Wärtsilä and COSCO shipping Heavy Industry Co (CHI) have announced on 13 April, the joint development of a natural gas operating fleet concept, and this design has now obtained Lloyds Registers (LR) Approval in Principle (AiP) certificate
Gas
Qatar lifts North Field moratorium
On the eve of Gastech, the worlds biggest gas conference, Qatar plans to lift its North Field moratorium and grab more long-term LNG market share
Siemens to supply rotating equipment for major petrochemical project in Oman
Siemens and its Dresser-Rand business will supply two gas turbine-driven compressor trains and two gas turbine generator packages for the Liwa Plastics Industries Complex, a major petrochemical project in Oman
New NII initiative launched to deliver huge savings for UKCS operators
A new Non-Intrusive Inspection initiative launched jointly by the Oil and Gas Technology Centre (OGTC) and ABB is estimated to deliver UKCS operators US$500m per year in benefit
Shell: Global LNG demand on the rise
Total global LNG demand increased in 2016, with greater than expected demand in Asia and the Middle East absorbing the increase in supply from Australia, according to Shell’s first LNG Outllook