EmiratesLNG has announced it has secured government approval for construction of the Middle East’s first land-based Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) import facility in Fujairah
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Qatargas 4 and Centrica sign US$7 billion LNG deal
Centrica has announced that it has renewed a supply deal of US$7bn for four and a half years with Qatargas 4 starting June 2014 for the purchase of up to 8.4mn cubic metres of LNG per year
Petrofac and Bonatti win US$650mn EPC project in Algeria
UK-based oil and gas services provider Petrofac and Italy’s Bonatti have partnered to work on a US$650mn engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) project for Sonatrach, to extend the life of the Alrar gas field in south-east Algeria
Gulfsands begins gas exploration drilling programme in Morocco
Gulfsands Petroleum PLC has begun its exploration drilling programme in the Rharb Centre Permit, north Morocco, after discovering gas bearing potential, it announced yesterday
Libya to purchase gas from Algeria
Libya has announced that it has plans to purchase gas from Algeria to overcome power shortage in the country