BG Group of UK said it had completed another successful drill stem test in Block 1 offshore Tanzania, with initial results from the Mzia-2 well showing better than expected properties in the deeper Cretaceous reservoir. The test on Mzia-2, the first done on a Cretaceous discovery in deep water off Tanzania, flowed at a maximum [...]
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After a major contract was awarded to the Group in January 2012 in the marine works sector, BESIX Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with WATPAC to join efforts in future construction and civil engineering projects. To support this collaboration, BESIX Group will acquire a 15% stake in the equity of WATPAC in an [...]
Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) confirmed that it has won a $900 million order to build four LNG tankers for Bonny Gas Transport, a unit of Nigeria LNG. SHI said in a filing to the Korea Stock Exchange that it will begin delivering the four liquefied natural gas tankers to Bonny Gas Transport in 2015. BNP [...]
LNG player GDF Suez of France said that one of its employees and his family living in Yaounde have been taken hostages in Northern Cameroon during a leisure trip. “GDF Suez is working closely with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,” the company said in a statement. The company is developing a natural gas liquefaction project [...]
On Wednesday morning Norwegian time Statoil was notified of a serious situation involving an attack on the In Amenas gas production facility in Algeria. In Amenas is a wet gas field operated through a joint venture between Sonatrach, BP and Statoil. Statoil’s emergency response organisation is now mobilised, and the company is working to get [...]
InterOil Corporation said that drill stem test (DST) #1 in the Antelope-3 well in Papua New Guinea, tested natural gas and condensate with a maximum gas rate of 44.8 million cubic feet of gas per day with a flowing tubing pressure of 2,331 psi. The Antelope-3 well was drilled conventionally from 5,321.8 feet (1,622 meters) [...]
Keppel confirmed that Keppel Shipyard has entered into a term sheet agreement with Golar LNG to work together on the conversion of up to three LNG vessels into Floating LNG (FLNG) vessels. This term sheet agreement requires Keppel Shipyard to start with a Front-End Engineering and Design (FEED) study to confirm the engineering and work [...]
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Yemen LNG confirmed the sabotage of the 38 inch gas pipeline that links the block 18 to the Balhaf terminal on the Gulf of Aden. The explosion occurred at 22:00 hrs on Tuesday, at 295 km north of Balhaf. The 320km pipeline has been attacked several times this year by suspected al-Qaida-linked gunmen. It transports [...]
Woodside of Australia has confirmed that it has submitted a bid to buy a stake in Israel’s Leviathan gas field. The company said in a statement that it is in an early phase of a competitive bidding process with the Leviathan partners for an interest in the 349/Rachel and 350/Amit petroleum licences offshore Israel, covering [...]
Petrobras announced that preliminary drilling results of well 3-BRSA-967A-RJS (3-RJS-683A), known as Jupiter Nordeste, located 7.5 km from the Jupiter area’s discovery well (1-BRSA-559A), in the Santos Basin, confirm the presence of natural gas and condensate, as well as the presence of a continuous reservoir between the two wells. The new well, which is still [...]
