Archive for: June, 2010

Statoil Signs Maintenance Contracts Worth NOK 49 Billion (Norway)

Statoil Signs Maintenance Contracts Worth NOK 49 Billion (Norway)

Statoil is entering into frame agreements involving maintenance and modification work valued at NOK 49 billion, options included. The agreements, which have duration of four years with two two-year extension option, will occupy more than 5,000 people during the period. Five companies have given their assent to the letters of intent sent by Statoil on [...]

Golar LNG Energy Limited – Notification of Share Repurchase (Bermuda)

Golar LNG Energy Limited – Notification of Share Repurchase (Bermuda)

Golar LNG Energy Limited advises that in connection with its share buyback programme announced on June 10, 2010 the Company has acquired a further 50,000 shares through market purchases at an average price of NOK 6.70 per share. After this transaction Golar Energy holds a total of 136,397 of its own shares. Source: golarenergy, June [...]

Fair Work Australia Suspends Protected Industrial Action at Pluto LNG

Fair Work Australia Suspends Protected Industrial Action at Pluto LNG

Woodside advises that Fair Work Australia has ordered a suspension of protected industrial action at the Pluto LNG Project by 12 Mammoet crane drivers and telescopic forklift operators for a period of three months. The Order is effective immediately. During the suspension of the protected industrial action the parties, Mammoet and CFMEU are obliged under [...]

China: STX Dalian Eyes LNG Newbuilds

China: STX Dalian Eyes LNG Newbuilds

South Korean STX subsidiary, STX Dalian Shipbuilding, has joined Chinese shipyards bidding for upcoming foreign LNG-newbuilding orders… Source: Baird Maritime, June 30, 2010;

Singapore to Import LNG from Qatar

Singapore to Import LNG from Qatar

Singapore will be importing liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar and storing it at a facility currently under construction on Jurong Islan… Source: The Straits Times, June 30, 2010;

Lithuania and Belarus May Build LNG Terminal in Klaipeda

Lithuania and Belarus May Build LNG Terminal in Klaipeda

Lithuanian Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius indicated that Lithuania is ready to increase its economic cooperation with Belarus…   Source: lithuaniatribune, June 29, 2010;

Australia: Separate Tax for CSG-LNG Projects Expected

Australia: Separate Tax for CSG-LNG Projects Expected

RESOURCE industry sources are expecting the imminent announcement of a separate tax regime to apply to coal seam gas-to-liquefied natural ga…   Source: Courier Mail, June 29, 2010;

US Could Become Big LNG Importer

US Could Become Big LNG Importer

The US will emerge as the secondbiggest market for Middle Eastern natural gas exports in two decades if a uniform global market for gas cont… Source: The National – Abu Dhabi , June 29, 2010;

Mexican Appellate Court Revokes Order to Suspend Sempra LNG Terminal Permits

Mexican Appellate Court Revokes Order to Suspend Sempra LNG Terminal Permits

Sempra LNG, a subsidiary of Sempra Energy, reported that a Mexican federal appeals court has revoked a June 17 district court order that had directed Mexican regulatory agencies to suspend authorizations for the operations of Sempra LNG’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal near Ensenada, Mexico. Although the full ruling is not yet available, the result [...]

Foster Wheeler Awarded Contract by GDF SUEZ for Cameroon LNG Project

Foster Wheeler AG  announced today that its Global Engineering and Construction Group has been awarded a contract by GDF SUEZ to carry out the pre-front-end engineering design (pre-FEED) for the development of an onshore LNG plantand offshore gas gathering infrastructure. The project seeks to establish a national gas transportation network linking Cameroon’s offshore gas resources [...]


 

 


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