Chevron: Gorgon LNG Export Plant Still Suspended After Leak
Production remains suspended at Chevron Corp's $54 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) Gorgon export facility in Australia following a gas leak nearly two weeks ago, a company spokesman said. "Production at the Gorgon LNG plant site has been temporarily suspended while the company undertakes some minor repair and maintenance work," said spokesman Bradley Haynes. Gorgon had stored LNG and was still able to export its second ever cargo on July 3 aboard the Marib Spirit tanker…
Magnolia Inks Gas Pipeline Deal
Magnolia LNG. wholly owned subsidiary of Liquefied Natural Gas Limited executed a Gas Pipeline Interconnect Agreement (PIA) with Kinder Morgan Louisiana Pipeline LLC, (KMLP) that sets out the technical scope and specifications for gas supply to the Magnolia LNG Plant. The PIA defines each parties’ obligations in relation to the design…
Rosneft Produced 1st Lot of Fischer Tropsch Synthesis Catalysts
Rosneft has proved its leadership in national GTL (gas-to-liquid) technologies development. First pilot batches of Fischer Tropsch synthesis catalysts have been produced at Angarsk catalyst and organic synthesis plant. Today Angarsk plant is the first Russian enterprise capable of producing such catalysts on a commercial scale. The implementation of FT synthesis catalysts production national technologies…
Exxon's $19 Bln PNG Plant could change country's fortune
ExxonMobil's $19 billion liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Papua New Guinea, which is shipping its first cargo, is set to dramatically transform one of Asia-Pacific's most unstable countries, for better or for worse. The LNG venture, which is expected to produce more than 9 trillion cubic feet of gas over 30 years, is the largest private investment in the South Pacific nation's history. ExxonMobil is relying on projects like this one for much-needed production growth…
Intertek Contracted for Chevron's Wheatstone Project
Intertek announced that it has been awarded the dimensional control contract by Bechtel for the Chevron-operated Wheatstone Project in Western Australia. Under the terms of the contract, Intertek will deploy multiple dimensional control survey teams to provide geometric assurance during the fabrication of modules at the Wheatstone Project module yards in Malaysia and China. Dimensional control surveyors…
