PT Pertamina of Indonesia plans to import liquefied natural gas from Africa and Australia starting 2013, the Jakarta Post reported, citing the company’s vice president for commercial and business development, Djohardi Angga Kusumah. He said that Pertamina would take 1 mtpa of LNG from each country. “In an African country, there is around 2.7 mtpa [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Ampal-American Israel Corporation said that it has been advised by East Mediterranean Gas Co. (EMG), in which Ampal has a 12.5% interest, that Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC) and the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) notified EMG that they were terminating the Gas Supply and Purchase Agreement (Source GSPA) between the parties. “EMG considers [...]
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Puma Energy International said it has completed the acquisition of 100% of the issued share capital of Soagel SA. Soagel owns a newly built 5000m3 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) terminal in the port of Cotonou, Benin. This new acquisition will be named Puma Energy Benin SA. It is an important step in the development of [...]
According to Algerian Trade Minister Mustapha Benbada, Pakistan expressed interest in procurement of Algerian LNG and the two countries are tabling cooperation plans on constructing a regasification terminal in Karachi, Reuters informs. Speaking at the margins of a joint commission on bilateral trade ties meeting, Benbada stated that export to Pakistan would start upon [...]
Tideland Signal, the international specialist in aids to marine navigation, has won a further order to supply eight of its SB-2200 polyethylene buoys complete with MaxLED-200 lanterns to the new LNG port at Soyo in the north of Angola. Like the previous order, the new buoys will be used in marking the approach channel and [...]
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An Egyptian pipeline, which transports gas to Israel and Jordan, was attacked on Monday. The blast struck in the northern Sinai at the entrance of the Mediterranean coastal town of Al-Arish. This was at least the 14th attack on the pipeline since the end of the Mubarak regime last year. Israel imports 43 % of [...]
Anadarko Petroleum announced that with the success of its Barquentine-4 appraisal well, the partnership has completed the drilling portion of its planned appraisal program in the discovery area offshore Mozambique. The Barquentine-4 well, located in Offshore Area 1 of the Rovuma Basin, encountered approximately 525 net feet (160 meters) of natural gas pay, and became [...]
Eni announced a new giant natural gas discovery in Area 4, offshore Mozambique, at the Mamba North East 1 exploration prospect. The results of this well, drilled in the Eastern part of Area 4, are of special importance since they increase the resource base of Area 4 by at least 10 trillion cubic feet (tcf) [...]
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