Offshore oil and gas mega projects are increasing in scale and cost. Some 41% of ExxonMobil’s 2015 capital spending for projects under construction in 2015 is likely to be directed to one project alone. Neda Djahansouzi, Energy Researcher…
The Santos Gladstone liquefied natural gas (GLNG) project is moving closer to completion with the award of another contract. The Santos GLNG joint venture awarded WDS Ltd. a construction contract for the Roma West Phase 2 of the Santos GLNG project in Queensland…
Santos GLNG completed the first of its three major gas processing hubs in its Queensland gas fields, in Australia. Image of Santos GLNG 's largest gas hub. From Santos GLNG. The hub…
Eni made an “important” gas discovery in the Merakes exploration prospect, located in the East Sepinggan Block, offshore Indonesia. The East Sepinggan block is located in the offshore East Kalimantan (Borneo), 170km south of the Bontang…
The International Gas Union (IGU) has elected Seok-hyo Jang, chief executive and president of Korea Gas Corp. (Kogas), as its next president. He will serve as vice president for three years, beginning June 2015, before taking office in 2018…
Italian major Eni and Korea Gas Corp. (Kogas) signed a cooperation agreement that will allow the two to jointly pursue global opportunities in a number of areas including the upstream and LNG sectors. Image from Kogas…
After two and a half years, Santos Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) fed natural gas into its 420km gas transmission pipeline for the first time using its primary compressor station in the Fairview field in southwest Queensland. Santos…
The final two modules for the Santos Gladstone Liquefied Natural Gas (GLNG) project arrived for the plant’s liquefied natural gas (LNG) processing units on Curtis Island, in Queensland, Australia. The modules were built at Batangas…
Weighing an impressive 4300-tonnes, the largest piece of the turret for Shell’s Prelude floating liquefied natural gas (FLNG) facility has set sail from Dubai for the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Geoje, South Korea. When complete…
Dockwise floatover installed the Shwe development topsides using COOEC's HSY229 installation launch barge. First production was in January this year. Photo from Dockwise. Myanmar has been producing hydrocarbons longer than many…
Eni says it has successfully executed the appraisal campaign for the Agulha discovery, located in Area 4 offshore Mozambique. Area 4 is now thought to contain about 85Tcf of gas in place. The delineation was carried out through the Agulha 2 well…
Eni CEO Paolo Scaroni outlined the Italian company’s exploration progress and activities within the country to the President of the Republic of Mozambique Armando Guebuza. Eni announced that the “possibility of enlarging the shareholder base of Area 4 was favorably received by the President…
Noble Energy, Inc. has downgraded the gross resource potential of its A-2 appraisal well, drilled on the Block 12 discovery offshore the Republic of Cyprus. With the reserve potential initially set between 5-8Tcf, the company has now lowered its figures to 3…
Eni has made a new high impact discovery at Agulha exploration prospect, in Area 4, offshore Mozambique.The discovery opens a new exploration play in the southern part of Area 4. Preliminary estimates show that the Agulha structure could contain 5 to 7 Trillion cu ft of gas in place…
The Myanmar-China natural gas pipeline is now delivering hydrocarbons produced from the Bay of Bengal, offshore Myanmar, to China. The soon-to-be complete, parallel oil pipeline will transport Middle East and African oil. The pipeline projects have five investors from four countries: China…
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