Drilling & production

Gazprom Group and Summa Group have agreed to develop the global market for LNG as a bunker fuel for marine vessels.

Qatargas has delivered commissioning cargo to China National Oil Corporation’s Zhejiang LNG Terminal in China. The cargo was delivered by Qatargas’s Q-Max LNG vessel, ZARGA.

Graeme Lingenfelder, Spencer Ogden, UK, discusses the skills shortage in the mining industry.

Dart Energy has been awarded the Bontang Bengalon coalbed methane (CBM) block in East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Arch Coal has earned a place in the top 250 of the 2012 InformationWeek 500, which marks the most innovative users of business technology in the US. It is the seventh consecutive year that the coal miner has been recognised.

BHP Billiton Mitsubishi Alliance will close the Gregory opencast coal mine as low coal prices continue to hurt the industry.

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity has released analysis that shows 204 coal-fired generating units are scheduled for shutdown due, in part, to regulations issued by the EPA.

US coal miner, Patriot Coal, which filed for bankruptcy in July, has announced further temporary reductions to coal production across three West Virginian coal mines.

Inpex Corp. has awarded Technip a €210 million offshore commissioning contract for the offshore FPSO unit and central processing unit.

The construction of a field gas gathering system and nodal station at the Liulin CBM gas project in Shanxi Province, China, has been approved.

Gordon Cope asks whether US coal can recover from the twin threats of slowing demand and rising gas use.

Cheniere Energy has filed a an application with FERC for authorisation to build the Corpus Christi LNG terminal.

YPF CEO, Miguel Gallucio, has announced a five year plan from the newly nationalised company to increase production and reduce Argentinian fuel imports.

Bruce White, Edmonton Economic Development Corporation, Canada, explains how new research laboratories and environmental initiatives are helping to build a cleaner oilsands.

RasGas’ computer network has been hit by a computer virus, just two weeks after Saudi Aramco. LNG production remains unaffected.