
Liquefied Natural Gas
Shell to become the biggest investor in Qatar Through giant projects like Qatargas LNG 4 and Pearl GTL, Shell has become a key player in Qatar. These projects requested more than $ 26 billion capital expenditure on the top of which Shell is planning additional $ 6 billion for a greenfield Ras Laffan olefin complex in joint […]
EDF reported to join Novatek and Total in Yamal LNG EDF may join OAO Novatek (Novatek) and Total in Yamal LNG since the project has been declared of national interest by the Russian authorities for fast-track implementation. Russia is now willing to boost its oil and gas exploration and production to compensate depleting fields and […]
Petronas to pay $5.3 billion Progress Energy Resources The Malaysian NOC Petronas and the Canadian Progress Energy Resources (Progress) have signed an agreement for a friendly takeover of Progress by Petronas. The integration will be done through Petronas Canada to remain based in Calgary, Alberta, for upstream with commercial office in Vancouver,BC, for LNG. The […]
Definition Regasification is the physical process by which liquefied natural gas (LNG) is heated to be returned into its gaseous state. Comments The natural gas is liquefied to facilitate its transportation as its volume reduces by 600 times from its gaseous state. To be liquefied, the natural gas needs to be cooled down to -161 degrees Celsius to condensate […]
Atum discovery proves Rovuma prolific to Anadarko The Atum natural gas field is located approximately at 16 killometers distance from the previous Golfinho discovery to the Northwest within the Offshore Area 1 of the Rovuma Basin. In the Offshore Area 1 of the Rovuma basin, Anadarko Petroleum Company (Anadarko) and its partners share working interests as: […]
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 […]
Definition BOE is the acronym of Barrel of Oil Equivalent – a unit of energy based on the approximate energy released by burning one barrel of Crude oil. One Barrel contains 42 US gallons or 158.9873 litres of light crude oil which will produce 5.8 × 106 British Thermal Units (million BTU or mBTU) according to the US […]