Thursday, 30 November 2006 11:26
New entrants spoilt for choice between onshore and offshore LNG terminals
By Gordon Jackson
Offshore LNG terminals have been under consideration since the early 1990s, first for export and more recently for import.
Tangible progress is now being made with Excelerate Energy’s US Gulf Gateway project working well and its planned Northeast Gateway off the coast of Massachusetts moving forward in the permitting process.
Offshore LNG terminals have been under consideration since the early 1990s, first for export and more recently for import.
Tangible progress is now being made with Excelerate Energy’s US Gulf Gateway project working well and its planned Northeast Gateway off the coast of Massachusetts moving forward in the permitting process.
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Jan 06
Thursday, 30 November 2006 11:20
Kitimat and Haisla First Nation advance Pacific Coast gate plan
By Patti Schom-Moffatt, Director of Consultation and Communications, Kitimat LNG Ltd.
An LNG terminal project proposed for northern British Columbia has taken a major step forward to become North America’s first West Coast facility with an Agreement in Principle between the project company and the region’s Haisla First Nation tribe.
Kitimat LNG Inc., a Canadian energy infrastructure company, is proposing to build, own and operate an LNG receiving terminal located north of Vancouver.
An LNG terminal project proposed for northern British Columbia has taken a major step forward to become North America’s first West Coast facility with an Agreement in Principle between the project company and the region’s Haisla First Nation tribe.
Kitimat LNG Inc., a Canadian energy infrastructure company, is proposing to build, own and operate an LNG receiving terminal located north of Vancouver.
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Jan 06
Wednesday, 29 November 2006 17:08
Liquid spill hazard investigated for LNG tanks
Josef Rötzer, Hamish Douglas, Helmut Maurer
Dywidag International GmbH, Munich
In Parts 1 and 2 of this contribution the hazard scenarios earthquake, impact and blast were described. In Part 3 a further hazard scenario, liquid spill is investigated. Part 4 will close the hazard and safety investigations with the examination of the fire scenarios, valve fire and adjacent tank fire.
Dywidag International GmbH, Munich
In Parts 1 and 2 of this contribution the hazard scenarios earthquake, impact and blast were described. In Part 3 a further hazard scenario, liquid spill is investigated. Part 4 will close the hazard and safety investigations with the examination of the fire scenarios, valve fire and adjacent tank fire.
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Oct 2006
Wednesday, 08 November 2006 16:40
Egyptian LNG sets new standard
LNG Journal Middle East Editor
Egyptian LNG turned a natural gas find into a commercial LNG venture in record time as it set an industry benchmark by delivering the first cargo from Egypt just six years after the first gas field discovery.
ELNG is a partnership between the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co., the Egyptian General Petroleum Co, BG Group of the UK, Petronas of Malaysia and Gaz de France.
The natural gas liquefaction and export project is located at Idku, in the Nile Delta, 50 kilometres east of the city of Alexandria.
In May 1995, the Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. signed a concession agreement with affiliates of BG and Edison SpA of Italy, giving the two foreign partners the right to explore for hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean deep water, north east of Alexandria.
Egyptian LNG turned a natural gas find into a commercial LNG venture in record time as it set an industry benchmark by delivering the first cargo from Egypt just six years after the first gas field discovery.
ELNG is a partnership between the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Co., the Egyptian General Petroleum Co, BG Group of the UK, Petronas of Malaysia and Gaz de France.
The natural gas liquefaction and export project is located at Idku, in the Nile Delta, 50 kilometres east of the city of Alexandria.
In May 1995, the Egyptian General Petroleum Corp. signed a concession agreement with affiliates of BG and Edison SpA of Italy, giving the two foreign partners the right to explore for hydrocarbons in the Mediterranean deep water, north east of Alexandria.
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April 2006
Tuesday, 07 November 2006 17:29
Australia’s Woodside wins China race
By Our Asia-Pacific Editor
The delivery of China’s first cargo of liquefied natural gas later this month will start a new era in power generation for the world’s most populous nation and will be another big step for Woodside Energy, operator and part owner of the LNG supplier, the North West Shelf Venture in Western Australia.
Although still a mid-sized exploration and production company by global standards, Woodside is establishing a growing presence in the world energy industry.
In 52 years Woodside has grown from a tiny Australian company which evolved out of the 1950s hunt for oil among the oil seeps in south-eastern Australia to being selected as the first supplier of LNG to China.
The delivery of China’s first cargo of liquefied natural gas later this month will start a new era in power generation for the world’s most populous nation and will be another big step for Woodside Energy, operator and part owner of the LNG supplier, the North West Shelf Venture in Western Australia.
Although still a mid-sized exploration and production company by global standards, Woodside is establishing a growing presence in the world energy industry.
In 52 years Woodside has grown from a tiny Australian company which evolved out of the 1950s hunt for oil among the oil seeps in south-eastern Australia to being selected as the first supplier of LNG to China.
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May 2006
Tuesday, 07 November 2006 10:25
Russian LNG finance: Profitable? Probably. Risky? Certainly
Peter Rigby, New York
When Peter the Great traveled through Western Europe in the late 17th century, he relied upon his tremendous personal charm and near 7-foot-tall stature to secure the technical know-how to help him build what would become Russia's first navy.
Some 300 years later, Russia, anxious to join the lucrative global liquefied natural gas trade, hopes to launch a fleet of tankers to deliver Russian LNG to energy-hungry countries in the West and Asia.
It will take more than charisma and compelling economics to initiate this 21st century venture, however. Political risk, opaque legal and business systems, and Russia's short history of contract law and enforcement will distinguish its LNG projects from recent LNG project financings in Qatar, Oman, and Trinidad and Tobago.
When Peter the Great traveled through Western Europe in the late 17th century, he relied upon his tremendous personal charm and near 7-foot-tall stature to secure the technical know-how to help him build what would become Russia's first navy.
Some 300 years later, Russia, anxious to join the lucrative global liquefied natural gas trade, hopes to launch a fleet of tankers to deliver Russian LNG to energy-hungry countries in the West and Asia.
It will take more than charisma and compelling economics to initiate this 21st century venture, however. Political risk, opaque legal and business systems, and Russia's short history of contract law and enforcement will distinguish its LNG projects from recent LNG project financings in Qatar, Oman, and Trinidad and Tobago.
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Jul / Aug 2006
