The European Commission has cleared the proposed acquisition of joint control over the Angolan company Angola LNG by BP of the UK, Chevron Global Energy of the US, Eni of Italy, Sonangol of Angola and Total of France. The joint venture will be active in the production of LNG in Angola and the worldwide supply [...]
Eni of Italy announced a new giant natural gas discovery in Area 4, offshore Mozambique,at the Coral 1 exploration prospect. The results for this well, drilled in the southern part of Area 4, are of particular significance. The Coral discovery is estimated to contain between 7 and 10 tcf of gas in place, exclusively located in [...]
BG Group today announced its fifth consecutive Tanzania gas discovery with the Mzia-1 exploration well located in Block 1, offshore southern Tanzania. Mzia-1 is BG Group’s first discovery within the deeper Cretaceous section and opens an extensive new play fairway within the Group’s offshore acreage in Blocks 1, 3 and 4, to complement the now [...]
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation today announced the Golfinho exploration well discovered a new, major natural gas accumulation nearly 20 miles (32 kilometers) northwest of its Prosperidade complex within the Offshore Area 1 of the Rovuma Basin. The Golfinho discovery well encountered more than 193 net feet (59 net meters) of natural gas pay in two high-quality [...]
Mr Marek Karabuła, Vice-President of the Management Board of PGNiG in charge of Petroleum Mining since May 12th 2012, will serve as President of the Management Board of POGC Libya B.V. Consequently, on May 11th 2012, Mr Karabuła tendered resignation from his position on the PGNiG Management Board and his position as Chairman of [...]
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Wärtsilä, a leading global supplier of flexible and efficient power plant solutions and services, has signed an Operations & Maintenance (O&M) agreement with Sasol New Energy Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sasol, the integrated global energy and chemical company. The three year agreement covers the company’s gas engine power plant project in Sasolburg, South [...]
Gasol, the West African energy development company, provided the following strategy update and also announcef the appointment of David Shipway as Head of Upstream Gas Projects and Michael Kunz as Head of Power Project Development. Strategy update Gasol’s strategy is to develop its own gas reserves in the Gulf of Guinea and to supply this [...]
Taiwan’s Yung-An LNG terminal, operated by CPC, will get one liquefied natural gas cargo from Nigeria this week, according to port data. The cargo is being hauled by the LNG Oyo, a 145,842 cubic-meter tanker, and it will reach Yung-An LNG import terminal on May 10. The Yung-An terminal is Taiwan’s first liquefied natural gas receiving [...]
Cove Energy plc, the AIM quoted upstream oil and gas company, together with operator Anadarko Petroleum, provides the results of its second flow test of the Barquentine-1 well at the northern end of the Prosperidade gas complex in the Rovuma Basin Area 1 block, Offshore Mozambique (Area 1 Rovuma Offshore). Testing of the Barquentine-1 well [...]
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Jose Botelho de Vasconcelos, Angola’s Oil Minister, announced Tuesday that the official kick-off of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports from the Angola LNG terminal will be in late June, Reuters reported. The Soyo-based plant will be subjected to a shipping test next month and if everything goes well, it will start with the exports, focusing [...]
