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Tuesday, 27 September 2011
The Papua New Guinea Energy Minister has criticized the Gulf LNG project led by Canadian company InterOil, and involving a Floating LNG element being built by Flex of Norway, alleging the parameters of the venture were being changed without proper consultation. The minister, William Duma, has said that InterOil…
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Monday, 26 September 2011
Chevron said it would begin construction immediately on the A$29 billion (US$28Bln) Wheatstone LNG Project at Ashburton North on the Pilbara Coast of Western Australia after taking its final investment decision. The foundation phase of the project will consist of two LNG processing Trains with a combined capacity of…
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Monday, 26 September 2011
Concern is growing about the threat of piracy in shipping lanes used by LNG carriers as the perpetrators become more bold and their approach more violent, according to security experts operating in ship protection in the waters leading from the Suez Canal. “When the Somali Pirates first struck, it…
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Monday, 26 September 2011
Arrow Energy Ltd., owned by Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina, agreed to buy coal-seam gas company Bow Energy with an improved offer of A$535 million (US$524M) to increase feed-gas supplies for the Arrow LNG project in Eastern Australia. The Arrow project on Curtis Island, near the port of Gladstone,…
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Friday, 23 September 2011
MEO Australia is still pushing ahead with its Timor Sea LNG plans and is upbeat about the prospects of securing sufficient feed-gas of the correct quality from its own exploration efforts or from third parties. The company made the upbeat assessment in its annual report in which it reiterrated…
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Friday, 23 September 2011
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands officially opened Europe’s newest LNG import terminal, the Gate facility in Rotterdam, giving the Dutch port the final and key entry in its energy importation portfolio. The Port of Rotterdam has played a prominent part as an energy port, both as importer and exporter. It…
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Thursday, 22 September 2011
The Kitimat LNG project on the west coast of Canada is continuing with site clearance work as it awaits completion of a front-end engineering and design study and for the National Energy Board’s decision on a 20-year LNG export licence. The project developers, Apache Corp. and EOG Resources of…
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Thursday, 22 September 2011
The Freeport LNG production project in Texas has entered the environmental investigation phase of its permit process as plans advance to export surplus US natural gas. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has filed with the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission listing verifications it seeks for the overhaul of…
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Thursday, 22 September 2011
Chevron Corp. is expected to announce soon a positive investment decision for the Wheatstone LNG project in Western Australia after receiving federal environmental approval. George Kirkland, Vice-Chairman of Chevron, said: “We welcome the Australian federal government’s support for the Wheatstone project. The federal environmental approval is an important milestone…
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Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Thailand’s state energy company PTT said its Australian subsidiary had reported successful drilling results at a gas field that may provide feed-gas for a planned Floating LNG project in Australian waters of the Timor Sea. PTTEP Australasia is a subsidiary of PTT Exploration & Production and is holder of…
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