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$310 Billion 'Energy Efficiency' Market Grows Rapidly

Oct 08, 2014

IEA report sees energy efficiency finance becoming established market segment in its own right ... $310B & Growing Rapidly The global energy efficiency market is worth at least $310 billion a year and growing, according to a new report from…

Wärtsilä to Set-up Indonesia's first bio-LNG plant

Oct 08, 2014

Wärtsilä and two Indonesian partners have today signed a joint development agreement with the intention of creating the first ever bio-LNG plant in Indonesia. The co-signers of the agreement with Wärtsilä are PT Pertamina (Persero), a national energy company…

SHI Wins Order for Arctic Shuttle Tankers

Oct 08, 2014

Samsung Heavy Industries won an order amounting to USD 440 Million for Three Arctic Shuttle Tankers from a European shipper.  According to sources the order is from Russia’s state shipping firm Sovcomflot. The shuttle tankers will have a capacity of 42…

Keppel Bags Repeat Orders

Oct 08, 2014

Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd wholly owned subsidiaries Keppel Shipyard Ltd (Keppel Shipyard) and Keppel Nantong Shipyard Co. Ltd have secured contracts from repeat customers worth a total of S$153 million.Keppel Shipyard's contract is…

Caterpillar Sponsors 2014 High Horsepower Summit

Oct 08, 2014

Caterpillar Inc. announced its sponsorship of the 2014 High Horsepower Summit (HHP) Summit, now underway in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event is North America’s leading conference on the use of natural gas to fuel high horsepower operations…

EMGS - Fleet Operation for 3Q 2014

Oct 08, 2014

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) releases information on vessel activity and utilisation 4-5 working days after the close of each quarter. The Company defines 'vessel utilisation' as the percentage of the vessel charter period spent on contracted or multi-client data acquisition…

EU Abandons 'Dirty' Label for Canada Tar Sands Oil

Oct 07, 2014

A European Union plan to label Canadian tar sands oil as highly polluting as part of its fight against climate change has been abandoned after years of opposition from Canada, clearing the way for exports of tar sands crude to the European market…

EIA: Falling Fuel Costs, Rising U.S. Production Ahead

Oct 07, 2014

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released its latest Short-Term Energy and Winter Fuels Outlook (http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/). Select highlights follow: •         EIA projects average U.S. household expenditures for natural gas…

Kvidal Named Yara Int'l Acting CEO

Oct 07, 2014

Torgeir Kvidal is appointed Acting CEO effective 7 October 2014, and Jørgen Ole Haslestad has resigned as Yara CEO.'Yara's Board have concluded that Haslestad is not the right person to lead the company going forward, also in light of the on-going talks with CF Industries…

Cairn's JV Discovers Oil Offshore Senegal

Oct 07, 2014

Cairn together with its joint venture partners have announced that the FAN-1 exploration well, offshore Senegal, has discovered oil.The well, located in 1,427 metres (m) water depth and approximately 100 kilometres offshore in the Sangomar Deep block…

3D Survey off Malaysia for EMGS

Oct 07, 2014

Electromagnetic Geoservices ASA (EMGS) has received a letter of intent worth USD 6.8 million from an International Oil Company for 3D EM data acquisition in Malaysia. EMGS did not disclose the name of the contractor. 'We are pleased to announce the first of several new projects in Asia…

Integrated LNG Solution for Ship Owners

Oct 06, 2014

WesPac Midstream LLC (WesPac), a provider of energy infrastructure and LNG solutions, announced a partnership agreement with Clean Marine Energy LLC (CME), the global facilitator of finance mechanisms for LNG conversion and Emission Control Area (ECA) compliance…

Petronas to Canada: No Tax Deal, No LNG Plant for 15 Years

Oct 06, 2014

Malaysian state-owned energy company Petronas said on Monday it could delay its planned $11 billion liquefied natural gas plant on Canada's Pacific Coast by up to 15 years unless it can reach a favorable tax deal by month's end.Petronas…

Neves Contends Drives Bullish Bets on Brazil Companies

Oct 06, 2014

U.S. options market bulls rushed to some of the biggest Brazilian companies on Monday, a day after pro-business Brazilian presidential candidate Aecio Neves' surprisingly strong showing in the first-round election vote.Brazilian financial…

Deal Struck on LNG Delivery for Shipowners

Oct 06, 2014

Unique partnership offers the first fully integrated LNG solution to ship owners.WesPac Midstream LLC (WesPac), a leading provider of energy infrastructure and LNG solutions, announced a partnership agreement with Clean Marine Energy LLC (CME)…

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