ADPC has announced the next steps in its plans to support the growing cruise business at Zayed Port, Abu Dhabi. Figures for 2012/2013 show a total of 96 vessel calls and 155,000 passengers visited Zayed Port, Abu Dhabi last season. Increasing the cruise business to the city is one of Abu Dhabi’s mai
By execution of gas contract with Iraq in the first phase, Iran will be able to provide 65 to 70 percent of Baghdad, and 30 to 35 percent of total Iraq’s gas needs, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Javad Owji said. Owji stated last year Iran’s gas imports stood at 4 [&he
DSME Bags USD 595 Million Worth Drillship Order VANTAGE Drilling has placed an order with South Korea’s Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering for the construction of a new drillship. According to the DSME’s regulatory filing from July 19, the order is estimated to be worth around $595 million. Co
Fire Breaks Out on Hercules 265 (USA) Fire on Hercules GoM Rig Not Yet Extinguished Hercules 265 Evacuated After Well Control Incident in U.S. GoM Aibel Signs LoI for FPSO Topside Contract Chevron Awards Contracts for Alder and Rosebank Projects (UK)
Qatargas Sells First LNG to Malaysia Qatargas announced that it has sold Qatar’s first ever cargo of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) to Malaysia. Oil Search: PNG LNG Project 90 Pct Complete Oil Search said that at the end of the second quarter of 2013, the PNG LNG Project was nearly 90% complete and the
ADPC has welcomed the Hon. Duncan Gay MLC, Australia’s New South Wales Minister for Roads and Ports and Leader of the House in the Legislative Council, at ADPC Headquarters next to Zayed Port. Mohamed Al Shamisi, ADPC’s acting CEO, took the Minister and Australian delegates on a tour, giving them a
Iran has signed an agreement with Iraq to deliver natural gas to its western neighbor, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Javad Owji said. According to the report of the public relations of the NIGC, the agreement was signed in the Iraqi capital by Iran’s Oil Minister Rost
Dana Gas PJSC, the Middle East’s leading private-sector natural gas company, and Crescent Petroleum, the Middle East’s oldest private oil and gas company, in their capacity as joint operators, have announced the completion of the rebuild of the LPG loading and dispatch facilities at the Kor Mor LPG
Fire Onboard MV ‘HANSA BRANDENBURG’ Shipmanagement Company Leonhardt & Blumberg Hamburg, Germany reports that on July 15 2013 a cargo container caught fire onboard MV “HANSA BRANDENBURG” container ship, during her voyage from Singapore to Durban about 200 nautical miles northeast of Mauritius. Manni
Seadrill to Build Four New UDW Drillships (South Korea) Shell’s Olympus on Its Way to U.S. GoM Mars Field COSCO Secures USD200 Mln Semi-Submersible Construction Contract SBM Offshore’s New FPSOs to Work in Lula Field Off Brazil Norwegian Projects to Increase European Drilling Expenditure to
June saw more enquiries than May, and more were converted into fixtures, but Drewry’s LNG freight index was stubbornly unchanged according to the latest LNG Insight. However, market sentiment remains positive as Cheniere took three vessels on mid-term charter, plus options. One vessel from Dynacom w
An Iranian energy official says the country’s daily gas production will increase by 14 percent by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2014). Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Ahmad Qalebani said on Wednesday that Iran produced 700 million cubic meters per d
Egypt has stopped exporting Eni’s share of liquefied natural gas from the Damietta terminal, Eni’s head of midstream business Marco Alvera told Reuters. “Egypt is no longer exporting the gas we have a right to from the Damietta plant,” he said. The Spanish Egyptian Gas Company (SEGAS) liquefied natu
GAIL of India is reportedly in talks with Pakistan to supply LNG to the gas-starved country. The two sides are negotiating a five-year contract for supplying 5 million standard cubic metres per day (mmscmd) of gas to consumers in Pakistan, local media cited Prabhat Singh, director marketing at GAIL
