1,000th LNG tanker docks at Ras Laffan Port
The year 2011 saw Ras Laffan Port achieve a new milestone on 28th December 2011 when the 1,000th LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) tanker, RasGas Simaisma docked at the port.
The year 2011 saw Ras Laffan Port achieve a new milestone on 28th December 2011 when the 1,000th LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) tanker, RasGas Simaisma docked at the port.
Gasco awarded a US$189mn lump-sum turnkey contract to Larsen & Toubro Ltd (L&T) for the new Habshan-Ruwais-Shuweihat gas pipeline.
The exit of Gulf Keystone Petroleum from the Hassi Ba Hamou gas project has been approved by Algerias council of ministers which will allow BG Group and state-owned Sonatrach to increase their stake in the project.
Oman is planning to explore shale gas in concession areas of Petroleum Development Oman (PDO), according to Khalifa Mubarak Al Hinai, advisor at the Ministry of Oil and Gas.
GDF Suez expects its gas production to drop around eight per cent next year, from 60 million barrels of oil equivalent in 2011 to 55 million boe in 2012 and 2013.