Yemen LNG confirmed the sabotage of the 38 inch gas pipeline that links the block 18 to the Balhaf terminal on the Gulf of Aden. The explosion occurred at 22:00 hrs on Tuesday, at 295 km north of Balhaf. The 320km pipeline has been attacked several times this year by suspected al-Qaida-linked gunmen
GL Noble Denton has called upon hundreds of oil and gas sector professionals to contribute to a comprehensive new research programme investigating the issues the industry is expected to encounter in 2013. Working in association with independent partner Longitude Research, GL Noble Denton has invited
In the GCC’s oil and gas industry, past developments have focused more on enhancing the oil sector as opposed to the gas sector. However, with recent reports on the demand for gas both globally and domestically on the rise, as well as unconventional gas competition from the US, the GCC needs to inve
Gulf Marine Services has been awarded a three year well maintenance contract for the self elevating self-propelled jack up barge Kikuyu commencing in December 2012 with Occidental Petroleum in Qatar. The barge Kikuyu has been servicing wells continuously for Oxy since the barge was built in 2005 wit
Région Bretagne has invited bidders to submit their offers for the port bathymetric surveys work at the Rennes area. This contract includes the bathymetric surveys in the three ports of the Brittany Region for: – Regular monitoring of access channels and shorelines likely to have sediment buildup; –
Israel Ports Development & Assets Co introduced plans for the construction of the “Hadarom Port Project” in Ashdod Israel and/or construction of the “Hamifratz Port Project” in Haifa Israel. The works, for each port project, basically consist of the following: a. Construction of a Staging Harbour (o
A senior delegation headed by H E Dr Mohammed bin Saleh Al Sada, Minister of Energy and Industry, recently visited Japan and South Korea. Hamad Rashid Al Mohannadi, RasGas Company Limited’s (RasGas) Managing Director, accompanied the Minister and the RasGas team gave Al Sada presentations on a range
The South Pars Gas Field in southern Iran has 19 billion barrels of gas condensate reserves and 14.2 trillion cubic meters of in-place gas reserves, a senior Iranian oil official said, stressing that South Pars project is very important for Iran’s oil and gas industries. “The economic potentials of
Iran’s gas exports increased while its imports declined during the first six months of the current Iranian calendar year, managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Javad Owji said. Addressing at regular sessions of high ranking oil officials with media representatives, he said: W
After having been presented successfully on several occasions in Europe and the Middle East, the CEDA-IADC training course ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS OF DREDGING will be held for the second time in Abu Dhabi, on 10th and 11th December 2012. This two-day course will provide an overview of the environmenta
Onshore facilities of South Pars gas field phases 22-24 will come online gradually as of December 2012. Farhad Izadjou operator of phases 22-24 told Shana construction of onshore facilities of the phases have made 69 percent progress adding some units will become operational as of December. “Desalin
Woodside of Australia has confirmed that it has submitted a bid to buy a stake in Israel’s Leviathan gas field. The company said in a statement that it is in an early phase of a competitive bidding process with the Leviathan partners for an interest in the 349/Rachel and 350/Amit petroleum licences
Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat), the largest LNG ship owner in the world, revealed a net profit of QR 562 million for the nine months period ended September 30, in comparison to a net profit of QR 624.8 million for the corresponding period last year. The company’s Earnings per Share (EPS) amou
On Saturday, 20 October 2012, the EU Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) German frigate FGS Sachsen located a suspicious dhow and detained seven suspected pirates. The German frigate was tasked on Friday, 19 October 2012, to locate an Iranian dhow as reports indicated the vessel to be in the hand of pirates. On
