Shipyard De Hoop has received an order to design, build and deliver ten Platform Supply Vessels (PSV) for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC). ADNOC issued the invitation to tender at the beginning of 2013, following technical prequalification the group of tenderers was reduced to a shortlist of
Masked gunmen killed 18 people and injured six others working on a gas pipeline outside the Iraqi town of Muqdadiya on Friday, according to several media reports. Fifteen of the those killed were Iranians and three were Iraqis, the reports said. The workers were laying the foundation for a gas pipel
The Government of the Sultanate of Oman and BP have signed a gas sales agreement and an amended production sharing agreement for the development of the Khazzan field, with BP as operator. The full field development will involve a drilling programme of around 300 wells over 15 years to deliver platea
Significant port expansion plans for the cruise industry were outlined at the Seatrade Middle East Cruise Forum, Abu Dhabi, which was attended by global cruise line executives, regional ministers, tourism leaders and delegates. Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Qatar, Oman and Ras Al-Khaimah all spoke of port expan
Alstom Dives in French Offshore Wind Opportunities Alstom has announced the signature of an exclusive partnership agreement with STX France, during a meeting of the Region Pays de la Loire strategic committee on marine energies that was held in Nantes on December 6. Dutch Companies Developing Innova
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Corpus Christi Liquefaction Enters USD 11 Billion of Contracts with Bechtel Cheniere Energy announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Corpus Christi Liquefaction and Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals have entered into two lump sum turnkey contracts for the engineering, procurement and construction of
Iran has generally agreed to deliver natural gas to India through a deepwater pipeline crossing the Sea of Oman, marketing director of the National Iranian Gas Exports Company (NIGEC), Ali Amirani said. “Negotiations were held with three Indian companies for their purchase of gas from Iran, and gene
The world will require all forms of energy over the next quarter century to meet a greater than one-third increase in demand that will be driven by population growth, improved living standards and expanded urbanization, according to ExxonMobil’s Outlook for Energy: A View to 2040, which was released
TAQA, the international energy and water company based in Abu Dhabi, has undertaken a reorganisation at its headquarters to enhance efficiency. The measures will reduce general & administrative costs by more than USD 20 million in 2014 and are part of a global initiative to position TAQA to deliver
French oil company Total has signed an Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement (PSA) for offshore Block 41 with the government of the Sultanate of Oman. This PSA was awarded following the exploration round launched by the Omani government in November 2012. Located off the Omani coast northwest
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski met with Emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to discuss gas issues, economic cooperation. “We managed (during the talk with the emir) to confirm the special climate in Polish-Qatari relations…” President Komorowski told reporters after the talks. The P
Iran has started pumping 4.5 million cubic meters of gas per day from the Sarajeh gas storage facility to the national gas network, said the managing director of the Natural Gas Storage Company (NGSC) Masoud Samivand. Samivand said withdrawal of gas from the facility started on the 22nd of November,
Further to Yemen LNG’s statement on Friday where the company said that a minor explosion occurred inside the Balhaf export terminal, Yemen LNG on Tuesday confirmed that a rocket-launched explosive device landed on the ground inside the Balhaf Plant at the extremity of the process area. There were no
