Algeria’s newly appointed minister of energy and mining will focus on increasing gas production, according to PGI Intelligence’s latest Insight report on the recent cabinet reshuffle and the outlook for reforms in Algeria
Gas
Construction of Jazan industrial gas facility gets underway
Work has begun on the construction of a US$2.1bn industrial gas complex that will serve Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery and terminal
‘Saudi Arabia to create nationwide gas pipeline network’
Saudi Arabia has plans to build a nationwide gas pipeline network as a public-private venture to supply gas for the domestic market
Penspen and Dar Al Handasah awarded KGOC contract
Global energy services company Penspen and Dar Al Handasah, operating as a joint venture, have been awarded a US$10mn project management contract by Kuwait Gulf Oil Company (KGOC) to manage the engineering, procurement and construction of a new gas and condensate pipeline
RasGas signs new LNG sales and purchase deal with France’s EDF
Qatar’s RasGas has announced that Ras Laffan LNG Company Limited (3) (RL 3) has entered into a new LNG sales and purchase agreement (SPA) with French energy company EDF