Daily Digest: February 3rd, 2020

The UAE’s Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc) announced the discovery of a new 80 trillion-ft3 shallow gas accumulation.

Qatargas said on February 2 it had supplied a commissioning cargo to India's latest LNG import terminal in the eastern port of Mundra, confirming previous press reports.

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After several years of calm, with no damage to the natural gas pipelines in northern Sinai, and just two weeks after Israel began supplying natural gas to Egypt, anonymous militants blew up a gas pipeline in Northern Sinai late February 2.

Indian Petronet LNG will finalise the deal to pick up an equity stake in the Tellurian’s Driftwood LNG export project during US president Donald Trump’s visit to New Delhi later this month, Reuters reported citing two sources.

The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) has called off negotiations on the P’nyang gas agreement, the prime minister James Marape said in a statement published January 31.

Output at the Mnazi Bay gas project in southern Tanzania dropped last year as a result of weaker gas demand, Wentworth Resources, one of its developers, said in a statement.

Romanian gas grid operator Transgaz said on January 31 it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with partners from 10 other Eastern European countries on developing the region’s gas networks.

Romania’s onshore Caragele gas field – its onshore largest hydrocarbon discovery of the last 30 years – has seen a 30% growth in production thanks to the launch of new wells, its state-owned operator Romgaz said on January 31.

The UK’s Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) has launched a pilot project to evaluate the extent to which mediation can resolve disputes between oil and gas licensees, operators and infrastructure owners working on the UK shelf.

Lithuanian oil and LNG terminal operator Klaipedos Nafta (KN) announced it had signed a deal to operate a regasification facility under construction in the Brazilian port of Acu.

Russia’s Lukoil increased gas production by 4.5% in 2019, on the back of growth at its projects in Uzbekistan, the private producer said.

BC Ferries said January 31 it will add to its fleet of LNG-powered ferries with a contract awarded to Remontowa Shipbuilding of Poland for a fourth Salish-class vessel, scheduled to be ready for service in 2022.