Iran will start gas exports to Oman through a seabed gas pipeline following singing a contract that is going to be finalized up to the end of the current year, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Mr. Owji announced . He referred to failure of past negotiations with Omani si
Santos supports action on climate change and acknowledges the Prime Minister’s announcement of the Australian Government’s Climate Change Plan as a significant step. The introduction of any carbon pricing policy must be well designed, providing permits to trade exposed industries, such as LNG, to ma
A working meeting was held Friday in Paris between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Management Committee of Gazprom, Helge Lund, President and CEO of Statoil and Christophe de Margerie, CEO of Total SA. The parties exchanged views on the progress of preparations for the Phase 1 of the Shtokman field d
Eurogas International Inc. announces that the Tunisian authorities have approved the extension of the term of the Sfax Permit by one year, to December 9, 2012, with no additional obligations imposed on the Corporation. The Sfax permit is flanked on three sides by producing oil and natural gas fields
Paris hosted today a working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee and Juergen Grossmann, CEO of RWE. The parties discussed the prospects for current and future cooperation. Background RWE is a leading German company in the field of power and natural gas product
Samsung Heavy Industries announced on the 6th that it has received an order for two units of drill ships worth a total of USD 1.1225 billion (KRW 1.194 trillion) from Maersk, Denmark. The company successfully received orders worth USD 3.1 billion for six units of LNG tankers and five units of shuttl
OAO NOVATEK (NOVATEK and/or the Company) today reported preliminary production data for the second quarter and first half 2011. Gross production for the second quarter totaled 12.13 billion cubic meters of natural gas and 1.04 million tons of liquids (gas condensate and crude oil). Gross natural gas
Bowleven, the West Africa focused oil and gas exploration group traded on AIM, announces the following update on activities on the Etinde Permit, offshore Cameroon. Etinde PSC Extension In accordance with the provisions of the Etinde PSC, Ministerial approval has been received from the Government of
(AAP) – The Greens have called on the federal government to heavily scrutinise Thai-based oil and gas producer PTTEP over its plans to produ… Sydney Morning Herald [mappress] Source: Sydney Morning Herald, July 8, 2011;
Chevron Australia today announced that it had successfully bid for the exploration rights to two blocks in the Carnarvon Basin offshore Western Australia. Chevron Australia will be the operator and will hold a 100 percent interest in the blocks. The permit areas, WA-455-P and WA-456-P, are located i
Lundin Norway AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lundin Petroleum AB (Lundin Petroleum), operator of production licence 438, has completed well 7120/2-3S on the Skalle prospect as a gas discovery. A comprehensive logging and coring program has been acquired. The well is situated approximately 25 kilom
The National Energy Board has announced the resumption of hearings into KM LNG’s application to export natural gas from Kitimat… CFTK-TV [mappress] Source:cftktv , July 8, 2011;
MEO Australia Limited announces that it has been awarded a new exploration permit, AC/P53 in the Ashmore Cartier region of the Timor Sea. MEO will hold 100% interest in the permit. The permit covers 504 km and is contiguous with MEO’s 100% equity AC/P50 and AC/P51 permits. AC/P53 is the second permi
SBM Offshore, The Linde Group’s Engineering Division, PTT FLNG Limited and PTTEP Australasia have signed a partnership agreement for the development of a Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility in the Timor Sea off Northern Australia. The project foresees floating production of LNG from three
