zoomImage courtesy of Tellurian US LNG export project developer, Tellurian has been issued a liquefied natural gas export approval by the United States (U.S.) Department of Energy (DOE). The DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy has issued the long-term authorization for Tellurian’s Driftwood LNG to export domestically produced liquefied natural gas
Wintershall, DEA complete merger
zoomImage courtesy of Wintershall Dea German duo Wintershall Holding and DEA Deutsche Erdoel AG (DEA) have completed the merger of the two companies creating a European independent gas and oil giant. The merger agreed in September last year has been completed in on May 1 following the approvals by all
Qatar Petroleum hires eight rigs for work on North Field LNG project
zoomSaad Sherida Al-Kaabi, Minister of State for Energy Affairs, the president and CEO of QP; Image courtesy of QP LNG giant Qatar Petroleum (QP) has awarded contracts for eight offshore drilling rigs for work on its North Field Expansion project. Qatar Petroleum said that eight offshore jack-up drilling rigs were
Shell’s first-quarter profit slips
zoomShell CEO Ben van Beurden (Image courtesy of Shell) The Hague-based LNG giant Shell saw its first-quarter net profit edge down slightly as a result of lower realized oil prices. The company reported a net profit of $5.3 billion, 2 percent below the $5.5 billion reported in the first quarter
Santos names new board member
zoomImage courtesy of Santos Australian oil and gas company Santos has appointed a new member of the board of directors. Santos said on Thursday that Guan Yu would be appointed to the board as the ENN-nominated non-executive director effective May 3, 2019. Guan is president and a director of ENN
Pavilion Energy completes first STS LNG bunkering in port of Singapore
Image courtesy of Singapore LNG Corp. Pavilion Energy said it has performed the first commercial ship-to-ship LNG bunkering in the Port of Singapore. The operation, the first of such in Singapore, comprised a reload of 2,000 cubic meters of LNG onto a small-scale tanker at the newly-modified secondary jetty of
Eni signs exploration agreement for block offshore Bahrain
Image courtesy of Eni Italy’s state-controlled energy giant Eni has signed an exploration and production sharing agreement (EPSA) for Block 1 offshore Bahrain. Following a joint study conducted by Eni in 2016 and the signature of a memorandum of understanding on January 13, 2019, Eni signed an EPSA with the
Pasha Hawaii progresses construction of two LNG-fueled containerships
zoomImage courtesy of Pasha Hawaii Honolulu-based Pasha Hawaii held the keel laying for George III and cut the first steel plates for Janet Marie at the Keppel AmFELS shipyard in Brownsville, Texas. Upon completion, both LNG-fueled Ohana Class containerships will join Pasha Hawaii’s fleet, serving the Hawaii-Mainland trade line, the
ADB funds Indonesia’s largest LNG-fueled power plant
Image courtesy of ADB The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said the first drawdown of funds has been completed under a $305 million financing deal for the Jawa-1, Indonesia’s largest LNG-fueled combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant. Michael Barrow, director general for ADB’s private sector operations department, said, “this project will support