Oil & gas news

Australia Pacific LNG and Sinopec have signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement for the supply of LNG from Australia Pacific LNG’s CBM resources and proposed LNG facility on Curtis Island, Queensland. The agreement could be worth up to US$ 85 billion.

QGC has appointed qedi to apply its proprietary commissioning technology and consultancy expertise on its Queensland Curtis liquefied natural gas (QCLNG) development.

The latest EIC Monitor tracking new active and future projects across the global energy industry shows positive signs of growth across all sectors this quarter (Q1:January – March 2011), with the total number of new project announcements up 29% on the previous quarter.

Fraser Bomford, AKE, examines the problems Pakistan faces in developing its gas fields in Baluchistan to provide much needed gas supplies for the country.v

Air Products today announced it has signed an agreement with JGC Corporation to supply its proprietary propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant process and MCR main heat exchanger for a two million tpy LNG project in Luwuk, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Air Products today announced it has signed an agreement with JGC Corporation to supply its proprietary propane pre-cooled mixed refrigerant process and MCR main heat exchanger for a two million tpy LNG project in Luwuk, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Expro has been awarded a US$ 27 million (£17 million) contract offshore Israel in the TAMAR field development.

Despite the risks, Russian oil is once more where the action is for Western firms, with a spate of high-profile deals inked in the first quarter of 2011.

Qatargas is to supply additional 4 million tonnes of LNG, equivalent to sixty plus conventional LNG cargos to Japan to help it meet its energy needs.