Occidental Petroleum of Qatar (OPQL) and Gulf Drilling International (GDI) have signed a five year contract for OPQL to use GDI’s recently acquired drilling rig. The contract was signed by Steve Kelly, President and General Manager of OPQL and Ibrahim Jassim Al Othman, Chief Executive Officer of GDI
Lamprell has announced the completion of construction of the jackup rig “Jindal Star” and its delivery to Jindal Pipes (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (“Jindal”) a D. P. Jindal Group Company. Completion and delivery of the rig, on budget and 20 months after initial steel cutting, was marked with a ceremony at
Centrica plc, the parent company of British Gas, today announced it has entered into a 4 ½ year LNG supply agreement with Qatargas for the purchase of up to 3 million tonnes per annum of liquefied natural gas (LNG). The £4.4billion deal builds on Centrica’s existing agreement with Qatargas, signed i
Unique System FZE, a Unique Maritime Group Company, which is one of the world’s leading integrated turnkey subsea and offshore solutions provider, in association with Hypack Inc. is conducting the Hypack Volumes Course on the 6th and 7th of November 2013 at its training centre in the Hamriyah Free Z
Imagine firing up your boat on a pristine morning. The sun is shining, the waves are small, and the wind is blowing in your face as you carelessly cut the waves. All of sudden, you feel something hit your face: a plastic bag. You look around to see that you have unknowingly driven your boat [&hellip
Iran is ready to enter into talks with foreign investors under new gas contractual frameworks, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hamidreza Araqi said. He stated that huge reserves of natural gas in Iran are reliable sources for securing investments in the country, Iran’s S
Iran is ready to start delivering natural gas to Pakistan in December 2014 as agreed upon between the two countries, managing director of Iran’s Gas Engineering and Development Company (IGEDC) Ali-Reza Gharibi said. He said that Iran has invested heavily in the construction of the gas exports pipeli
Aqaba Development Corporation (ADC) has awarded BAM International, the operating company of Royal BAM Group active outside of Europe, a design and construct contract to build the Aqaba LNG Terminal, 18 kilometres south of Aqaba. The contract value is approximately €47 million. The contract includes
Qatari LNG shipping company Nakilat said it has appointed Abdullah Fadhalah Al Sulaiti to the position of the company’s Managing Director. Nakilat has also appointed Muhammad Ghannam to the position of Expert within the Office of Nakilat’s Managing Director. Abdullah Fadhalah Al Sulaiti joined Nakil
The 15th Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) was convened in Tehran, the Islamic Republic of Iran, under the chairmanship of the Minister of Petroleum, Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, President of the Ministerial Meeting, and Mohammed Bin Saleh Al-Sada, Minister of Energy and Indu
Dana Gas, the Middle East’s largest regional private sector natural gas company, announced its financial results for the third quarter and nine month ended 30 September 2013 with a net profit of AED 102 million (US$28m) and AED 443 million (US$121m) respectively. Gross revenue for the third quarter
Two Ships Collide in Kiel Canal, Germany A coastal cargo ship Siderfly collided with Dutch-flagged gas carrier Coral Ivory early Monday morning in the Kiel Canal, in Northern Germany, according to Germany’s Central Command for Maritime Emergencies (CCME). USA: First Zumwalt Class Destroyer Launched
Seaway Heavy Lifting Nets Offshore Installation Job in Mexico Seaway Heavy Lifting wins contract with Permaducto for an offshore installation project in Mexico. Permaducto SA de CV is a company of Grupo Protexa SA de CV. On Friday 18th October Seaway Heavy Lifting signed a contract with Permaducto t
Total announced the Mirawa Discovery in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Located 60 kilometers from the city of Erbil, the Mirawa-1 discovery well on the Harir Block was drilled to a depth of 4,260 meters and encountered significant oil and natural gas columns, with gross intervals of 300 meters of oil
