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Awilco LNG completes secondary offering, gets new CFO
Oslo-based Awilco LNG, the owner of two 156,000-cbm LNG carriers, said Monday it sold about 58 percent of the shares it was seeking to sell in a follow-on public offering after the company also completed a private placement. According to a statement by Awilco LNG, 3.36 million shares were subscribed
Total pens deal to develop Phase 11 of Iran’s South Pars gas field
France’s Total signed a contract with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) for the development and production of phase 11 of South Pars (SP11).
Qatari LNG cargo heading for South Hook
South Hook LNG terminal in the UK is scheduled to receive another cargo of Qatari liquefied natural gas at the end of the week.
LNG-powered AIDAperla christened in Palma de Mallorca
The 12th member of AIDA Cruises fleet, the LNG-powered AIDAperla was christened in Palma de Mallorca on Friday, July 30.
Swedegas bankrolls LNG development at port of Gothenburg
Swedish gas grid owner and infrastructure company, Swedegas, will invest in LNG infrastructure at the port of Gothenburg to meet the shipping industry’s demand for the chilled fuel.
Keppel names Hilli Episeyo FLNG conversion
Keppel Shipyard, Keppel Offshore & Marine’s unit, is set to deliver the converted floating liquefaction vessels (FLNG) to Golar LNG.
Engie makes new appointments
French utility and LNG player Engie, named Paul Maguire as chief executive officer of the company’s Asia Pacific division with effect from June 1.
Russia’s Gazprom gets new board
Russian gas giant Gazprom elected a new board of directors during its annual shareholder’s meeting held on Friday in Moscow. Viktor Zubkov has been renamed as chairman of the Gazprom board of directors, while the company’s Chief Executive Alexey Miller, has been renamed as deputy chairman of the boa
E.ON forms new power and gas unit
German energy group E.ON established its own procurement and marketing function for the German, British and Swedish markets. The so-called Market Operations teams in these countries will focus on transactions on wholesale energy markets and the grid operators’ balancing markets, E.ON said on Monday.
Top news of the week June 26-July 1
VIDEO: Shell’s Prelude FLNG on way to Australia Shell’s giant Prelude FLNG facility has left the Samsung Heavy Industries’ Geoje shipyard in South Korea where it was built, bound for waters offshore Western Australia. Coral South FLNG contract goes to Aker Solutions Aker Solutions of Norway has secu
Valmet nets Gasum LNG automation contract
Finland’s Valmet secured a contract to supply automation services for Gasum’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) operations in the Nordic countries. With Valmet’s automation solutions, all measurement data connected to the LNG terminal operations of Gasum’s subsidiary Skangas will be collected and controll
Rosneft closes Verkhnechonskneftegaz $1.1 bln sale
China’s Beijing Gas Group has completed the $1.1 billion purchase of a 20 percent stake in Rosneft subsidiary Verkhnechonskneftegaz. As a result of the transaction, the duo will create a vertically integrated system of cooperation, Rosneft said on Thursday. The Chinese company acquires a stake in on
PitPoint.LNG says to build Germany’s 1st LNG bunkering station
PitPoint.LNG said it will set up Germany’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) bunkering station in the harbor of Cologne. PitPoint.LNG is a joint venture formed by Dutch PitPoint clean fuels and Primagaz Nederland. The new station will facilitate the bunkering of LNG-powered inland vessels that sail
Shell takes delivery of LNG-powered barge
Energy giant Shell has taken delivery of a dual-fuel inland barge that will mainly run on liquefied natural gas (LNG). The 110 meter long LNG-powered barge named RPG Stuttgart is the first out of fifteen vessels Shell Trading Rotterdam chartered from Antwerp-based Plouvier Transport and its Swiss un