KS Energy has received a contract extension for its jack-up drilling rig in Egypt.
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LNG Canada: CFSW Constructors Gets Kitimat Terminal Deal LNG Canada has selected CFSW LNG Constructors as its main contractor for the proposed LNG export terminal in Kitimat, British Columbia. CNPC, Yamal LNG Enter Supply Contract Yamal LNG said it has concluded a binding contract for the supply of
As the search for oil & gas reserves continues, exploration and production activities are occurring in increasingly harsh environments and drilling is going deeper than ever before.
LNG player Woodside said that it has advised the participants in the Leviathan Joint Venture that it has elected to terminate the memorandum of understanding agreed by the parties in February 2014. Negotiations between the parties failed to reach a commercially acceptable outcome that would have all
The contract for this latest NDC rig was signed in October 2011 and this is the fourth rig in a series of six identical rigs being built and delivered by Lamprell to NDC.
Lukoil confirms helicopter crash offshore Ghana. Three dead Lukoil Overseas, operator of international upstream projects of LUKOIL Group, has confirmed that on Thursday, May 8th, 2014, a helicopter crashed in the coast waters of the Republic of Ghana 3.4 nautical miles (5.4 km) from Takoradi. Vietna
LNG player BG Group does not expect more than one or two LNG cargoes out of Egypt in 2014, the company’s Chairman Andrew Gould said on Thursday. Gould also said he did not expect BG to make any significant progress in its talks with Egypt on higher prices for gas which Egypt is diverting to its dome
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Iran has made huge investment in Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline project and has met its obligations in this project. He noted that Iran is interested in developing relations with neighboring countries, particularly Pakistan. The Iranian president expressed hope that
On May 14, 2014, Delek Group’s gas partnerships received a copy of a petition which includes a request for a temporary injunction. The petition was filed by the Association for Sustainable Economics against the Minister of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources, the Petroleum Commissio
Dana Gas, the Middle East’s largest regional private sector natural gas company, announced its financial results for the first quarter ended 31 March 2014. The company reported a 67% rise in operating profits in 1Q 2014 to US$ 45 million (AED 164 million) as compared to US$ 27 million (AED 98 millio
The first team of 120 RasGas leaders recently completed a high level international leadership and management skills training programme conducted by Thunderbird School of Global Management. The team included supervisors, section heads and managers from different departments of RasGas. “As a company c
The Gas Exporting Countries Forum participated in the 19th International Oil, Gas, Refining, and Petrochemical Exhibition of Iran at Tehran Permanent International Fair Ground. The 19th International Oil, Gas, Refining, and Petrochemical Exhibition of Iran (Iran Oil Show 2014) opened in Tehran on Tu
Gas injection operations in Shorijeh gas storage facility has started, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Hamidreza Araqi announced. He said that one million cubic meters of gas was injected into the facility’s two wells, adding that the injection will rise to 4 MMcm/d. On
