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U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 78, April 2013 - Contents
COALBED METHANE
AUTRALIA: Planned project - Production start up
* Australia's AGL Energy has restarted the Galilee gas project pilot at Glenaras in the Australian state of Queensland in order to establish first coalbed methane reserves in the Galilee basin.
INDIA: Planned project - Tender
* India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation will shortly award stakes in its four coal bed methane gas blocks.
AUSTRALIA: Environmental assessment
* The federal government has signalled that it will tighten monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions from coal seam gas ''fracking'' projects.
SHALE GAS
ARGENTINA: Planned project - Agreement
* Dow Chemical and YPF have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the El Orejano prospect in the Vaca Muerta shale gas region.
KUWAIT: Planned project - Production forecast
* Kuwait is looking to extract shale gas from its northern fields and expects to produce 150-200 million cubic feet per day under the right conditions.
SAUDI ARABIA: Investment opportunities
* Saudi Arabia's shale gas challenge; Saudi Arabia's plans to explore its vast shale gas reserves-potentially the fifth largest in the world-will take years.
UNITED STATES: Gas supply
* The US government is in the final stages of lifting its embargo on shale gas exports to Japan.
SPAIN: Environmental assessment
* Lawmakers in Spain's northern Cantabria region unanimously voted recently to ban hydraulic fracturing on environmental concerns.
SOUTH AFRICA: Environmental assessment
* Explorers including Royal Dutch Shell Plc are unlikely to get hold of shale gas permits in South Africa this year because of potential legal appeals.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 52, N° 7, April 25, 2013 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Processing
* Technip and JGC Corporation have been awarded a contract as a consortium by JSC Yamal LNG to carry out the engineering, procurement, supply, construction, and commissioning of an integrated facility for natural gas liquefaction.
Supplies - Imports - Exports
* Woodside Petroleum shelved plans for the $40 billion Browse LNG gas project in Western Australia, saying the massive onshore development did not make economic sense.
* India's LNG imports this year could increase by as much as 19% due to new short-term contracts, additional import capacity and higher imports by existing LNG facilities.
* Rosneft is in talks with Exxon Mobil Corp. about building a liquefied natural gas plant to target Asia, challenging Gazprom's weakening export monopoly.
NATURAL GAS
Exploration - Discovery
* Officials of Petroleos Mexicanos and China National Petroleum Corp. have signed a memorandum of understanding for cooperation in oil and natural gas.
* Myanmar is likely to review, and possibly renegotiate, existing natural resources deals as it prepares to sign up to the Norway-based Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative.
* Turkey has offered an opportunity to explore offshore oil and gas reserves off its Mediterranean and Black Sea coasts to the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan.
Production
* Noble Energy Inc. would reconsider the U.S. company's investments in Israel if the government raises the issue of tax rates on natural resources.
Processing
* Cyprus' offshore natural gas deposits are enough to warrant the construction of a gas processing plant to export excess supply, regardless of whether Israel decides to be a partner in the project.
Storage
* A plan to store natural gas in caverns under Lancashire has been rejected by the Department of Energy and Climate Change.
Use for Power generation
* Natural gas power plants can use about 20% less fuel when the sun is shining by injecting solar energy into natural gas with a new system being developed by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - PNNL.
Companies
* OMV AG has confirmed that it has acquired RWE AG's stake in Nabucco gas pipeline project. The acquisition of the German utility's 16.67% holding, doubles OMV position in the project to bring Caspian gas to Europe via the Southern Corridor.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 52, N° 6, April 8, 2013 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Transportation - Distribution
* Samsung Heavy Industries and Hyundai are both involved in deals to provide six LNG carrier ships between them to Nigeria's Liquefied Natural Gas Company.
Supplies - Imports - Exports
* Japan is planning to start the world's first futures contract for LNG, marking the latest step toward creating a global market for the fuel.
* Oil and gas independent Rosneft is touting its LNG wares to Chinese and South Korean energy companies and shipbuilders, ahead of Russian LNG export liberalisation.
Use as Automotive Fuel
* Shell has teamed up with Volvo Trucks to help develop LNG as a low-emissions fuel for commercial heavy-duty vehicles.
GAS TO LIQUIDS
Use as Automotive Fuel
* The jet fuel from Pearl GTL, Shell's gas to liquids production plant, has received approval providing new and varied advantages for airports and airlines.
NATURAL GAS
Exploration - Discovery
* Turkey suspended energy deals with Italy's ENI SpA over the energy firm's involvement in oil and gas drilling in Cyprus.
Production
* Israel has announced that natural gas has started flowing from an offshore rig in the Tamar field in the Mediterranean Sea, ending four years of anticipation.
Transportation - Distribution
* . Israel offered Turkey to build a gas pipeline through its territory to export its gas to world markets.
Storage
* Russia's Gazprom recently signed a deal with Czech oil and gas producer MND Group to build a new underground gas storage facility in Damborice.
* A House subcommittee approved recently a bill that could be a step toward the underground storage of natural gas in Florida.
General Information
* China's private oil companies are of the view that country's natural gas prices will inevitably rise as current prices are too low compared with the prices abroad.
U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 77, March 2013 - Contents
COALBED METHANE
INDIA: Planned project - Production forecast
* Essar Energy announced recently that it has been granted phase 3 environmental clearance for its coal bed methane gas field at Raniganj.
AUSTRALIA: Regulation
* Environment Minister plans to introduce amendments to national environmental law requiring federal government assessment and approval of coal seam gas developments that have significant impact on water resources.
SHALE GAS
GERMANY: Regulation
* The German government has finally agreed on draft regulation to allow the tapping of shale gas via hydraulic fracturing to continue.
SAUDI ARABIA: Planned project - Delay
* Saudi Arabia may need at least a decade to develop shale-gas production to a scale comparable to the U.S. because of the desert kingdom's short supplies of water.
GERMANY: Resources estimates
* Germany could meet domestic demand with unconventional gas.
SPAIN: Reserves estimates
* Spain has enough prospective resources of gas to satisfy current demand for 70 years if shale is developed, according to a trade group for oil and gas companies.
TIGHT GAS
ARGENTINA: Partnership modification
* Argentina's state-run energy company YPF said recently it plans to push forward with a tight natural gas project even after the departure of its Brazilian partner Vale.
GAS HYDRATES
JAPAN: Planned project - Feasibility
* Will methane hydrates fuel another gas boom? In a move to get closer to developing its own domestic fossil fuel, Japan is extracting natural gas from an offshore deposit of methane hydrates.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 52, N° 5, March 26, 2013 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Transportation - Distribution
* Lithuanian terminal operator Klaipedos Nafta and Lithuanian gas company Lietuvos Dujos have signed an agreement which will see the Klaipeda LNG terminal connected to the country's gas transport system.
Supplies - Imports - Exports
* Indonesia will start importing the fuel by 2018 to meet increasing domestic demand, according to Migas.
* Russia should maintain Gazprom's monopoly on exports of Russian gas to Europe but allow other companies to export LNG to rapidly growing markets of the Asia-Pacific region.
* Singapore is poised to become a maritime gas-trading hub in two to three years.
Use as Automotive Fuel
* North European ports are leading a switch to natural gas as a cleaner way to power ships than burning oil-based bunker fuel.
NATURAL GAS
Exploration - Discovery
* Qatar has discovered a small offshore field containing about 2.5 trillion cubic feet of natural gas, the country's first gas find since 1971.
Production
* Statoil, along with its partners, has awarded subsea pipeline and marine installation contracts to Subsea 7 and Deep Ocean, for the Aasta Hansteen field in the Norwegian Sea.
Supplies - Imports - Exports
* Natural gas exports to Mexico are soaring even as debate heats up over whether to allow exports of gas to countries with which the US does not have free-trade agreements
Storage
* Iran plans to increase its underground gas storage capacity by inaugurating its second natural gas storage facility in the central city of Kashan.
* Department of Natural Resources has granted the first of three state permits for the proposed expansion of an underground natural gas storage operation in the salt dome under Lake Peigneur in Iberia Parish.
Use for Power Generation
* Eon said recently it will shutter or mothball loss-making gas-fired plants if framework conditions do not improve.
U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 76, February 2013 - Contents
COALBED METHANE
AUSTRALIA: Assets sale
* The Arrow LNG project joint-owned by Shell and PetroChina has sold its coal seam gas exploration interests in northern NSW to Dart Energy.
CHINA: Planned project - Partnership modification
* CNOOC will buy 20% of China CBM's shares from the China National Coal Group Corporation.
AUSTRALIA: Domestic supply
* Australian utility and upstream firm AGL Energy has suspended the expansion of its Camden gas project on the outskirts of Sydney because of community concerns about coal-bed methane extraction.
SHALE GAS
AUSTRALIA: Agreement framework
* Chevron Corp. agreed to pay as much as $349 million to join Beach Energy Ltd. (BPT) in an Australian natural gas exploration campaign in its first shale investment in the country.
IRELAND: Reserves estimates
* Independent energy explorer Enegi Oil said it submitted a petition to the Irish government to explore the potential in the Clare Basin for shale natural gas.
TURKEY: Discovery
* New findings are spurring hopes in Turkey's search for new energy resources, following the recent announcement that indications of possible shale gas resources had been found in the Central Anatolian provinces.
AUSTRALIA: Partnership agreement
* PetroChina Co Ltd will acquire some of ConocoPhillips' interests in two projects in Western Australia.
TIGHT GAS
AUSTRALIA: Planned project -Feasibility study
* AWE Limited has commenced a development feasibility study for the commercialisation of the Senecio tight gas accumulation located in the north Perth Basin, Western Australia.
GAS HYDRATES
JAPAN: Drilling campaign
* The Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry of Japan will this summer begin a project to look for methane hydrate deposits believed to be trapped only tens of meters deep in the sediment under the Sea of Japan.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 52, N° 4, February 28, 2013 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Supplies-Imports-Exports
* Estonia and Latvia don't want Gazprom linked to LNG project because the project's aim would be to cut the region's dependence on Russian supplies.
* EDF Trading and EXMAR have announced their intention to jointly look for small-scale LNG export opportunities in North America using barge-mounted natural gas liquefaction.
* LNG export capacity seen at 70 billion cu m/year by 2020.
* Putin gave the clearest indication yet recently that he's willing to put an end to OAO Gazprom's monopoly on natural-gas exports by allowing rival companies to ship liquefied natural gas abroad
NATURAL GAS
Exploration - Discovery
* Total SA's move into Tajikistan is aimed at producing natural gas for export to neighboring China
Production
* Major Russian gas producer Novatek, decided to exit the Egyptian market and end its production activities due to the country's political instability
Transportation - Distribution
* NET Midstream to construct new gas pipeline system to Mexico
Supplies- Imports - Exports
* Woodside Petroleum Ltd., said it's in talks with companies for a potential partnership to enter Canada's natural gas industry to tap rising Asian demand
* Ukraine may quit the European Energy Community in reaction to its lack of support for the country in ongoing natural gas disputes with Russia
Storage
* Enbridge Gas Distribution announces binding open season for Tecumseh Gas Seasonal Storage Capacity.
* The state venture Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation is in talks with Storengy, to explore possibility of underground natural gas storage.
* Storengy UK is currently developing the Stublach Gas Storage Project (SGSP), a salt cavern storage facility in Cheshire
General Information
* The European Union agreed recently its first law to regulate safety in offshore oil and gas drilling across the 27-member bloc and seek to prevent any repeat of BP's catastrophic Gulf of Mexico spill
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 52, N° 3, February 20, 2013 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Production
* Oil and gas companies are planning to build liquefied natural gas capacity of more than 84 million tons per annum (mtpa) in Africa, transforming the continent into a natural gas powerhouse.
* Novatek and Total SA shifted the start of liquefied natural gas production at Yamal LNG project in Russia's Arctic to 2017 after delays reaching an investment decision.
Supplies-Imports-Exports
* Tokyo Electric Power Co. said recently it plans to procure 800,000 tons of liquefied natural gas annually from the United States from 2017 as part of efforts to cut heavy fuel costs for thermal power generation.
* Ukraine's plans to replace imports of natural gas from Russia with cheaper LNG supplies via the Black Sea face resistance from Turkey, which wants to become a regional LNG hub itself.
* The ACC took a neutral approach on the topic of LNG exports, stating it supports an "all of the above" approach in regards to domestic energy policy.
Companies
* Britain's BG Group's planned sale of a remaining stake in a shared liquefied natural gas terminal in Chile is being blocked by another operator of the Quintero station.
NATRAL GAS LIQUIDS
Transportation - Distribution
* Aux Sable Canada has secured long term agreements with Canadian producers to transport natural gas liquids to the US and increase value of the production.
COMPRESSED NATURAL GAS
General Information
* A new service from U.S. Energy Services is designed to assist trucking fleets in determining the economic viability of using compressed natural gas (CNG).
NATURAL GAS
Exploration - Discovery
* Myanmar's tender of onshore oil and natural gas blocks that took place last month has attracted large corporations and is expected to attract more.
Supplies- Imports - Exports
* Gazprom is planning 3.5 billion euros worth of price cuts for its European customers this year.
* US gas export capacity to Mexico could more than double.
Use for Power Generation
* Singaporean power producer, started up two natural gas-fired electric generation plants in a move to cut down carbon dioxide emissions.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 52, N° 2, February 6, 2013 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Production
* Gazprom and Novatek signed recently an agreement to form a joint venture to produce liquefied natural gas on the Yamal Peninsula. The agreement is further evidence of Russia's growing interest in LNG production.
Transportation - Distribution
* 2013 could be a breakthrough year for Chinese shipyards, with a number of them in the running to receive precious orders for LNG carriers.
Supplies-Imports-Exports
* Osaka Gas and Chubu Electric Power Co. recently signed a 20-year contract with Freeport LNG Development to import up to 2.2 million tpy each of LNG from Freeport's facility on the US Gulf Coast.
Consumption
* Global prices for liquefied natural gas are rising toward record highs this year as increasing demand runs up against stuttering supply, threatening to drive up fuel costs in some of the world's biggest economies.
GAZ TO LIQUIDS
Transportation - Distribution
* GTL jet fuel blended with synthetic paraffinic kerosene (SPK) at the Pearl GTL plant in Qatar is now flowing into airplane tanks at Doha International Airport. This is the first new aviation fuel to be approved globally in two decades.
NATURAL GAS
Production
* BP may be forced to reconsider further gas exploration in North Africa as a result of the hostage crisis at the Algerian natural gas facility.
* Brussels appears to be expanding the number of options it will consider in Europe's long-running push towards expanding their natural gas options by expressing interest in what the Eastern Mediterranean has to offer.
Transportation - Distribution
* China National Petroleum Corp. (CNPC) has signed a cooperation framework agreement with Shenergy Group and Yangkou Port Co. Ltd. to build the Rudong-Haimen-Chongming natural gas pipeline.
* Gazprom has signed a deal with Plinacro to construct a branch of the South Stream gas pipeline in Croatia
* Opening the Gazelle natural gas pipeline in the Czech Republic, which connects to Russia's Nord Stream, provides a vital energy source for the transportation of natural gas to Western Europe
Supplies-Imports-Exports
* Gazprom's supergiant Zapolyarnoye natural gas field has reached its full design output of 130 billion cubic metres per year, making it the most productive field in the country and one of the most important fields for Russia's exports to Europe
U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 75, January 2013 - Contents
COALBED METHANE
India: Regulation
* Coal India Limited (CIL) has cautioned that there would be safety issues if the government allows other parties to harness coal-bed methane (CBM) in its leasehold areas. An estimated 20% of CBM reserves were in CIL's leasehold areas. CIL cautioned that due to practical and safety issues, it did want any other player to operate in its leasehold areas.
China : Planned project - Start Up
* Sino Oil and Gas Holdings announced the commencement of sales of coalbed methane on a designated Sanjiao-Senze CBM pipeline from its Sanjiao block in Shanxi Province
SHALE GAS
China: Planned project - Tender
* China has granted shale gas exploration rights to 16 companies in a second round of auctions.
Germany: Regulation
* The German Parliament has decided to allow shale gas extraction by fracking to continue.
Lithuania: Planned project - Tender
* Chevron is expected to win a licence to explore for shale gas and oil in Lithuania after submitting the only application for a permit
UK: Regulation
* The British government gave the go-ahead recently for exploratory hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, to extract natural gas from shale-rock deposits.
Poland: Regulation - Economic incentives
* Poland will likely adopt a much-awaited law to regulate shale gas production this year, opening the way for the potentially lucrative sector to kick into gear.
GAS HYDRATES
Japan: Production
* In the first experiment of its kind, Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp. will begin a test project aimed at producing methane gas from methane hydrate in the Pacific seabed off Aichi Prefecture.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 52, N° 1, January 22, 2013 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Production
* Commercial production of LNG is scheduled to begin in 2018 as Eni and Anadarko will jointly develop the 10-train Afguni LNG Project in Mozambique.
Transportation - Distribution
* New LNG import terminals in India are being hit by delays, even as the country faces a gas shortage because of dwindling domestic output and rising demand from power plants.
Supplies - Imports - Exports
* Angola LNG is expected to start regular exports of LNG in first quarter 2013 and will target buyers in Europe and Asia.
* Lithuania's new government said it would reconsider a project to build a new nuclear power plant but continue to support a liquefied natural gas import terminal.
* Qatar will reduce spot-market sales of LNG by at least 40 percent by 2014, curbing supplies available for Europe.
NATURAL GAS
Exploration
* Argentina's Pan American Energy has signed a deal with the government to invest $3.4 billion between 2013 and 2017 to boost natural gas exploration and production in exchange for being able to charge higher prices.
Production
* The Alberta government is aiming to attract major investment in its natural gas sector in 2013, as part of a strategy to develop a balanced and diversified energy portfolio.
* The first production platform on Israel's offshore Tamar gas field has been inaugurated, with first deliveries expected this April.
Transportation - Distribution
* The prospect of natural gas from Algeria being piped via Sardinia to Northern Italy and onward to Europe is still uncertain as the date for making a decision regarding its viability has been delayed once again.
* Gazprom has started construction and assembly work on the western section of the Southern Corridor gas pipeline in Russia, that will feed into the South Stream gas export pipeline.
Supplies - Imports - Exports
* Qatargas recently announced the signing of a long-term LNG Sales and Purchase Agreement (SPA) between Qatargas 3 and PTT Public Company Limited of Thailand.
Storage
* Iran will inaugurate its second natural gas storage facility by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2013), aiming to boost gas storage capacity to 100 million cubic meters per day.
Consumption
* Greece’s natural gas reserves are rapidly dwindling and Public Gas Corporation (DEPA) is considering asking electricity-producing plants that operate on natural gas to reduce their output so as to cover the needs of households first
U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 74, December 2012 - Contents
Coalbed methane
SOUTH AFRICA: Planned Ermelo project - Agreement.
AUSTRALIA: Regulation.
CHINA: Regulation.
AUSTRALIA: Forecast – Domestic supply.
AUSTRALIA: Environment - Regulation.
Shale Gas
ALGERIA: Forecast – Domestic supply.
AUSTRALIA: Planned project in Kimberley region- Approved.
INDIA: Planned projects - Talks.
KAZAKHSTAN: Planned project - Feasibility.
POLAND: Planned projects – Drilling campaign.
UNITED KINGDOM: Shale gas discovery.
CHINA: Planned shale gas project – Final investment decision.
UNITED KINGDOM: Reserves estimates.
SOUTH KOREA: Cooperation - Talks.
Tight Gas
OMAN: Planned project - Delay.
PAKISTAN: Supply contract - Agreement.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 19, December 13, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Production
* Australia could overtake Qatar as leading LNG producer. As Qatar’s LNG outlook stagnates with no signs of future capacity additions.
Processing
* German contractor Linde has won a contract, understood to be worth around $300 million, to build a mid-scale liquefied natural gas plant for Petronas’ subsidiary Malaysia LNG.
Supplies - Imports - Exports
* Wärtsilä have been awarded a contract to supply the gas powered propulsion machinery and corresponding gas storage and handling systems for a new passenger ferry in Canada.
* Chilean state oil company ENAP and Britain's BG Group Plc have agreed to sign a new liquefied natural gas supply contract for 2013 to 2030.
* Consultants Booz & Company carried out a study at the request of the European Commission into the best location for a LNG terminal in the Baltic.
GAS TO LIQUIDS
Production
* Sasol will build the first U.S. GTL commercial plant to convert natural gas to diesel and other fuels.
NATURAL GAS
Exploration - Discoveries
* Woodside has announced they have reached an agreement in principle to acquire a participating interest in the Leviathan field, one of the largest recent gas discoveries worldwide.
* The Obama administration recently announced it would auction off 20 million acres in the Western Gulf of Mexico for oil and natural gas exploration.
Production
* The South China Sea would "form the main part" of the country's offshore gas exploration plans, according to 2011-2015 five-year plan.
Reserves
* Petroliam Nasional Berhad (Petronas), a Malaysian national oil company, has made two major gas discoveries at the Kuang North and Tukau Timur fields, offshore of Sarawak.
Transportation - Distribution
* German utility RWE may soon quit the Nabucco gas pipeline project and could sell its 16.1% stake in the scheme to fellow shareholder OMV.
* El Paso Natural Gas pipeline, has entered into a 25-year transportation precedent agreement in connection with plans to build a new pipeline to serve customers in Mexico.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 18, November 29, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Processing
* Australia gave the green light to GDF Suez's Bonaparte floating liquefied natural gas project.
Supplies - Imports - Exports
* BG Group signed a Heads of Agreement with China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) for the sale of certain interests in the Queensland Curtis LNG project in Australia and the sale of liquefied natural gas from BG Group's global LNG portfolio.
Storage
* Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company issued a tender to import LNG and establish a floating storage regasification unit.
* Gasum plans to build three liquefied natural gas bunker sites to supply the maritime transport sector in the Baltic Sea region by 2015.
* Gazprom Export and Gasunie signed recently a Memorandum of Understanding on cooperation in the field of development of small scale LNG.
NATURAL GAS
Exploration - Discoveries
* Dana Gas announced a gas discovery in the Nile Delta. The evaluated in-place resources for the West Sama-1 are between 4 to 6 Billion cubic feet.
Processing
* Williams Cos. plans to fund a new liquids extraction plant and supporting facilities amid a new long- term gas processing agreement with a producer in the Canadian oil sands.
Transportation - Distribution
* Transportadora de Gas Natural del Noroeste, has been awarded the contract to build, own, and operate the El Oro–Mazatlan Pipeline and the El Encino–Topolobampo Pipeline in Mexico.
* Wentworth Resources has begun the construction of 532km Mnazi Bay to Dar es Salaam Gas Pipeline Project.
Supplies - Imports - Exports
* Natural gas consumption in China is expected to be 230 billion cubic meters in 2015.
* Russia's Rosneft signed recently a 25-year deal to supply state power trader Inter RAO with natural gas.
* Energy and Coal Industry Minister said that Naftogaz Ukrainy will buy 26 billion cubic meters of gas from Russia's Gazprom in 2012.
U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 73, November 2012 - Contents
Coalbed methane
INDIA: Reserves estimate.
INDONESIA: Planned project – Approval.
INDONESIA: Ongoing project – Update.
AUSTRALIA: Acquisition - Approval.
CHINA: Ongoing project - Update.
Shale Gas
ALGERIA: Regulation.
ARGENTINA: Drilling campaign.
AUSTRALIA: Partnership agreement.
AUSTRALIA: Discovery.
CHINA: Regulation.
AUSTRALIA: Ongoing project – Production start up.
POLAND: Regulation.
ALGERIA: Resources estimates.
Tight Gas
AUSTRALIA: Ongoing project - Update.
Gas Hydrates
JAPAN: Discovery.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 17, November 13, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Processing
* Indonesia's BPMIGAS approved in principle the Plan of Further Development for the expansion of the BP-operated Tangguh liquefied natural gas project.
Supplies - Imports - Exports
* Vice-Minister of Mineral Resources, Mozambique, confirmed that the country plans to set up two LNG trains by 2018.
* Qatargas 3 signed a new LNG sales and purchase agreement with Chubu Electric Power Company Incorporated. Qatargas 3 will deliver up to one million tonnes per annum of LNG for a period of 15 years starting from 2013.
NATURAL GAS
Production
* The general director of the National Petroleum Authority said that Brazil's natural gas output could nearly double by 2020.
* In Italy, A new energy strategy, presented to the cabinet, said it aims to have 14 percent of its energy needs met by domestic production by 2020 from the current 7 percent.
Reserves
* Tanzania raised its estimate of recoverable natural gas reserves to 33 trillion cubic feet from 28.74 tcf following recent big discoveries offshore.
Transportation - Distribution
* China National Petroleum started construction work on the third natural gas pipeline. The new pipeline measuring 7,378 km will have a 5,000 km long trunk line and eight branch lines.
* Sempra Mexico has been awarded two contracts by Comision Federal de Electricidad to construct, own, and operate an approximately 820 km pipeline network connecting the Northwestern states of Sonora and Sinaloa.
Supplies - Imports - Exports
* YPF expects to receive government approval to more than double natural-gas prices to help fund expansions in Argentina.
Storage
* Infrastrata has been given the green light to develop a natural gas storage facility in Antrim, Northern Ireland.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 16, October 19, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Processing
* Chevron Corp. reported that a fourth train will be constructed as part of the Gorgon LNG project on Barrow Island, Western Australia.
* Statoil would not build a second liquid natural gas liquefaction facility at Norway's Hammerfest Plant.
* The Main Pass Energy Hub LNG export project is seeking regulatory approval to export up to 24m tonnes per annum of LNG. The project aims to use existing floating infrastructure located offshore Louisiana.
Transportation - Distribution
* Yamal LNG project has launched a tender for the construction and operation of a dedicated fleet of Arctic-class LNG carriers.
* Energia Argentina SA will issue a tender to buy 37 to 40 liquefied natural gas cargoes for 2013.
* National Energy Policy Council endorsed an agreement between Thailand’s PTT and Qatargas on the purchase of 2mn metric tonnes a year of LNG.
* Qatargas signed a new long term liquefied natural gas Sales and Purchase Agreement with Japan's Kansai Electric Power Company.
* GAIL India signed a legally binding 20-year liquefied natural gas sales and purchase agreement with Gazprom Marketing and Trading Singapore.
* Golden Pass Products LLC received permission to export liquefied natural gas from the U.S.
NATURAL GAS
Exploration - Discovery
* The President of Turkish Cyprus said that his government intends to conduct offshore oil and gas drilling.
* The government of Greek Cyprus announced the establishment of ‘KRETYK’, a state-owned hydrocarbons company to handle all aspects of natural gas, including its import, liquefaction, transport and export.
Production
* Kazakhstan set plans to extract 13 million tons of oil and 9 billion cubic meters of gas on the Kashagan field in 2013.
Reserves
* Offshore Crete may have significant reserves in Greek waters, in the range of 3.5 trillion cubic metres.
* According to the US Geological Survey, the Utica Shale contains about 38 trillion cubic feet of undiscovered, technically recoverable natural gas.
Transportation - Distribution
* Bulgaria delayed its plans to connect its gas network with neighbouring Balkan countries by one year until the end of 2014.
* Japan Pipeline Development and Operation suggested Gazprom to take part in a project to build a gas pipeline from southern Sakhalin to the eastern coast of Japan.
U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 72, October 2012 - Contents
Coalbed methane
INDONESIA: Joint study.
INDONESIA: Regulation.
Shale Gas
CHINA: Planned project - Approval.
CHINA: License round.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Regulation.
INDIA: Planned project - Resources.
LATVIA: Resources.
POLAND: Regulation.
UNITED KINGDOM: Approval.
UNITED STATES: Planned project - Acquisition.
CHINA: Planned project - Cooperation.
CHINA: Partnership.
MEXICO: Planned project - Drilling campaign.
Tight Gas
AUSTRALIA: Discovery.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 15, September 28, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Industry minister said that Japan will launch a study on setting up a futures trading market for liquefied natural gas to secure LNG at lower prices.
* Shizuoka Gas Co reached a basic agreement with Malaysia LNG to buy 330,000 tonnes of liquefied natural gas annually for 10 years from April 2016.
* Total Gas & Power Limited has entered into a long-term agreement with Korea Gas Corporation.
* Cheniere Energy is likely to start selling spot liquefied natural gas from the Sabine Pass project in Louisiana as early as late 2015.
Storage
* Gazprom plans to make a final investment decision on a proposed liquefied natural gas terminal in Vladivostok early 2013.
* In U.S.A, Sabine Liquefaction would progressively gain access to Total's send-out capacity and other services provided under its terminal use agreement with Sabine Pass LNG.
NATURAL GAS
Exploration - Discovery
* Eni SpA reported a natural gas discovery in Pakistan with probably 300 billion to 400 billion cubic feet of gas in place.
Production
* Poland wants PGNiG to double production to more than 8 billion cubic metres a year by 2019.
Reserves
* Energy and Water Minister said that seismic surveys of Mediterranean waters off Lebanon's southern coast suggest they contain 12 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
Transportation - Distribution
* MVM Zrt. said that the planning and permission phase of a natural gas pipeline connecting Hungary and Slovakia may now begin.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* President Vladimir Putin signed a decree giving the government the right to protect Gazprom from an anti-trust probe by the European Union.
U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 71, September 2012 - Contents
Coalbed methane
AUSTRALIA: Regulation.
CHINA: Estimates resources.
INDONESIA: Drilling campaign.
INDONESIA: Estimated resources.
CHINA: Planned project - Approval.
INDONESIA: Approval.
INDIA: Reserves estimates.
Shale Gas
CHINA: Planned project – Joint venture.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Regulation.
EUROPE: Regulation.
FRANCE: Regulation.
GERMANY: Regulation.
INDIA: Technology.
IRELAND: Planned project.
SOUTH AFRICA: Regulation.
TURKEY: Planned project.
UNITED KINGDOM: Approval.
CHINA: Forecast.
Gas Hydrates
UNITED STATES: Research projects.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 14, September 12, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Supplies- Imports – Export
* India agreed in principle to provide 200 million cubic feet per day of gas to Pakistan for a period of 5 to 7 years.
* GDF Suez signed a deal with GAIL (India) Ltd. for the shipment of nearly 1 million tons of liquefied natural gas through 2014.
* GAIL (India) Ltd signed an LNG supply agreement with Gas Natural Fenosa for about 3 billion cubic metres of LNG over the next three years.
* Tokyo Gas signed a basic agreement to buy 900,000 tons per year of liquefied natural gas from Malaysia for 10 years from April 2015.
* Cheniere reached a final investment decision on the first two trains of its proposed liquefaction project at Sabine Pass, Louisiana.
Storage
* GNL Quintero will expand its regasification capacity by 50%, adding a third train to reach about 4.43 million tonnes/year.
NATURAL GAS
Production
* Pakistan will see 1 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day being added the system from different fields by winter of 2013.
* Gazprom warned the Russian government that it may delay new projects if proposed tax increases make them unprofitable.
Transportation - Distribution
* Gazprom and Energy Holding EAD signed a protocol defining the South Stream natural gas pipeline’s entry point into the Bulgarian gas transmission system.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Novatek entered in a long-term gas supply deal with Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW).
* Novatek signed a $22.04 billion agreement with E.ON Russia to supply gas to the German company’s power plants in Russia till 2027.
Storage
* Ryckman Creek Resources, LLC commenced commercial gas storage services at its new Ryckman Creek Gas Storage Facility in southwestern Wyoming.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 13, August 8, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Processing
• Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. had executed 20-year liquefaction tolling agreements with Osaka Gas
and Chubu Electric.
Supplies- Imports – Export
• The U.S. Department of Energy received recently an application from Alaska Gasline Port Authority
(AGPA) to export up to approximately 19 million metric tons per annum of LNG.
Storage
• Plinacro confirmed it is on course to build the first phase of a potential 4-6 billion cubic metre /year
LNG terminal by 2016 in Croatia.
NATURAL GAS
Exploration - Discovery
• Eni announced a gas discovery in the eastern part of Area 4, offshore Mozambique. The new
discovery adds at least 10 trillion cubic feet of gas in place.
Production
• Gazprom launched construction of the production wells in the Kirinskoye gas and condensate field
located on the Sakhalin Island shelf.
• GDF Suez will develop two massive UK offshore gas fields, the Cygnus and the Juliet fields.
Transportation - Distribution
• The European Commission confirmed its financial support to the construction of the Szczecin-
Gdansk gas pipeline in Poland.
Supplies- Imports – Export
• The Planning Ministry said recently that Argentina will increase Bolivian natural gas purchases to
replace a portion of its liquefied natural gas imports.
• Israel Electric Corp signed a deal to buy a minimum of 43 billion cubic meters of gas with an option
of reaching 99 bcm from a U.S.-Israeli group developing the Tamar gas field.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 12, July 24, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Processing
* ConocoPhillips announced the sanction of development of a second 4.5 million metric tons per annum production train for its Australia Pacific LNG coal seam gas to LNG project.
* The Australian's Environmental Protection Authority recommended that the Browse LNG project be approved.
Storage
* The construction of Poland's first liquefied natural gas in ?winouj?cie is four months behind schedule.
NATURAL GAS
Exploration - Discovery
* Iraq signed a gas exploration deal with Pakistan Petroleum Limited.
Production
* PetroSA has been granted regulatory approval to start producing gas feedstock from its offshore Ikhwezi gas project in South Africa.
* Turkmenistan plans to produce a total of 448.7 billion cubic metres of natural gas in 2012-2016.
* Total has taken the final investment decision for a new development phase of the Yucal Placer gas field, operated by Ypergas, and located in Guárico State, Venezuela.
Transportation - Distribution
* Sonatrach will decide by November 2012 whether to develop or abandon the proposed Galsi gas pipelines project linking Algeria to Italy via Sardinia.
* The BP-led Shah Deniz consortium selected the Nabucco West project as its delivery option through central Europe.
* The Danish Energy Agency granted recently Nord Stream permission to operate the second of its twin pipelines.
* Turkish President Abdullah Gul ratified an intergovernmental agreement on implementation of Trans-Anatolian gas pipeline project.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Natural Gas Authority in the Ministry of Energy and Water Resources corrected its calculations and will require natural gas producers to provide more gas for the Israeli economy and leave less to be exported.
U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 70, July 2012 - Contents
Coalbed methane
CHINA: Planned project - Approval.
INDONESIA: Discovery.
MALAWI: Licence round.
AUSTRALIA: Planned project – Drilling campaign.
CHINA: Planned project – Drilling campaign.
INDIA: Planned project – Approval.
CHINA: Resources estimates.
Shale Gas
AUSTRIA: Regulation.
BULGARIA: Regulation.
POLAND: Partnership agreement.
POLAND: Planned project - Agreement.
ROMANIA: Regulation.
UNITED STATES: Planned project – Environmental study.
AUSTRALIA: Planned project – Drilling campaign.
CHINA: Production forecast.
UKRAINE: Planned project – Drilling campaign.
UNITED STATES: Planned project - Investment.
GERMANY: Resources estimates.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 11, July 11, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Woodside Petroleum Ltd and Taiwan's CPC Corp have let lapse a provisional agreement for supply of liquefied natural gas to CPC from the Browse plant in Western Australia.
* The Australia Pacific LNG joint venture finalised recently a 20-year supply contract with Kansai Electric Power Company.
* Chevron Corporation signed additional binding agreements with Tokyo Electric Power Company.
* Oxford Institute for Energy Studies indicates that Japan's annual LNG demand is estimated to reach 82.4 million mt in 2012.
* Qatargas signed a 1mtpa LNG supply deal with Tokyo Electric Power Company.
Storage
* China National Petroleum Corp has been granted the go-ahead to construct a liquefied natural gas storage terminal project on Hainan Island.
* Croatia plans to build its own liquefied natural gas terminal in the northern Adriatic
NATURAL GAS
Exploration - Discovery
* Statoil and ExxonMobil have made a large gas discovery in the Block 2 licence in Tanzania with a preliminary resource estimate of 3 trillion cubic feet of gas in place.
Production
* Eni started production from the offshore field of Seth. The field will produce approximately 4.8 million cubic meters of gas per day.
Reserves
* Anadarko Petroleum Corporation announced that it has found even more natural gas in the Rovuma Basin, off the coast of the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.
* Tanzania's Energy and Minerals Minister said that the recoverable gas reserves are estimated at 20.97 tcf offshore and 4.27-7.77 tcf onshore.
Processing
* The first Iran-made gas processing plant with processing capacity of 12.5 million cubic meters of gas per day will come on stream in Assalouyeh.
* ExxonMobil Corp. is set to begin construction on its gas cycling and condensate production project at Point Thomson on Alaska’s North Slope.
Transportation - Distribution
* Polish and Lithuanian gas system operators hired an engineering firm to prepare a feasibility study of a link that would connect their pipeline systems.
* Nord Stream completed recently the second of the two underwater tie-ins of its second gas pipeline.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Gazprom Export signed a revised gas price deal with E.ON, bringing the terms of its long-term natural gas deliveries into line with compensation deals with other European customers.
U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 69, June 2012 - Contents
Coalbed methane
INDIA: Regulation.
INDONESIA: Partnership.
CHINA: Planned project – Development plan.
NEW ZEALAND: Resources estimates.
Shale Gas
ALGERIA: Regulation.
ARGENTINA: Resources estimates.
CANADA: Discovery.
CHINA: Exploration partnership.
CZECH REPUBLIC: Regulation.
POLAND: Exploration.
ROMANIA: Regulation.
UKRAINE: Planned project - Exploration.
UKRAINE: Exploration partnership.
INDIA: Regulation.
INDIA: Planned project - Exploration.
POLAND: Production forecast.
ROMANIA: Planned project – Development plan.
UNITED STATES: Planned project – Water treatment.
UNITED KINGDOM: Resources estimates.
Tight Gas
AUSTRALIA: Planned project – Development.
Gas Hydrates
UNITED STATES: Research update.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 10, June 21, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Processing
* Gazprom said that all three phases of its Shtokman gas field could be developed into liquefied natural gas.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Statoil signed a long-term deal to deliver about one billion cubic metres of gas of LNG over three and a half years to Malaysia.
Storage
* Petronas Gas Bhd expects Malaysia's first LNG regasification facility in Sungai Udang, Melaka, to start commercial operations by August 2012.
* Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp. is planning to set up a LNG import facility in the Philippines.
NATURAL GAS
Exploration - Discovery
* Israel Opportunity discovered recently a new natural gas target, west of Haifa, offshore Israel, with potential target of 6.7 trillion cubic feet of gas.
Production
* PetroChina expects to produce 120 billion cubic meters of gas domestically in 2015 and 150 billion cubic meters in 2020.
* Pakistan aims to produce 4,791 mmcfd of natural gas in the fiscal year 2012-2013.
Reserves
* Bangladesh has an estimated 16.59 trillion cubic feet of recoverable gas reserves.
Processing
* Sasol Petroleum International started up its 158 MMscfd expansion at the Temane, Mozambique, and gas processing plant.
* Eagle Rock Energy Partners announced thestartup of its 60 MMcf/d cryogenic processing facility in Hemphill County, Texas.
Transportation - Distribution
* China National Petroleum Corporation signed a joint stock and cooperation framework agreement on the proposed Third West – East Gas Pipeline.
* Slovenian operator Plinovodi and Gazprom entered into a 50/50 joint venture to develop the Slovenian section of the South Stream pipeli.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Iran plans to raise gas exports to 230 million cubic meters per day by 2025.
* A framework agreement on cooperation to transport additional amounts of natural gas from Turkmenistan to China was signed between Turkmengaz and China National Petroleum Corporation.
Storage
* Gazprom postponed the implementation of its project to create the Bereznikovskoye underground gas storage facility in rock salt formations.
* Niska Gas Storage Partners LLC placed into service a 15-Bcf expansion at its Wild Goose natural gas storage facility in California.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 9, May 31, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Processing
· Royal Dutch Shell Plc, Mitsubishi Corporation, China National Petroleum Corporation and Korea Gas
Corporation launched a LNG terminal project in Western Canada, near Kitimat.
· Excelerate Energy will develop a floating LNG export plant off the Gulf Coast.
Supplies- Imports – Export
· Chevron Corporation and Apache Corporation along with other partners inked a non-binding suply deal
with J Tohoku Electric Power Company Incorporated.
· El Paso Corp applied for a license to export LNG from its Elba Island import terminal in Savannah,
Georgia.
NATURAL GAS
Production
· Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd and Mitsubishi Corporation said that Terang gas field, operated by
Energi Mega Pratama Inc. has started commercial production.
Reserves
· Statoil, Repsol, Sinopec and Petrobras confirmed the potential of the pre-salt block BM-C-33 in the
Campos basin, offshore Brazil.
· Eni announced a gas discovery in Area 4, offshore Mozambique, at the Coral 1 exploration prospect.
Transportation - Distribution
· PetroChina will commence work on the third phase of its West-East natural gas pipeline later in 2012.
· Hungarian and Slovak companies signed a deal to build a 115-kilometre natural gas link by 2015.
Supplies- Imports – Export
· State-owned energy companies from Pakistan and India signed a Gas Sales and Purchase Agreement
with Turkmenistan’s national oil company.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 8, May 23, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Processing
* Japan's Mitsui & Co and Mitsubishi Corp will jointly buy a 14.7 percent stake in an Australian LNG project from Woodside Petroleum.
* GDF SUEZ announced the signature of a commercial development agreement with Cameron LNG, a unit of Sempra Energy, regarding the natural gas liquefaction project of Cameron LNG.
Storage
* Energy minister said that Bahrain plans to award a contract to build its liquefied natural gas terminal by the end of 2012.
* Gasum announced to Estonian state institutions that it plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal in southern Finland.
NATURAL GAS
Reserves
* Noble Energy, licensed by Greek Cyprus, announced recently a discovery of 991 billion cubic meters of natural gas reserves.
* Reliance Industries cut recently estimates for proven gas reserves in its Indian blocks by 7 percent to 3.67 trillion cubic feet.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Oil and Gas Minister said that Kazakhstan is in talks on reducing gas supplies from Karachaganak oil and gas field to the Russia’s Orenburg-based gas processing plant.
Storage
* Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, TAQA, received approval from the Dutch Council of State for the development of the Bergermeer Gas Storage facility in the Netherlands.
U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 68, May 2012 - Contents
Coalbed methane
NEW ZEALAND: Discovery.
CANADA: Acquisition.
Shale Gas
CZECH REPUBLIC: Regulation.
SOUTH AFRICA: Regulation.
UNITED STATES: Regulation.
CHINA: Production cost.
CHINA: Production forecast.
AUSTRALIA: Resources estimates.
EUROPE: Resources estimates.
POLAND: Resources estimates.
UKRAINE: Resources estimates.
UNITED KINGDOM: Resources estimates.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 7, May 9, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Processing
* PetroChina Co started building the country's largest onshore gas liquefaction plant with home-grown technology and equipment in eastern Shandong province.
* A new proposal for an LNG processing terminal in Warrenton, Oregon, is likely to be beginning the permit process.
* Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC and Sabine Pass LNG, L.P., have received authorization to site, construct and operate facilities for the liquefaction and export of domestically produced natural gas at the Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Louisiana.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Japan's Kyushu Electric Power Co Inc agreed to extend its liquefied natural gas supply contract with Australia's North West Shelf project. Under the agreement, Kyushu will buy an additional 5 million tonnes over six years ending in 2023.
* GDF Suez signed a long term agreement with Norwegian LNG firm GASNOR to supply 7.5 TWh of liquefied natural gas over a 12-year period, starting in 2013.
Storage
* Andhra Pradesh Gas Distribution Corporation selected GDF Suez as partner to develop floating liquefied natural gas import terminal project in India.
* Enagas, said that Spain's new LNG terminal at Musel will effectively be put into "hibernation" once it is completed.
* FERC vacated recently an order authorizing Jordan Cove Energy Project LP to construct and operate an LNG import terminal in Coos County.
NATURAL GAS
Production
* The Shah Deniz consortium approved the decision to commence front-end engineering and design on Shah Deniz Stage 2 project.
Reserves
* Brazil has found sufficient gas reserves to ensure self-sufficiency in the coming five years.
Processing
* Saudi Aramco started up processing facilities at Khursaniyah associated with the offshore Karan gas development.
Transportation - Distribution
* Proponents of Kitimat liquefied natural gas export terminal in Canada have won an application to widen the pipeline feeding the facility.
* Pakistan issued tenders for the construction of 785 kilometre Iran-Pakistan natural gas pipeline.
* Nord Stream completed offshore pipelay for the second of its twin 1,224 km gas pipelines through the Baltic Sea.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Petronas signed a deal to supply an additional 43 million cubic feet a day of natural gas to a unit of Singapore conglomerate Keppel Corporation.
* The Orca exploration group agreed with the government of Tanzania to increase deliverability from the Songo Songo field to 200 million cubic feet a day.
Storage
* E.ON UK is looking to gain formal planning permission for the Whitehill Farm underground storage facility.
U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 67, April 2012 - Contents
Coalbed methane
AUSTRALIA: Regulation.
INDONESIA: Exploration block.
SOUTH AFRICA: Drilling campaign.
CHINA: Partnership agreement.
INDONESIA: Partnership agreement.
Shale Gas
CANADA: Regulation.
INDIA: Partnership agreement.
INDIA: Planned project – Licensing round.
POLAND: Exploration update.
TURKEY: Exploration.
CHINA: Production sharing contract.
CHINA: Production forecast.
UNITED STATES: Regulation.
POLAND: Recoverable reserves.
UNITED KINGDOM: Resources estimates.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 6, April 17, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Storage
* Gasum is examining the possibility of building a terminal either in Joddböle in Inkoo west of Helsinki, or in Tolkkinen in Porvoo.
* US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced it was dismissing the application for the liquefied natural gas terminal in Calais.
NATURAL GAS
Production
* Azerbaijan intends to increase gas production up to 30-40 billion cubic meters a year.
* Indonesia is likely to issue a regulation on extending oil and gas contracts to provide concession holders with more legal certainty.
* Eni started production from the Marulk field in the Norwegian offshore.
* Gazprom plans to start gas production in 2012 from the Kirinskoye gas/condensate field offshore Sakhalin Island.
* Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips and BP agreed to start producing gas at their Pt. Thomson development in Alaska by May 2016 at the latest.
Reserves
* According to the American Gas Association, US gas reserves reached record levels in 2011 with 300 tcf.
Transportation - Distribution
* ConocoPhillips cut funding for the Canada to U.S Mackenzie pipeline project.
* Naftogaz expects at the end of June 2012, an assessment of the value of the Ukrainian gas transport system, including underground gas storage and infrastructure facilities.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Energy and Water Resources Ministry decided that Israel needs to have some 400 billion cubic meters of gas as a strategic reserve at any one time, the rest may be exported to foreign countries.
Storage
* FERC authorized Sawgrass Storage LLC to build a gas storage facility with about 30 Bcf of working gas capacity.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 5, March 30, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Processing
* Gazprom adopted a decision to move over to the next stage in implementing the project for LNG plant construction near Vladivostok.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Brunei LNG renewed a deal with Tepco, Osaka Gas and Tokyo Gas for supply of 3.4 million metric tonnes of liquefied natural gas per year.
* The Tamar partners signed a non-binding letter of intent to sell liquefied gas to Gazprom Marketing & Trading Switzerland.
* Tokyo Gas plans to purchase 10.44 million mt of LNG in the fiscal year to March 2013.
Storage
* Mubadala Development Co. plans to build a facility to import LNG in Fujairah.
* Greece's Desfa has sought tenders for the construction of a third LNG storage tank at its at Revithoussa.
* Gujarat State Petroleum Corporation Ltd intends to commission LNG terminal at Mundra by 2015-2016.
* Nusantara Regas received a loan to help finance a LNG terminal project in Jakarta Bay.
* Energy World Corp. Ltd. is investing to put up a LNG terminal in Pagbilao Grande Island, Quezon (south of Manila).
NATURAL GAS
Production
* According to Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, production of natural gas from the KG D6 block will continue to decline.
* Brazil's Energy Minister announced that the Mariscal Sucre offshore gas project will begin production in December 2012.
Reserves
* Revised gross mean proved and probable gas reserves for the Tamar field offshore from Israel are 9.71 trillion cubic feet.
* Eni discovered gas offshore Mozambique which will boost the potential of the Mamba complex to at least 1,133 billion cubic metres of gas.
Processing
* Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales Bolivianos will build four new gas processing plants until 2016.
Transportation - Distribution
* Construction of the Hauts de France II natural gas corridor started in March. The pipeline will connect the Dunkirk LNG terminal with the French network by the end of 2015.
* Norway will expand its natural gas transport system in the coming decade to exploit new resources.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* PGNiG plans to reduce 2012 purchases from Russia to a contracted minimum without incurring penalties
U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 66, March 2012 - Contents
Coalbed methane
AUSTRALIA: Discovery.
AUSTRALIA: Regulation.
CHINA: Partnership agreement.
Shale Gas
AUSTRIA: Postponed project.
CHINA: Discovery.
CHINA: Potential assessment.
CHINA: Exploration.
ROMANIA: Drilling campaign.
CHINA: Reserves estimates.
POLAND: Reserves estimates.
Gas Hydrates
JAPAN: Drilling campaign.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 4, March 15, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Bahrain is looking at increasing the planned volume of gas imports from Gazprom through a dedicated LNG terminal by 2015.
* Qatar agreed to export 3.5 million tonnes of LNG to Pakistan.
* Japan is seeking to buy part of the combined 30 million metric tons a year of LNG to be shipped from USA.
Storage
* Ukraine selected a site for the construction of a planned liquefied natural gas terminal near the port of Pivdenniy in the Odessa region.
NATURAL GAS
Production
* Wintershall is to launch natural gas production from the tight gas K18-Golf field in the Dutch North Sea.
Processing
Transportation - Distribution
* Repsol, Sonatrach, RWE Dea and Edison have beengranted authorisation to develop the North Reggane project in the Algerian Sahara desert.
* Shah Deniz has excluded the Interconnector Turkey-Greece-Italy (ITGI) pipeline project from those being considered to transport the gas to Europe.
* Bulgartransgaz is to start the construction of a cross-border gas link with Romania.
* Gazprom is in preliminary discussions to link Britain with the Nord Stream gas pipeline.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Greece is considering a "bundled" sale of DEPA.
Storage
* Naftogaz is holding talks over use of its underground gas storage facilities.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 3, February 29, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Processing
* Eni aims to take a final investment decision on its planned LNG export project in Mozambique in 2013.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Sinopec finalised a deal with Origin Energy and ConocoPhillips to boost its stake in a liquefied natural gas project in Queensland.
* Sempra Energy agreed to amend a supply contract with the Tangguh LNG plant in Indonesia’s West Papua province.
* JX Nippon Oil & Energy Corp. agreed to buy about 3.4 million metric tons of LNG over 17 years from Shell.
* BP Singapore secured a 16-year deal to supply 8 million tonnes of LNG to Chubu Electric Power Company
Storage
* EDF confirmed that it will begin operations from the Dunkirk LNG terminal in France from 2015.
NATURAL GAS
Exploration – Discovery
* Petronas made two gas discoveries in the Kasawari and NC8SW fields in Block SK316 offshore Sarawak.
Production
* Chevron's deepwater projects in the Makassar Strait, offshore East Kalimantan, could contain 2.3 Tcf of natural gas.
* Chesapeake plans to cut production by 8 percent in drilling and production of gas in the U.S.
Processing
* Korea Gas Corp decided to invest in a Malaysian registered company, Kor-Uz Gas Chemical Investment Ltd, to participate in a project in Surgil, Uzbekistan. The complex would have the capacity of 4.5 billion cubic meters of gas and production of 400,000 polyethylene and 100,000 tonnes of polypropylene.
Transportation - Distribution
* Shah Deniz consortium does not consider ITGI (Interconnector Turkey-Greece- Italy) as the project to deliver Azerbaijani gas to the European markets.
* Poland's Gaz-System and Lithuania's gas utility Lietuvos Dujos are planning to link national gas grids by 2018.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Gazprom signed an addendum to the effective purchase and sale contract for the Azerbaijani natural gas.
* Gazprom reduced the price of gas in its long-term contracts for European consumers by 10%.
* Scottish and Southern Energy, agreed a 10-year gas supply agreement with Shell.
Storage
* Georgia's Energy and Natural Resources Ministry indicated that the construction of the first underground gas storage facility has been postponed indefinitely.
* Gazprom intends to double its underground gas storage facilities in Europe.
U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 65, February 2012 - Contents
Coalbed methane
CHINA: Production update.
AUSTRALIA: Production forecast.
Shale Gas
BULGARIA: Regulation.
CANADA: Regulation.
CHINA: Auction.
COLOMBIA: Planned project - Auction.
GERMANY: Update.
LITHUANIA: Planned project.
POLAND: Update.
POLAND: Partnership.
UNITED KINGDOM: Discovery.
INDONESIA: Regulation.
WORLD: Recommendation.
IRELAND: Resources estimates.
UNITED STATES: Reserves estimates.
Tight Gas
CANADA: Acquisition.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 2, February 20, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Processing
* The Northern Territory Government gave consent for the Ichthys gas plant at Blaydin Point, Australia, following the announcement that the Ichthys Final Investment Decision.
Transportation - Distribution
* Gazprom and Sovcomflot will conduct test sailing with LNG on the Northern Sea Route.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* The National Energy Board of Canada approved an application by BC LNG Export Co-operative LLC for a license to export liquefied natural gas from Kitimat.
* Qatar signed a memorandum of understanding for the supply of around 3.5 million mt/year of LNG to Pakistan.
* Kogas agreed to purchase to Cheniere Energy approximately 3.5 million tonnes per annum of LNG from Sabine Pass export plant in Louisiana.
Storage
* Noble Energy is considering building a natural gas terminal for the domestic market and for exports from Cyprus.
NATURAL GAS
Exploration – Discovery
* Delek Group Ltd and Noble Energy Inc discovered a large amount of offshore natural gas in Israeli waters near the Lebanese border
Production
* Exxon Mobil and BHP Billiton have brought forward the production timetable for their Kipper- Tuna-Turrum oil and gas field in Australia.
* China National Offshore Oil Corp aims to double oil and gas production by 2020 and triple it by 2030 from output levels in 2010.
* China National Petroleum Corp plans to raise its natural gas output to a level of 79.3 billion-82.1 billion cubic metres in 2012.
* Poland’s PGNiG intends to increase its natural gas production to 4.9 billion cubic metres in 2013.
* Tajikistan decreased the extraction of natural gas by 10.4 per cent in 2011 compared to 2010.
Reserves
* Statoil confirmed that gas reserves in the offshore Snøhvit gas field in Norway are 11 per cent higher than previously expected.
Transportation - Distribution
* Economic and technical problems are blocking the construction of the Galsi pipeline that would link Algeria to Italy,
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Gazprom Export increased its export amounts to European customers by 8.2 per cent in 2011.
Storage
* FERC authorized Golden Triangle Storage Inc. to expand its natural gas storage facility in Jefferson County, Texas.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 51, N° 1, January 26, 2012 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Cheniere signed a LNG sale and purchase agreement with GAIL (India) Limited under which GAIL has agreed to purchase approximately 3.5 million tonnes per annum of LNG.
* ConocoPhillips liquefied natural gas plant in Nikiski, located in Alaska, will resume exports in 2012.
Storage
* Excelerate Energy executed an agreement with the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority to undertake the development and permitting of a floating offshore LNG regasification facility off the southern coast of the country.
NATURAL GAS
Production
* Alberta's Energy Resources Conservation Board issued a decision decreeing that 691 natural gas wells in the Athabasca oil sands area must be shut.
* Danish natural gas production should total 5.6 billion normal cubic meters in 2011, a 21% decline from 2010.
* Iran said that it would launch full-scale unilateral development of the offshore Arash gas field in the Gulf if Kuwait does not respond to its offer of joint development.
* Total announced it has taken, together with Novatek, the final investment decision to develop the Termokarstovoye gas and condensates field.
* Repsol YPF and ENI signed a deal with PDVSA to develop Perla field in Venezuela.
Transportation - Distribution
* The Galsi natural gas pipeline connecting Algeria to Italy via Sardinia will not be online before 2015.
* The Bulgarian Ministry for Energy announced that the construction process of the Greek-Bulgarian interconnector pipeline will commence by March 2012.
* Turkey issued permits to Gazprom for its South Stream natural gas pipeline to be built under Turkish territorial waters
* The starting ceremony of Uzbekistan section of Central Asian Gas Pipeline Line C was held at Gazli, 110 kilometers away from Bukhara.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Colombia and Chevron Corp. agreed to continue exporting natural gas to Venezuela for two-and-a-half years more.
Storage
* Naftogaz Ukrainy is studying the possibility of leasing underground gas storage facilities to companies that will produce gas in Ukraine.
U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 64, January 2012 - Contents
Coalbed methane
CHINA: Regulation.
INDONESIA: Planned project – Blocks auction.
CHINA: Planned project – Drilling campaign.
CHINA: Production forecast – Proven reserves.
CHINA: Planned project - Approval.
INDIA: Production forecast.
CHINA: Proven reserves.
Shale Gas
ARGENTINA: Planned project - Partnership.
AUSTRALIA: Drilling campaign.
CHINA: Production forecast.
EUROPE: Development forecast.
INDIA: Planned project – Blocks auction.
OMAN: Planned project – Drilling campaign.
POLAND: Regulation.
POLAND: Potential resources.
POLAND: Drilling campaign.
UNITED STATES: Regulation.
UNITED STATES: Regulation.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 50, N° 18, December 22, 2011 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Processing
* Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC and Bechtel Oil, Gas and Chemicals, Inc. entered into a lump sum turnkey contract for the engineering, procurement and construction of the first two liquefaction trains.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Inpex secured sale agreements with Tokyo Electric Power Company, Tokyo Gas, Kansai Electric Power Company, Osaka Gas and Kyushu Electric Power Company for the supply of four million tonnes of LNG per annum over 15 years from Australia’s Ichthys project.
* Australia Pacific LNG Pty Ltd and China Petrochemical Corporation signed a Heads of Agreement establishing non-binding key commercial terms for the sale and purchase of an additional 3.3 million tonnes per annum of LNG through to 2035.
* GDF SUEZ and Petronet LNG Limited signed an agreement extending along 2012 under which GDF SUEZ will sell Petronet about 0.6 million tons of liquefied natural gas.
* Partners in Papua New Guinea's Liquid Niugini Gas liquefaction project signed recently a heads of agreement to supply China's ENN Energy Trading with 1 million-1.5 million mt/year of LNG.
* Qatargas inked a sales and purchase agreement with Chubu Electric Power Company and Shizuoka Gas Company for the supply of 0.2 million tons per annum of LNG.
* Taiwan’s CPC Corporation signed a 20-year contract with RasGas to buy 1.5 million tonnes of liquefied natural gas a year.
* The U.S. Department of Energy granted recently a 30-year license for Jordan Cove Energy to export 9 million metric tons of LNG per year.
Storage
* Ukraine postponed the construction of a liquefied natural gas terminal due to a lack of funding.
NATURAL GAS
Production
* Woodside Petroleum approved the development of the Greater Western Flank Phase 1 gas project off the Australian coast
* Repsol reaffirmed the commitment to develop Caipipendi area and to triple natural gas production capacity by 2012 in Bolivia.
* Petroleos Mexicanos announced that the Nen 1 deep water exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico found a deposit estimated to hold 400 billion cubic feet of gas.
* Gazprom commenced gas production from the Nydinskaya area in the Medvezhye field in Russia. The area is expected to reach the projected output of 2.3 billion cubic meters of gas and over 5 thousand tons of gas condensate per annum.
Reserves
* Iran’s oil minister announced discovery of a gas field containing an estimated 50 trillion cubic feet of gas in the Caspian Sea.
Transportation - Distribution
* Mexican President outlined the Strategy for Structural Change in the Natural Gas Market, which involves construction of nearly 4,500 km of natural gas pipelines over the next few years.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Kazakhstan agreed on an extra 10 million cubic metres delivery of gas to Kyrgyzstan.
* Poland’s PKN Orlen will import about 90 million cubic metres of natural gas from Germany in 2012.
U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 63, December 2011 - Contents
Coalbed methane
AUSTRALIA: Reserves estimates.
AUSTRALIA: Regulation.
CHINA: Production - Agreement.
INDONESIA: Production – Agreement.
Shale Gas
CANADA: Planned project - Acquisition.
CHINA: Discovery.
INDIA: Planned project – Bid round.
LITHUANIA: Planned project – Bid round.
POLAND: Discovery.
POLAND: Resources estimates.
ROMANIA: Regulation.
SOUTH AFRICA: Exploration.
UNITED KINGDOM: Resources potential.
UNITED STATES: Planned project - Regulation.
POLAND: Ongoing project – Drilling campaign.
POLAND: Production forecast.
UKRAINE: Production forecast.
UNITED STATES: Production forecast.
WORLD: Production forecast.
MEXICO: Resources estimates.
POLAND: Reserves estimates.
UKRAINE: Resources potential.
Tight Gas
PAKISTAN: Resources estimates.
Gas Hydrate
CHINA: Ongoing project - Exploration.
INDIA: Exploration.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 50, N° 17, December 6, 2011 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Supplies- Imports – Export
* GDF SUEZ and Petronet LNG signed a liquefied natural gas agreement extending over 2012.
* Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corp, said that Japan's LNG demand will grow by 20 million tonnes in 2012.
* Cheniere Energy Partners entered into a liquefied natural gas sale and purchase agreement with Gas Natural Aprovisionamientos, a subsidiary of Gas Natural Fenosa.
Storage
* China National Offshore Oil Corp will build the first floating liquefied natural gas facility. The project would be able receive 2.2 million tonnes of the fuel per year.
NATURAL GAS
Production
* Repsol expects production from Bolivia's Margarita natural gas fields swelling to 14 million cubic meters per day by 2014.
* Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering signed an agreement to develop Israel's Tamar natural gas field.
Reserves
* Cove Energy upgraded recently its gas reserves in the Rovuma Basin, offshore Mozambique. Recoverable resource ranges are now estimated to be 15 to 30-plus trillion cubic feet of gas.
Processing
* Iraq signed a deal with Royal Dutch Shell PLC and Mitsubishi Corp. to capture and process flared gas from southern Iraqi oil fields.
Transportation - Distribution
* The final investment decision on the Nabucco gas pipeline project will be made in early 2013.
* Leaders of Germany and Russia inaugurated recently the Nord Stream pipeline which transports gas from Vyborg to Lubmin.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* According to the projections made by oil ministry of India for the 12th Five Year Plan (2012-2013 to 2016-2017), current gas demand of 189 mmscmd is likely to rise to 473 mmscmd.
* Gazprom has taken control of Beltransgaz as part of a revised energy deal with Belarus.
Storage
* Gazprom started construction of the Bednodemyanovskoye underground gas storage facility.
* Serbia launched its first gas underground storage facility at Banatski Dvor.
U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 62, November 2011 - Contents
Coalbed methane
BOTSWANA: Plannned project – Partnership agreement.
AUSTRALIA: Planned project – Production water.
FRANCE: Planned project – Production test.
UNITED STATES: Ongoing project – Field reactivation.
Shale Gas
BULGARIA: Planned project - Regulation.
CHINA: Planned project – Blocks auction.
FRANCE: Regulation – Permit withdrawal.
GREECE: Planned project – Gas potential.
POLAND: Regulation.
POLAND: On going project – Drilling campaign.
POLAND: Ongoing project - Update.
RUSSIA: Planned project – Gas potential.
UNITED KINGDOM: Ongoing project - Tremor.
UNITED STATES: On going project - Technology.
UNITED STATES: Regulation.
UNITED STATES: Regulation – Fracturation fluids.
POLAND: Ongoing project – Drilling campaign.
UNITED STATES: Regulation – Water demand.
UNITED STATES: Regulation – Production water.
CHINA: Resources estimates.
MEXICO: Resources estimates.
Tight Gas
SLOVENIA: Planned project – Production test.
OMAN: Planned project.
OMAN: Planned project – Production forecast.
Gas Hydrate
UNITED STATES: Ongoing project – Production test.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 50, N° 16, November 14, 2011 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Supplies- Imports – Export
* PT PLN and PT Pertamina signed a heads of agreement on liquefied natural gas supply for PLN’s power plants in eastern Indonesia.
* Japan's additional demand for LNG in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami and the resultant shutdown of nuclear power generation capacity, is expected be around 10 million-15 million mt/year.
* Rasgas, the Qatar based LNG producer will deliver 4.5 billion cubic metres of natural gas a year to EDF.
Storage
* GDF Suez will provide China National Offshore Oil Corporation Ltd. with a vessel to store and regasify liquefied natural gas offshore.
* The recently inaugurated Gulf LNG terminal at Pascagoula, Missouri, has a capacity of 5 million tonne/year.
NATURAL GAS
Production
* GDF Suez E&P Nederland started-up r gas production from the G16a-C offshore field, located in the Dutch continental shelf.
* The current average production of natural gas in Pakistan is 4,058 million cubic feet per day.
* The Barzan Gas Project will produce around 1.9 billion cubic feet a day of natural gas from Qatar’s Natural Resources in the North Field.
Reserves
* Nigeria's gas reserves have remained stagnant in the last six years.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Turkey and Azerbaijan signed agreements that would bring up to 6 billion cubic metres of natural gas to Turkey by 2017 and allow the transport of another 10 bcm via Turkey to Europe.
Storage
* A Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee report indicates that UK needs to double its gas storage capacity by 2020.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 50, N° 15, November 8, 2011 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Processing
* Pacific Rubiales wants to develop a liquefied natural gas export project on Colombia's Caribbean coast with an initial capacity of 70 million cubic feet per day.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Kuwait will import up to 42% more liquefied natural gas in 2011.
* The first liquefied natural gas import project of 400-500 million cubic feet is signed between Overseas Private Investment Corporation and Pakistan Gasport Limited.
Storage
* YPF plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal and regasification plant in the Argentine port city of Bahia Blanca.
* Minister of Economic Affairs said that Taiwan's gas-fuelled power generation capacity will increase 67% by 2030.
NATURAL GAS
Production
* Total signed with Novatek the final agreements to jointly develop the Yamal LNG project with a 20% share.
Reserves
* Videocon Industries and Bharat Petroleum Corp said that the gas discovery they made off Mozambique may hold at least 10 trillion cubic feet of reserves.
Transportation – Distribution
* Gaz System said that it received five applications for access to the Polish leg of the Yamal natural gas pipeline.
Supplies- Imports – Export
* Deputy Prime Minister Omurbek Babanov said that Kazakhstan has agreed to sell natural gas to Kyrgyzstan.
* The Turkish state gas pipeline operator Botas informed Gazprom that it will end its contract for the delivery of natural gas.
Storage
* Regulatory Commission approved the application of Tricor Ten Section Hub, LLC to construct and operate a new underground natural gas storage project near Bakersfield.
U-Gas NEWS REPORT N° 52, January 2011 - Contents
Coalbed Methane and Coal Seam Gas
AUSTRALIA: Environment.
CHINA: Supply contract.
INDIA: Memorandum of Understanding.
NEW ZEALAND: Planned project – Approval.
UKRAINE: Joint Venture.
CHINA: Acquisition.
Shale Gas
ARGENTINA: Exploration – New Play.
CHINA: Exploration – New Play.
INDIA: Exploration – New Play.
INDIA: Exploration - Regulation.
POLAND: Exploration – New Play.
POLAND: Exploration – New Play.
UNITED STATES: Environment - Regulation.
Tight Gas
PAKISTAN: Joint Venture.
UKRAINE: Exploration.
CEDIGAZ NEWS REPORT - Vol 50, N° 1, January 13, 2011 - Contents
LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS
Supplies- Imports – Exports
Tokyo Electric Power has been negotiating with Brunei to extend an LNG sale and purchase contract that is due to expire March 31, 2013.
Storage
Sempra Energy's LNG subsidiary postponed by at least a year a planned expansion of its Cameron LNG import terminal.
NATURAL GAS
Exploration - Discovery
Noble Energy, Inc. announced a gas discovery at the Leviathan exploration prospect offshore Israel. The results from the well confirm the pre-drill estimated resource range of 450 billion cubic meters.
Production
China National Offshore Oil Corp expects gas and oil output to exceed 200 million metric tons of oil equivalent by 2020, including 50 million tons of liquefied natural gas -***- Dana Gas production in Egypt increased 20 percent in 2010.
Processing
Petrofac started work on the second phase of the South Yolotan gas project for Turkmengaz.
Transportation - Distribution
The National Energy Board approved the applications for the construction and operation of the Mackenzie Gas Project through Canada's North -***- The Egyptian gas would reach Turkey via Syria at the beginning of 2011 through the four outlets of the Arab Gas Pipeline.
Supplies- Imports – Exports
State Oil Company of Azerbaijan plans to sign a series of agreements with Turkey on the sale and transit of natural gas -***- From 2012 to 2030, Wingas will supply up to a billion cubic meters of natural gas a year to Dutch company Eneco -***- In USA, Energy Information Agency published its Natural Gas Annual, 2009 -***- Gazprom and Uzbekneftegaz, signed a gas purchase contracts for 2011-2012 and an agreement for gas transmission.
Storage
Fluxys and Gazprom Export will study the options for Gazprom Export to reserve long-term storage capacity at the underground storage site in Loenhout in Belgium -***- The Origin/Contact Energy consortium has been granted permission to proceed to fully commissioning the Ahuroa underground gas storage facility in New Zealand.
Contact:
Thierry ROUAUD
E-Mail : thierry.rouaud@cedigaz.org
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