Lithuania’s Klaipėda LNG terminal receives first cargo from Egypt
Lithuania’s Klaipėda LNG terminal expects to receive approx. 138,000 cubic metres of LNG for the first time from Egypt. LNG carrier LNG Fukurokuju, built in 2016 and currently sailing under the flag of the Bahamas, is to deliver the cargo from Idku natural gas liquefaction plant in Egypt. The Lithuania LNG terminal, operated by KN […]
Siemens Energy & Turboden expand, decarbonize Egypt’s natgas network
Siemens Energy, together with Turboden, expands and decarbonizes Egypt’s natural gas transmission network. Siemens Energy, working with Turboden S.p.A., a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group Company, has started development on the GASCO Dahshour gas compressor station (GCS) in Egypt, which will increase gas compression by 25%, without further fuel consumption, while reducing CO2 emissions by 120’000 […]
Mubadala Petroleum to buy Delek’s 22% share in Tamar offshore gas field
Israel’s Delek moves to sell stake in Tamar to UAE’s Mubadala; One of the Israeli natgas fields Egypt imports from could be getting a new shareholder: Israel’s Tamar offshore field, which supplies Egypt with natural gas under a 2018 agreement, could be getting a new shareholder after Delek Drilling, one of the field’s owners, signed […]
Wintershall Dea announces gas production from WND’s Raven field offshore Egypt
Major milestone achieved with start-up of third phase of West Nile Delta project The fifth field in the offshore project, Raven will significantly boost production of WND Wintershall Dea and operator bp produce gas from Raven, the fifth field of the offshore West Nile Delta project. Currently, Raven’s gross production is approximately 600 million standard […]
New major offshore East Med project awarded to Corinth Pipeworks
Cenergy Holdings SA has announced that Corinth Pipeworks S.A., its steel pipe segment, signed an agreement to manufacture and supply steel pipes to Israel Natural Gas Lines (INGL), leader in natural gas distribution in Israel, for the offshore section of a new high-pressure gas pipeline between the cities of Ashdod and Ashkelon. Chevron, having recently […]
Egypt exported 30 LNG shipments from Damietta, Idku plants in Q1 2021
Some 30 shipments of liquefied natural gas were reportedly exported from Egypt’s Damietta and Idku liquefaction plants in 1Q2021, with more in the pipeline during April, unnamed industry sources said. Previous press reports had indicated 25 LNG shipments were exported through the Idku terminal alone in the first three months of 2021, suggesting the remaining […]
Egypt doubles natural gas stations target to 1000 by end of 2021
Egypt should have 1k natural gas filling stations set up nationwide by the end of the year under a government-backed program to expand natgas refueling infrastructure as Egypt moves forward with its plan to convert or replace gasoline-fueled cars, Oil Minister Tarek El Molla said, according to Al Mal. The government had previously targeted ending […]
Exclusive Interview with David Danesi, Turboden Technical Proposal Leader, O&G-Combined Cycle
What is the Dahshour GASCO project and what is Turboden’s involvement in it? Gasco (Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company) owns and operates a large natural gas compression station on the outskirts of the small town of Dahshour which lies just south of Cairo. The goal of the compression station is to pump natural gas extracted […]
First LNG cargo to Europe delivered from Egypt’s Damietta plant
Cargo shipped to Belgium’s Zeebrugge terminal: cFlow Exports from Damietta facility resumed in February Three cargoes loaded from 5 million mt/year plant An LNG cargo from Egypt’s Damietta export facility arrived March 21 into the Belgian import terminal at Zeebrugge, the first cargo to be sent to Europe from Damietta since it resumed operations in […]
Eni closes deal with its partners for the restart of Damietta LNG plant
Eni closes agreement with partners for restart of Damietta liquefied natural gas plant in Egypt and amicable settlement of Union Fenosa Gas disputes. Eni announced today that it has closed the agreement signed last December with the Arab Republic of Egypt (ARE), the Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation (EGPC), the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company (EGAS) […]
