Hook terminal November 28, according to the Milford Haven Port Authority website. The South Hook terminal can process 15.6 million tonnes of LNG a year and is capable of delivering 21 billion cubic
Reliance Industries Ltd. (RIL) and BP Plc, may construct three LNG plants in India, the Financial Chronicle reported. Dhamra, Mangalore, Kakinada and Paradip are being considered as possible locations for the liquefied natural gas plants. The terminals will have a capacity of 5 million metric tons p
INPEX CORPORATION announced that through its subsidiary INPEX Banda Sea, Ltd., INPEX and Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) have been granted the approval of the Indonesian Government to acquire the 100% participating interest in the Babar Selaru Block on the Indonesian First Bi
Bulgaria and Turkey will sign a political accord to back the construction of a pipeline aimed to link the gas systems of the two neighbours… (reuters) [mappress] Source: reuters, November 21, 2011; Image: government.bg
STX OSV Holdings Limited, one of the major global designers and shipbuilders of offshore and specialized vessels, announced that the contract for eight LPG carriers for Petrobras Transportes S.A. (Transpetro) has been made effective. The contract for the construction of LPG carriers was originally s
Centrica plc, the parent company of British Gas, today signed a strategic agreement with Statoil ASA for the supply of 50 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas to the UK. The 10 year, NBP-linked gas supply contract begins in 2015 and secures sufficient gas to meet around five per cent of total UK annual
Japan’s imports of liquefied natural gas rose 17.9 percent to 6.12 million metric tons in October from a year earlier, the finance ministry said… (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, November 21, 2011; Image: tepco
State oil and gas firm PT Pertamina estimates that if the Arun liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Aceh is converted into an LNG receiving… (thejakartapost) [mappress] Source: thejakartapost, November 21, 2011
Woodside Petroleum Ltd., its partners and the governments of Australia and East Timor are “aligned in their desire” to see the Sunrise lique… (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, November 21, 2011; Image: woodside
Pakistan officially demands more natural gas from Iran, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Javad Owji announced. “In recent months, Pakistan has officially requested to import more natural gas from Iran. Pakistan wants to increase gas import from 21.5 to 30 million cubic m
