Singapore LNG Corporation Pte. Ltd. (SLNG) has awarded the contract for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the third Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) storage tank at the LNG terminal to Samsung C&T Corporation. The third 188,000 cubic metre LNG tank, in addition to the two similar siz
Eni signed a Memorandum of Understanding today with CNPC/Petrochina, the biggest listed national oil company in the world. The Memorandum of Understanding sanctions a broad spectrum of possible business opportunities to the benefit of both parties in China and internationally. In particular, the com
Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. announced today that its subsidiary, Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC, has signed a memorandum of understanding with EDF Trading, a wholly owned subsidiary of EDF S.A., under which EDF Trading intends to contract between 0.7 million tonnes per annum and 1.5 mtpa, equivale
Alstom and EDF Energies Nouvelles today announced the signature of an exclusive agreement to respond jointly to a call for tenders that the French government is planning to launch for offshore wind projects. The agreement covers the future construction of offshore wind farms developed by EDF Energie
Buccaneer Energy Limited (“Buccaneer” or “the Company”) provides update on the progress of the acquisition of a jack-up rig for operations in the Cook Inlet, Alaska. Buccaneer is in the process of negotiating and financing the acquisition of a jack-up rig that will have the capacity to operate in al
Occidental Petroleum Corporation announced today it has been selected by the Government of Abu Dhabi to participate in the development of Abu Dhabi’s Shah gas field, one of the largest gas fields in the Middle East. Under the terms of the new agreement in principle, Oxy will hold a 40-percent partic
Two Wilh. Wilhelmsen companies join forces to provide a more comprehensive portfolio of solutions, equipment and services tailored to the maritime and offshore industries. The newly formed company, Wilhelmsen Technical Solutions, will be a global provider of fully engineered environmental, safety, H
The prospectively evaluation of license Skagen (PL 498), which is a license from the 4 sea acquisition early 2010, has proven positive, and the license partnership has made a drill decision scheduled for 2012. Drilling of Jette (PL 385), which was scheduled Q1 2011, has been rescheduled to Q4 2011/Q
Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cable industry, has successfully completed a multi-million Euros, two-year, contract, for CCC (Consolidated Contractors Company S.A.L. (Offshore)-Teyseer Contracting Company W.L.L.-JV) based in Abu Dhabi, to supply power cables for the Ras Laffan Port Expansion pr
Tap Oil Limited provides the following update on the Zola-1 exploration well, offshore Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. Location / Proposed Depth The Zola-1 well is located in permit WA-290-P, immediately south of the giant Gorgon gas field in the Carnarvon Basin, Western Australia. The well is b
Thiess has been awarded a major Coal Seam Gas upstream infrastructure contract in Queensland. The landmark contract with QGC has a value of approximately $136 million for early works projects near the centres of Miles and Chinchilla in the Surat Basin. Thiess will install field compressor stations,
Fluor Corporation announced today that it was awarded an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by Santos Ltd. for its Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) project in Queensland, Australia. Fluor’s EPC contract includes upstream facilities associated with the 7.8 million tonne-pe
Fluxys and Statoil will examine the options for Statoil to book long-term storage capacity at Fluxys’ underground storage site in Loenhout. The two companies have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to that effect during the current Belgian trade mission in Norway. The Belgian and Norwegian governm
Petrofac, the international oil & gas facilities service provider, has been awarded a US$1.2 billion lump-sum engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract by In Salah Gas (ISG), an association between Sonatrach, BP and Statoil, to develop southern fields in the In Salah development. The
