fLNG
Floating LNG lead Petronas to develop new solutions Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas) from Malaysia and Honeywell’s UOP from Des Plaines, Illinois, USA, signed a cooperation agreement to develop new solutions for the natural gas treatment on board of vessels. While the crude oil production is stalled on a plateau, the natural gas production is increasing continuously […]
Rovuma basin discoveries could set Mozambique as world’s third largest LNG exporter Over the last months, the Houston based, Anadarko Petroleum Corporation (Anadrako) and the Italian Eni multiplied natural gas discoveries on the east coast of Africa to the point that Mozambique could become the world third largest LNG exporter after Qatar and Australia. The oil […]
Granherne and Doris complete pre-FEED The GDF Suez Bonaparte is a $3.7 to $4.6 billion Floating LNG project to liquefied the natural gas from the Petrel, Tern and Frigate fields in the Bonaparte Basin, in the Timor Sea, 250 kilometres west of the northern Australian city of Darwin. GDF Suez Bonaparte is a joint venture created in 2009 […]
Shell and Mitsubishi to gather gas from Basra oil fields The Iraq Government has given its nod to the natural gas exploration deal signed between Shell from the Netherlands and Japan’s Mitsubishi Corporation (Mitsubishi). The project, which requires capital expenditure of around $17.2 billion, was initially signed in 2008. The joint venture, Basra Gas Company (BGC) is state-controlled […]
Petronas Floating LNG awarded to Technip-Daewoo June 5th, 2012 – Technip-Daewoo Consortium has been awarded by Petronas a $2 billion contract for a Floating LNG (FLNG) unit in Malaysia Technip created a consortium with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) Co. Ltd., the Technip-Daewoo Consortium (TDC). Technip-Daewoo Consortium (TDC) was awarded by Petronas Floating LNG 1 (Labuan) Ltd, […]
With Leviathan Noble turns Israel into gas exporter In 2009, Israel’s exploration partner Noble Energy discovered the Tamar field in the Levantine Basin, some 50 miles west of Israel’s port of Haifa and with an estimated 8.3 tcf (trillion cubic feet) of highest-quality natural gas. Tamar was the world’s largest gas discovery in 2009. Then, […]
Indonesia Abadi fLNG to learn from Australia Prelude In one way, INPEX Corporation Ltd acquired 17.5% participating interest in the Prelude Floating LNG (FLNG) Project from Shell Development (Australia) proprietary Ltd in order to get the experience to develop the Abadi LNG Project in Masela Block. In the other way, Shell in December 2011 acquired […]
Petronas and Murphy Oil go for FEED on Sarawak fLNG In June, Petronas from Malaysia will qualify only two consortia out of the four pre-qualified groups that have responded to a Call for Tender for a 1.5 million t/y floating liquefied natural gas (fLNG) vessel. The Sarawak fLNG project is to go for exploration & […]
