(EnergyAsia, March 19, Wednesay) — Westport Innovations Inc, leading developer of gaseous-fuelled power technologies, said it has received certification from the Australian Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development for its high pressure direct injection (HPDI) liquefied natural gas (LNG)  fuel system adapted to the 2008 Cummins ISX heavy-duty engine to the 2008 Australian Design Rules (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 18, Tuesday) — China is the single largest provider of small arms to Sudan, having sold over $55 million worth from 2003-2006 (the latest year for which data is available), as the worst violence took hold in Darfur, said a new human rights report. While other countries were decreasing their arms sales to (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 17, Monday) — US major Chevron Corp said it and its partners will invest about US$3.1 billion to construct the shallow water Platong Gas II natural gas project in the Gulf of Thailand. Due to start up in the first quarter 2011, Platong Gas II, located 200 km offshore, is designed to add (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 17, Monday) — ‘Fundamentals of Energy Futures’, a workshop offered by the Oxford Princeton Programme, will be held in London on April 7 and Singapore on April 14. This introductory course on energy futures, contracts and markets is a highly interactive workshop which includes a trading simulation and a comprehensive review of the (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 17, Monday) — Petroleum Economists, one of the world’s most recognised energy publishing brands, has released three books: Fundamentals of Carbon Capture & Storage Technology, Fundamentals of the Global LNG Industry 2007 and Fundamentals of the Global Oil and Gas Industry 2007. Fundamentals of Carbon Capture & Storage Technology Carbon capture and storage (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 14, Friday) — Singapore Petroleum Company Limited (SPC) said it has raised its stake in Australian upstream company Cue Energy Resources Limited to approximately 14.06%. SPC has been steadily buying into Cue Energy with announcements of its growing stakes posted to the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) since last July. In its latest announcement, (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 14, Friday) — Los Angeles, US-based Occidental Petroleum Corporation said it has signed an agreement with Abu Dhabi’s International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC) to jointly invest in hydrocarbon-related projects. The agreement between Occidental and IPIC, a company wholly owned by the Abu Dhabi government, provides for the companies to jointly evaluate and participate (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 14, Friday) — Norway’s IMAREX said it has hired Mayu Sasako and Laura Lim for its global tanker broker team. Until recently, Ms Sasako and Ms Lim worked at the Geneva offices of leading Asian commodity broker Ginga Petroleum where they helped establish its European presence. “We want to further strengthen our tanker (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 13, Thursday) — China is expected to provide Nepal soft loans worth a total of US$187 million for the construction of two hydropower projects. The proposed 61 MW Upper Trishuli 3 ‘A’ and 44 MW Upper Trishuli 3 ‘B’ hydropower plants are slated to sell their electricity to domestic consumers, according to a (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 12, Wednesday) — ‘Strategic Talent Management for Oil and Gas 2008’, a conference on skilled labour and professional workers, will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from April 7 to 9.The shortage of skilled engineers in the oil and gas industry is a problem that has persisted for many years. The last oil (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 12, Wednesday) — China International Electric Power & Electric Engineering Technology Exhibition (EPETEE), rebranded to China EPower, will be held at Intex in Shanghai, China from April 22 to 24.The rebranding effort is part of the long-term strategy to grow the event into an internationally recognised platform for the global power industry. It (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 11, Tuesday) — Billed as the leading conference for the world’s largest coal industry, Coaltrans China will be held at the Sofitel Wanda hotel in Beijing on April 14 to 15. This year’s conference will focus on freight, infrastructure and logistics challenges for moving coal into and around China, analysis of coal projects (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 11, Tuesday) — Hoe Leong Corporation Ltd, a Singapore-based supplier of heavy equipment parts for the agriculture, building and infrastructure construction, forestry, marine and mining industries, said it and its subsidiaries will invest US$8.5 million in a proposed joint venture, Supreme Energy Pte Ltd (SEPL). SEPL will charter out Supreme Energy 01, a (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 10, Monday) — China Aviation Oil (Singapore) Corporation Ltd (CAO) has unveiled its strategy for further growth and expansion of its existing business.Chairman Lim Jit Poh said: “CAO’s strategy sets out the developmental direction for CAO which will complement its current business model of deriving income from jet fuel procurement. CAO will take (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 10, Monday) — Finland’s Wartsila said it will deliver the world’s first planar solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology unit to produce electric and heating power for the Vaasa Housing Fair site in Western Finland.Wartsila said the plant is fuelled by biogas or methane originating from a nearby landfill, and will initially produce (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 7, Friday) — Australian resources giant BHP Billiton said it has approved a US$975 million coal optimisation project which includes utilising reserves across the Douglas and Middelburg Mine Services (MMS) collieries and developing new mines with low strip ratio coal to be fed into a new 14-million-ton-per-year processing plant. The plant will replace (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 6, Thursday) — A business group including leading companies such as HP, Sony, Nokia and Nike recently released the Tokyo Declaration, a joint call to tackle the urgent issue of climate change. Signing the declaration at the Climate Savers Summit 2008 held by WWF and Sony in Tokyo, a dozen business leaders highlighted (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 5, Wednesday) — Taiwan has always been a major place for thin-film technology and the semiconductor industry. Big players in the Taiwanese industry are now using this experience to explore and start new thin-film silicon solar production initiatives.The share of thin-film in the global supply of solar cells and modules is likely to (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 5, Wednesday) — ‘Deepwater Development Asia 2008’ will be held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from March 24 to 26.As wells in Asia continue to deplete, more companies are beginning to realise the potential of deepwater fields. Deepwater development is now a strategically important element for most global offshore operators as most easily accessible (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 4, Tuesday) — More than two dozen Australian experts from the renewable energy industry met in Melbourne last week to debate the issues for clean energy investment in emerging Asian and Pacific economies in advance of this week’s WIREC global summit on clean energy in Washington, DC . Asia was one of three (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 4, Tuesday) — Four events – Metering Asia Pacific, Billing and CRM/CIS Asia-Pacific, Transmission & Distribution Asia and Energy Efficiency/ ESCO Asia – will be held during ‘Asian Energy Week 2008’ at the Shangri-la Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from May 26 to 29. The event will provide a platform for industry players (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 4, Tuesday) — Riding on record oil prices and strong growth in exploration and production, Asia’s leading oil and gas exhibition and conference, OSEA2008, which will be held at the Suntec exhibition hall in Singapore from December 2 to 5, is expected to attract over 14,000 industry players. Organised by Singapore Exhibition Services, (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 3, Monday) — Singapore-listed Rotary Engineering Limited has announced a record after-tax net profit of S$52.8 million for the full year ended December 31 2007, up 50% from FY2006. (US$1=S$1.4).   The group’s turnover hit a new high of S$510.2 million, an increase of 17% over S$437.4 million from the previous year. The (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 3, Monday) — ‘Project Finance India’ will be held at The Maratha in Mumbai, India from April 14 to 15. The conference will examine key energy and infrastructure opportunities and will address topics including sustainable growth through project finance, the role of multilateral agencies, financing availability, finance and investment opportunities in renewable energy, (more…)

(EnergyAsia, March 3, Monday) — The third annual ‘World Renewable Energy Summit (WRES)’ will be held at the JW Marriot hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from March 27 to 28. The surge in energy demand and oil prices combined with the depletion of fossil fuels has the world turning to renewable energy as a solution. (more…)