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Israel Opens Offshore Natural Gas Field

Natural gas from a large offshore field is flowing into Israel, “an important step toward energy independence,” said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The gas, located in Tamar reservoir, was discovered in the Mediterranean Sea in 2009. It ships to a terminal in the port of Ashdod.

May 2013, Vol. 240, No. 5
Port Of Lake Charles To Lease 90 Acres For LNG Export Facility

Port of Lake Charles Commissioners approved an option for a long-term lease agreement on 90 acres with Magnolia LNG, an Australian-based energy company that plans to build a $2.2 billion export facility that will produce 4 million metric tons of LNG per year.

May 2013, Vol. 240, No. 5
Qatar Plans Support Campus Complex For QP Gas Operations

Leaders of Qatar Petroleum Gas Operations last month hosted a ceremony laying the foundation stone of the New Support Campus Complex of QP Gas Operations at Mesaieed. The center will focus on attracting and developing Qatari trainees.

May 2013, Vol. 240, No. 5
CenterPoint, OGE, ArcLight Capital Form Midstream MLP

CenterPoint Energy Inc., OGE Energy Corp. and ArcLight Capital Partners LLC have entered into an agreement to form a master limited partnership that will include CenterPoint Energy's interstate pipelines and field services businesses and the midstream business of Enogex LLC, owned jointly by subsidiaries of OGE and Arclight.

May 2013, Vol. 240, No. 5
Chesapeake Awards Contract For Eagle Ford Production Facility

Strategy Engineering & Consulting LLC was awarded a contract by Chesapeake Energy to design a Central Production Facility (CPF) in the Eagle Ford Shale.

May 2013, Vol. 240, No. 5
Encana, Ferus LNG Plan Fuel Plant In Western Canada

Encana Corp. and Ferus LNG Inc. plan to build an LNG production facility near Grande Prairie, Alberta.

May 2013, Vol. 240, No. 5
Japan Putting Lid On Payments

Alarmed by the 13.4% jump in its natural gas import bill last year, Japan is planning a new energy strategy that could change how LNG is traded around the world and put pressure on some of the proposed Canadian LNG export projects.

May 2013, Vol. 240, No. 5
Gazprom Deals Under Scrutiny

Russia’s antitrust watchdog is coming down on Gazprom and its well-connected pipe supplier by launching an investigation of their huge deals over past few years, claiming the world’s biggest gas producer and the North European Pipe Project restricted competition.

May 2013, Vol. 240, No. 5
Financial Group Buys Czech Pipeline System

A consortium of German insurer Allianz and Canadian pension fund Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS) is buying Net4Gas, operator of the Czech gas pipeline system, seller RWE announced.

May 2013, Vol. 240, No. 5
Qatargas Delivers First-Ever LNG Cargo To Singapore

Qatargas recently sent its initial cargo of LNG to Singapore. The cargo was delivered aboard the Q-Max LNG carrier UMM SLAL to Singapore LNG Corp. Pte Ltd’s (SLNG) first LNG-receiving terminal at Jurong Island.

May 2013, Vol. 240, No. 5