Off the rails
The progress of Botswana’s coal industry has been slow, with decisions being put back and projects stalled. Barry Baxter looks at the reasons for the delays.
Stay up to date with the latest news and updates from the oil industry.
The progress of Botswana’s coal industry has been slow, with decisions being put back and projects stalled. Barry Baxter looks at the reasons for the delays.
Peabody Energy has acquired a 5.1% equity interest in Winsway Coking Coal Holdings Ltd
Heerema Fabrication Group have been awarded the contract for the fabrication of two jackets for the Golden Eagle Development project of Nexen Petroleum UK Ltd.
According to a new IHS Global Insight study, the shale gas revolution, which has swept across America and transformed the energy landscape, will also have a huge economic impact supporting more jobs, stimulating growth and providing huge amounts of revenue.
GE Oil & Gas is to supply Qatargas with advanced combustion technology that will reduce gas turbine emissions at the Qatargas 1 Utility complex to meet new regulations from the Qatari Ministry of Environment.
Anglo American has approved the development of the Grosvenor metallurgical coal project in Queensland, Australia. The project is situated immediately south of the company’s Moranbah North coal mining and is expected to produce 5 million tpa of coal over a period of 26 years.
Ncondezi Coal Co. Ltd has announced the results of studies on its Ncondezi project that examined the suitability of using middlings and low volatile coals for local power generation and coal gasification. The use of these products would represent not only in operating costs but also “significant additional revenue” for the company, according to Graham Mascall, CEO of Ncondezi Coal Co.
Terry Willis, The EIC, Dubai, examines the increasing pace of new LNG liquefaction capacity and exports from the Middle East.
Qatar’s RasGas has signed a deal to supply CPC with at least 1.5 million tpa of LNG.
Inpex Corp. and Total have signed a sales and purchase agreement with a consortium of five Japanese utility companies to supply them with 4 million tpa of LNG from the Ichthys LNG project.
As Penspen Group's scope of subsea services grows in London, its Offshore and Integrity practices have teamed up to offer a series of specialist courses in Offshore Pipeline Legislation.
Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd. has entered into an agreement with Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. (DSME) to initiate a project specific FEED of an LNG FPSO solution for the Tamar gas field offshore Israel.