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Qatar Petroleum Delivers 500th LNG Cargo UK

Mar 30, 2016

Qatar Petroleum (QP) has announced the delivery of the 500th liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargo from QP affiliate Qatar Liquefied Gas Company (2) to the South Hook LNG Terminal at Milford Haven in the United Kingdom. The landmark delivery…

New Appointments for Lokring Northern Signals Growth

Mar 29, 2016

Lokring Northern (UK), provider of advanced fluid and gas transfer connectors, is celebrating significant expansion and growth with several new appointments within the company. A recent restructure to accommodate this continued growth has…

Adani Offers Dhamra LNG Stake to IOC, GAIL

Mar 28, 2016

Adani Group has offered 49% stake in its Rs. 5,000-crore ($750 million) Dhamra liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Odisha to the state-owned oil and gas companies GAIL India and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC), according to a PTI report.   The…

Egypt Struggles to Close LNG Tender

Mar 26, 2016

The Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) has reportedly failed to secure two cargoes for delivery in April, says a report in Reuters. The tender launched during last week was open to EGAS’ existing suppliers, however, delivery windows…

What’s Next for LNG - DNV GL

Mar 24, 2016

Dr. Gerd-Michael Würsig, Business Director LNG fuelled ships at DNV GL – Maritime, looked at some of the current issues in the LNG industry and provided an overview of what DNV GL is doing to support growth in this segment.“The main drivers…

SCF's Profit Zoom Fourfold

Mar 22, 2016

SCF Group (PAO Sovcomflot) reported steep jump in their net profit to USD 354.5 million from USD 83.9 million in the earlier year. Its gross revenue increased by 7.6 per cent to USD 1,483 million (2014: USD 1,378 million) and its time charter equivalent revenue rose by 18…

Shell, Rolls-Royce, MAN Ink LNGi Deal

Mar 21, 2016

DNV GL’s new LNG intelligence portal (LNGi) aims to bring stakeholders from across the LNG industry together to share market intelligence and contribute to the uptake of LNG as a ship fuel. Leading LNG suppliers and engine manufacturers including…

Iran's European Comeback

Mar 21, 2016

Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines (IRISL) has managed to create two companies in Europe in joint collaboration with foreign companies, says Mohammad Saeidi  IRISL managing director. He didn't provide the details of establishment of the two Iran-Europe shipping companies…

Maiden Gorgon LNG Cargo Heads to Japan

Mar 21, 2016

The first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the Australian Chevron's monster $55 billion Gorgon Project has departed Barrow Island yesterday aboard the 2015-built LNG carrier Asia Excellence, US-based energy giant Chevron Corporation said…

Offshore Achievement Award for TWMA

Mar 20, 2016

Global integrated drilling waste management and environmental services firm, TWMA, has won the Export Achievement Award at this year’s Offshore Achievement Awards.The award recognises the company’s significant business growth resulting from…

Struggling U.S. O&G Companies Eye Rare Financing Deals

Mar 19, 2016

Some cash-strapped U.S. oil and gas companies are considering creating an unusual layer of debt as a way of surviving the rout in oil and gas prices, according to restructuring advisors.Chesapeake Energy Corp for example is considering the strategy to swap some of its roughly $9 billion debt…

Skangas Aquires Risavika LNG

Mar 19, 2016

Skangas, a unit of Gasum, signed a deal with Lyse Group to acquire the Risavika liquefied natural gas (LNG)production facility in Norway.  The acquisition of the Risavika production plant will strengthen Skangas’s presence in the downstream…

SCF Unicom Marks its Quarter Century

Mar 17, 2016

Press release - On 11 March 2015, a reception took place in Limassol (Cyprus) to mark the 25th anniversary of Sovcomflot’s technical management subsidiary SCF Unicom.  Unicom was established in 1991, in Cyprus, to allow global charterers…

Indonesia Seeks Buyers for LNG Cargoes

Mar 16, 2016

According to a report in Reuters, Indonesia is seeking buyers for 'three to four' uncommitted liquefied natural gas (LNG) cargoes from its Bontang refinery operated by state energy company Pertamina in 2016. 'If there's a domestic buyer that wants them we'll prioritise them for domestic use…

GTT Wins LNG Simulator Order

Mar 15, 2016

GTT Training, subsidiary of Gaztransport and Technigaz (GTT), has announced that it has received a contract to supply its G-Sim LNG simulator software to L-3 DPA Inc. and Chevron. The contract involves the development of a new LNG Carrier…

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