(EnergyAsia, Jan 13 2012, Friday) — With its economy still growing at more than 8% a year, China’s apparent crude oil consumption could rise by 5.3% in 2012 compared with 3.5% last year, according to an industry association’s latest forecast. The China Petroleum and Chemical Industry Federation said the country’s apparent crude consumption could rise...
(EnergyAsia, January 13 2012, Friday) — The US-led campaign to stop the world buying Iranian crude oil is faltering as it has failed to win the full cooperation of its allies in Europe, South Korea and Japan while China, the largest importer of Iranian crude, has flatly rejected the request. The lack of progress to...
(EnergyAsia, January 13 2012, Friday) — Two vessels collided off Singapore last week, spilling five tonnes of marine fuel oil into the Strait of Singapore. There was no report of injury and traffic in the port was not affected in this first shipping collision on Singapore waters in 2012, said the Maritime and Port Authority...
(EnergyAsia, January 13 2012, Friday) — Singapore’s port continued to grow, registering increases in all areas of performance in 2011 despite a challenging year for the maritime industry, said the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore. Lui Tuck Yew, Minister for Transport and Second Minister for Foreign Affairs, provided the estimates for several areas of (more…)
(EnergyAsia, January 13 2012, Friday) — Singapore’s infrastructure group, Sembcorp, said it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the feasibility of developing a 1,200 megawatt coal-fired power plant in Dung Quat Economic Zone in Vietnam’s Quang Ngai province. The agreement was signed by Ng Meng Poh, Sembcorp’s Executive Vice President & Head (more…)
(EnergyAsia, January 12 2012, Thursday) — PHI Group Inc, a US company focused on energy and natural resources, said it has signed a letter of intent to acquire more than 20 million metric tonnes of coal resources together with the operation and production licence in Indonesia’s Jambi province from Jakarta-based PT CSP. The two companies...
(EnergyAsia, January 12 2012, Thursday) — Singapore’s Keppel Offshore & Marine said it has secured a US$809 million contract from Sete Brasil to build a DSS38E semi-submersible drilling rig. Keppel O&M said its subsidiary, Fernvale Pte Ltd, secured the contract from Urca Drilling BV, a subsidiary of Sete Brasil Participaç’es SA, to design and construct...
(EnergyAsia, January 12 2012, Thursday) — Australian coal miner OGL Resources Limited (OGL) said it has appointed Allan Fidock as managing director from January 23. Mr Fidock has more than 30 years’ experience in open cut and underground coal mining with a range of owner-operator and contractor companies. Most recently, he was part of the (more…)
(EnergyAsia, January 12 2012, Thursday) — Two fo the world’s leading energy pricing services have launched new assessments for the coal trade in Asia. McGraw Hill’s Platts said it has launched a daily price assessment to help address the need for a global benchmark for lower-calorific thermal coal produced and consumed in the Asia-Pacific region. (more…)
(EnergyAsia, January 12 2012, Thursday) — Mechel OAO, a leading Russian mining and metals company, said it has finished laying tracks along the entire 321-km route of the railway link from Ulak station to the Elga coal deposit being developed by Mechel Mining OAO’s subsidiary, Yakutugol Holding Company OAO. The last section of track of (more…)
(EnergyAsia, January 11 2012, Wednesday) — Norway’s DNV has launched its regional Deepwater Technology Centre (DTC) in Singapore to serve the oil and gas industry in the Asia Pacific region as well as provide deepwater competency and solutions. Targeting a market expected to grow by US$21 billion over the next five years, the centre will (more…)
(EnergyAsia, January 11 2012, Wednesday) — Australian thermal coal company Pan Asia Corp said it has secured US$1 million in funding from Kopex to cover expenses for drilling and work on the final feasibility study at its flagship TCM coal development project in Indonesia’s South Kalimantan province. The funding is repayable at Pan Asia’s election (more…)
(EnergyAsia, January 11 2012, Wednesday) — A Goldman Sachs analyst has predicted that China will overtake the US as the world’s biggest oil importer by late next year. With no let-up in its consumption growth, Jeffrey Currie said China is also not expected to significantly reduce its intake of Iranian crude oil despite US pressure...
(EnergyAsia, January 11 2012, Wednesday) — China’s largest energy producer said its overseas oil and gas fields raised output by 15% to more than 100 million metric tons last year from 86.7 million tons in 2010. China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) said it owned about 51.7 million tons of those oil and gas produced. The...
(EnergyAsia, January 11 2012, Wednesday) — Australian coal miners Aston Resources Ltd and Whitehaven Coal Ltd are on course to complete their merger by April as announced on December 12. Aston shareholders will receive 1.89 Whitehaven shares for each Aston share they hold. Separately, Whitehaven has agreed to acquire unlisted coal explorer Boardwalk Resources whose...
(EnergyAsia, January 10 2012, Tuesday) — China Petrochemical Corp, or Sinopec Group, said it is targeting to more than double its equity oil output from overseas projects to over one million b/d by 2015 from 2011 while another state firm, Sinochem, said it is buying a 10% stake in five deepwater blocks in Brazil. Sinopec...
(EnergyAsia, January 10 2012, Tuesday) — Indonesia, the world’s largest thermal coal exporter, could produce as much as 390 million tons of coal this year, up from 360 million tons last year. According to the Indonesian Coal Mining Association, the country’s miners have expanded capacity and are positioned to meet rising demand from China, India...
(EnergyAsia, January 10 2012, Tuesday) — The world’s coal demand will grow “aggressively” over the next five years despite public pressure in many countries to reduce their reliance on it as a primary energy source, said the International Energy Agency (IEA). In its annual Medium-Term Coal Market Report 2011 released last month, the IEA forecast...
(EnergyAsia, January 10 2012, Tuesday) — Engineering giant Foster Wheeler AG said a subsidiary of its Global Power Group has been given a “limited notice” to proceed by GS Engineering and Construction to design a circulating fluidised-bed (CFB) steam generator for a project in South Korea’s Daeugu city. The generator is due to start commercial (more…)
(EnergyAsia, January 10 2012, Tuesday) — DNV Petroleum Services (DNVPS) said it has appointed Charlotte Rojgaard to succeed Dag Olav Halle as the company’s global technical manager at its headquarters in Singapore. Mr Halle has returned to Norway as a DNVPS principal consultant. Ms Rojgaard has a Master of Science degree in chemical engineering from (more…)
(EnergyAsia, January 9 2012, Monday) — Driven by fast-rising demand for clean fuel, Asia is expected to expand its regasification capacity by nearly 35% from 14.38 trillion cubic feet (tcf) in 2010 to nearly 19.37 tcf in 2015, according to a just-released report by consultant GlobalData. Asia’s LNG regasification capacity, in billion cubic feet 2010...
(EnergyAsia, January 9 2012, Monday) — China and Japan, the two leading buyers of Iranian crude oil, said they are preparing to reduce imports despite expressing doubts or objections to tighter trade sanctions being imposed by the Western powers to stop Tehran’s nuclear energy programme. China, the main buyer of Iranian oil, is aiming to...
(EnergyAsia, January 9 2012, Monday) — China is investing heavily to expand its coal infrastructure as part of a long-term plan to improve and increase the nation’s power supply capability. The Ministry of Railway said that last year it expanded the nation’s rail capacity to deliver and handle 2.27 billion tonnes of coal a year,...
(EnergyAsia, January 9 2012, Monday) — Compensating for the loss of the bulk of its nuclear power capacity, Japan’s import of liquefied natural gas (LNG) surged more than 12% to over 45.6 million tons in the first six months of the current financial year to September 2011. According to Japanese official data compiled by consultant (more…)
(EnergyAsia, January 6 2012, Friday) — China’s coal producers and miners have assured consumers that they are well positioned to meet the country’s rising demand for the fuel this year. Following last year’s experiences of supply shortages and price volatility, the coal industry has found itself on the defensive to prevent a recurrence of panic...