
Japan
Apache and JX to join Carnarvon and Finder in Phoenix Apache Corporation (Apache) from USA and JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration (JX Nippon) from Japan have seen their project of Farm-in Agreement with Carnarvon Petroleum Ltd (Carnarvon) and Finder Exploration (Finder), both from Australia, approved by the Australian Authorities. Last October, Apache, JX Nippon […]
KNPC awarded PMC contract to Foster Wheeler On December 23rd, 2012, the state-owned oil refiner Kuwait National Petroleum Co (KNPC) selected Foster Wheeler for the project management consultancy (PMC) contract of the multi-billion Clean Fuels Project (CFP). In Kuwait, the CFP project, as well as the New Refinery Project (NRP) were left on hold nearly four years […]
AltaGas and Idemitsu to build LNG facility on BC coast AltaGas Ltd (AltaGas) from Alberta in Canada and the Japanese Idemitsu Kosan Corporation Ltd (Idemitsu) have decided to form the 50/50 AltaGas Idemitsu Joint Venture Limited Partnership joint venture to export liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) from Canada to Asia. Since USA […]
Shell to start upstream and postpone LNG Trains Since November 2012, the Anglo-Dutch international company, Shell, and China National Petroleum Company (CNPC or PetroChina) multiplied announcements to reconsider their Arrow LNG project in the Queensland in eastern Australia. Shell and PetroChina wholly own the Arrow LNG project through a 50/50 joint venture with the intention to invest […]
Gazprom first LNG shipment from Norway to Japan Gazprom prepared and implemented successfully the first shipment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) through the freezing Northern Sea Route (NSR) around the North Pole from Norway to Japan. Leaving the Port of Hammersfet in Norway on November 9th, the Ob River LNG carrier reached the Port of Tobata […]
Effectively produce hydrocarbons from offshore areas Firstly established as Abu Dhabi Marine Areas Limited (ADMA) to explore and produce offshore Abu Dhabi oil and gas, Abu Dhabi Marine Operating Company (ADMA-OPCO) exported the first tanker of crude from Das Island to Japan in July 1962. Named British tanker, this first export vessel was celebrating the successful […]
Gazprom and Itochu completed feasibility study November 26th, 2012, Alexey Miller, Chairman of Gazprom hosted a meeting in Moscow with a Japanese delegation led by Japan Ambassador Chikahito Harada about the joint project of liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant in Vladivostok in the outmost Far East of the Russian Federation. In January 2011, Gazprom and Japan Far […]
Sempra, Mitsubishi, Mitsui and GDF-Suez to convert Louisiana terminal into Hackberry LNG plant Based in San Diego, Califormia, USA, Sempra Energy (Sempra) completed its commercial development agreements with its partners Mitsubishi Corporation (Mitsubishi), Mitsui and Co. (Mitsui), both from Japan, and GDF-Suez, from France, for the Cameron LNG project in Louisiana, to export liquefied natural gas […]