Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) will reorganize its production structure for shipbuilding & ocean development business, which is currently undertaken at the company’s three shipyards in Nagasaki, Shimonoseki and Kobe. Under the reorganization, commercial vessel construction activities will b
Kleven Maritime has entered into a contract with Eidesvik Offshore for the delivery of 1+1 advanced Platform Service Vessel of the VS 489 LNG design. The vessels are to be outfitted at Kleven Verft in Ulsteinvik, Norway. Deliveries are set for Q1 and Q4 2012. For Kleven Maritime it is especially wel
Spain continues to be the primary recipient of Norwegian LNG. The country has taken eight of the past 11 cargoes to be despatched from Norway’s Snohvit LNG train. The latest cargo was loaded aboard the Arctic Princess late last week and the vessel set off this morning for Bilbao, where it is expecte
Lithuanian cabinet is to express its political will to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in the Lithuanian seaport of Klaipeda… [mappress] Source: alfa, July 20, 2010;
Seven Alaska legislators have asked the state attorney general to oppose a two-year extension to a federal license for LNG exports from the… [mappress] Source: juneauempire, July 20, 2010;
A parliamentary committee has been told that disputes over the site of the Kimberley gas hub need to be resolved by April 2011. Woodside and… [mappress] Source: yahoo news, July 20, 2010;
Chevron Corporation announced today that its Australian subsidiaries signed a Heads of Agreement (HOA) with Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) for the delivery of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Chevron-operated Wheatstone natural gas project in Australia. Under the HOA, KOGAS expects to purchase 1.
Argentina’s natural gas imports more than doubled last year, to 2.66Bm3 from 1.3Bm3 in 2008, according to Opec’s 2009 statistics bulletin… [mappress] Source: bnamericas, July 19, 2010;
The American company Black&Veatch is reviewing the possibility of building a liquified gas terminal in Zakarpattya Region, Ukraine, the… [mappress] Source: oilandgaseurasia, July 19, 2010;
Qatargas has delivered its first Q-Max cargo of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Japan. The cargo was delivered to Chubu Electric’s Chita Terminal by the Q-Max LNG carrier “Mozah.” Delivering a speech to mark the occasion onboard the carrier, Sheikh Khalid Bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Chief Executive Officer
Santos today announced it has executed a A$2 billion bilateral bank loan facility. This new facility will be used to refinance Santos’ existing A$700 million of undrawn bilateral bank facilities that mature between 2011 and 2013 and to increase liquidity. Santos Executive Vice President and Chief Fi
A surge in production nearly tripled Qatar’s income from liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports in five years and the earnings are set to swell… [mappress] Source: Emirates Business 24|7, July 19, 2010;
The Jamaica Public Service (JPS) is backing the government’s move to replace heavy fossil fuels with liquefied natural gas (LNG) as the coun… [mappress] Source: jamaica-gleaner, July 16, 2010;
Distinct Objective Sdn Bhd has put up a plan to lay some 4,000km of subsea liquefied natural gas (LNG) pipeline from Malaysia to South Korea… [mappress] Source: Business Times Malaysia, July 16, 2010;