LNG

Leading oil and gas executives from the APAC region meet to discuss ways of competing with production from the MENA region.

Arrow Energy is set to reject a take-over bid from a company jointly owned by Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina.

Drevna testifies on US chemical safety law before Senate subcommittee.

Westside Corp. has announced a joint venture with Mitsui & Co. to develop the Dawson Seamgas fields.

In the Spring issue of LNG Industry magazine, Lucy Miller, Douglas-Westwood, considers current and future prospects for the LNG sector.

Dr. Robert M. Cutler discusses developments in Eurasian gas pipelines in 2009, with a focus on Turkmenistan’s gas reserves and current pipeline projects in the region.

Centrica has announced the purchase of Suncor Energy Inc’s Trinidadian natural gas assets.

Polskie LNG SA has been receiving bids and arranged finance for Poland’s first LNG terminal to diversify gas supply.

A career in welding is considered one of the top ten best career-change professions for 2010.

Iran is seeking foreign investors and markets in a new drive to develop its natural gas reserves and establish itself as a major energy supplier.

Europe’s hydrocarbon industry now sits in a precarious position as to the future of its energy supply. Currently Europe is dependant on Middle Eastern and Russian supplies. However, Europe is predicted to become more heavily dependent on external supplies over the next decade.

Whilst the risk of a pirate attack on an LNG vessel transiting through the Gulf of Aden may have increased in the last few months, there are many measures that can be taken to guard against such attacks.

Novatek, the Russian gas producer plans to send LNG shipments to Asia from its fields on the Yamal peninsula in the Arctic via the Arctic Ocean.

A summary of two environmental issues within the oil industry.

There’s no doubt to me that the LNG sector today is moving into the mainstream of global energy supply - a clean and cost effective energy source that can compete on price and supply with other energy sources.