GE announced the largest expansion of its Batam manufacturing facility to date, with the construction of a high bay for a new line of subsea wellhead equipment that will further increase local content. Making the announcement at the Indonesia Petroleum Association’s (IPA) 37th Annual Convention, Visal Leng, regional general manager of GE Oil & Gas [...]
Aker Solutions strengthens its commitment to the Canadian oil and gas market through taking full ownership of Newfoundland and Labrador-based AKCS Offshore Partner. “The buy-out will support Aker Solutions’ growth plans in North America and be the foundation for further expansion in St. John’s and Atlantic Canada. This is a firm commitment from Aker Solutions [...]
JMJ announces it is opening a new Business Unit in order to support the growth of its Australia business. The new Business Unit will be centered in Brisbane, and will headquarter JMJ’s efforts throughout Eastern Australia. Much of JMJ’s current work in the country has been serving Chevron mega projects Gorgon and Wheatstone on the [...]
Green Fleet Systems, a logistics service provider focused on building a business anchored around “clean” technology, and LogFire, the leading cloud-based SaaS supply chain solutions company, announce expanded business operations and scope of services – creating new jobs and expanding energy efficiency in logistics. Green Fleet Systems, focused on being a reliable and efficient logistics [...]
Energy Skills Queensland’s highly successful Gladstone Workforce Skilling Strategy will expand to include the Bundaberg and Rockhampton regions this year, with support from a $300,000 three year partnership with Australia Pacific LNG’s downstream operator, ConocoPhillips. The Queensland Workforce Skilling Strategy is funded by industry, including Australia Pacific LNG, the Australian Government’s Department of Education, Training [...]
Kenworth is expanding its line of green products by offering factory-installed, dual liquefied natural gas fuel tanks on Kenworth T800s powered by the 15-liter Westport GX engine. “By equipping a Kenworth T800 with dual LNG fuel tanks, operators now have the option of running the truck up to 700 miles on a single fueling,” said [...]
Arrow Energy has welcomed the State Government’s release of the draft terms of reference (TOR) to guide development of an environmental impact statement (EIS) for Arrow’s planned Bowen Basin coal seam gas expansion. The Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (DEHP) has issued the draft TOR for the Bowen Gas Project to inform environmental studies [...]
Chart Industries, Inc., a leading independent global manufacturer of highly engineered equipment used in the production, storage and end-use of hydrocarbon and industrial gases, announced on June 28 that its Distribution & Storage Group is again expanding its manufacturing capacity for liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) equipment to meet growing LNG infrastructure demand in North America. [...]
Stolt-Nielsen announced that Avance Gas Holding (AGHL), a joint venture between Sungas Holdings and Stolt-Nielsen Gas has reached an agreement with Transpetrol Shipping whereby Transpetrol will sell its two very large gas carriers (VLGC) to AGHL in return for cash and 33 1/3 equity ownership of AGHL. Post completion ownership of AGHL will be shared [...]
Exoma Energy announced that it has accepted the offer by the Queensland Government of four new exploration blocks in Central Queensland. These four permits ATP 1127P, ATP 1130P, ATP 1137P and ATP 1150P, cover some 19,000 sq km of the Eromanga and Galilee basins, adjacent to Exoma’s existing permit ATP 999P. Upon final formal granting [...]
