Dec 4 (LNGJ) - Burckhardt Compression, the Swiss-based maker of compressor systems for the oil and gas and LNG industries, has opened a service centre for its Central Europe business area. “The Service Center is strategically located in Slovakia in order to react fast on customer demands and to provide comprehensive services for reciprocating compressors of any brand to operators in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary as well as Poland,” said the company. The centre will be operated in cooperation with its local partner Sultrade Compressor Services.
France’s natural gas pipeline operator GRTgaz, whose subsidiary is French LNG import terminal company Elengy, has agreed to proceed with the first major physical entry point of natural gas in France through Switzerland.