STX Norway Offshore AS and partner PJMR Empreendimentos Ltda has through its subsidiary Estaileiro Promar S.A entered into contracts for building of eight LPG Carriers at the new shipyard in Brazil. The value of the contract is approximately US $536 million. On July 9, 2010 Estaleiro Promar S.A. signed 8 contracts to build LPG Carriers [...]
Is the trend of petrochemical firms switching to LPG from Naphtha still growing and active? Against volatile naphtha prices, which correlates directly with crude oil, LPG prices appears to be the preferred alternative. As in extracted report below, Samsung Total Petrochemicals have taken steps in this direction. Yet, in another, it is reported that the [...]
Mark your calendar for 5th LPGTrade Summit on 25 & 26 October taking place at a new and exciting venue – ABU DHABI! Be sure not to miss this annual LPG event that brings all stakeholders of the global LPG industry together. Here’s a snap shot of the participants profile at our 4th LPGTrade Summit [...]
2010 is shaping up to be an exciting year for the LPG business, judging by recent industry headlines: “Qatar will produce 12.6 million tonnes per year (tpy) of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by 2012, up from 8.2 million tpy now, making it one of the biggest LPG producers in the Middle East, the CEO of [...]
Making plans for 5th LPGtrade Summit? Yes the LPG World’s most popular conference is back for 2010, meeting on 25-27 October! Look forward to an exciting 3 day event packed with essential industry updates, and valuable networking! But don’t take our word for it. See what your industry peers said about last year’s conference: Well organized, [...]
At the recently concluded 4th LPGtrade Summit, H.E. Dr Mohammad bin Saleh Al Sada, Qatar’s Minister of State for Energy and Industry Affairs revealed that Qatar was to ramp up LPG production from 8 million tonnes/annum to 12 million tonnes/annum in 24 months during his opening address. This means Qatar will overtake Saudi Arabia as [...]
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‘The Man on the Hot Seat’, Tasweeq CEO Mr. Ali Al Hammadi gave an interview to Qatar Today magazine, on Qatar’s emerging importance in the global LPG marketplace, and explained why Tasweeq supports the 4th LPGtrade Summit. According to Mr. Al Hammadi, “We want to be perceived as a country that really wants to contribute [...]
Plans are heating up for 4th LPGtrade Summit and with the most exciting line up of speakers in LPGtrade summit history, including H.E. Abdullah Hamad Al-Attiyah, Qatar’s Deputy Premier & Minister for Energy and Industry, as well as H.E Abdalla El-Badri the Secretary General of OPEC, the conference is attracting tremendous buzz in the industry [...]
Tasweeq’s CEO Mr.Ali Al-Hammadi extended his warm welcome to the Global LPG industry to join the 4th LPGtrade Summit in an exclusive interview where he discussed Tasweeq’s role in the global LPG marketplace. According to Mr.Al-Hammadi, Tasweeq will have a greater stake in global LPG trade in line with Qatar’s increasing LPG production capacity. Sharing [...]
