Fluxys, owner of the Zeebrugge LNG terminal, said the takeover of the Distrigas gas transport subsidiary, Distrigas & Co, was approved by the boards of both companies and assets include half an interest in the LNG carrier Suez Boston.
Clough, the Australian LNG engineering firm with previous contract wins in the North West Shelf and Pluto LNG projects, said it was awarded a contract by APL of Norway for support activities on the Neptune LNG project offshore Massachusetts in the US.
Singapore has added Gaz de France, currently merging with Suez Energy, to its LNG partnerships after its April supply deal with BG Group, the leading Atlantic Basin player.
Gate LNG, the import terminal being developed in Rotterdam by storage giant Royal Dutch Vopak and natural gas transporter Gasunie, was given the official go-ahead a launch ceremony by the Dutch government.
Royal Dutchs Shells nominated director on the board of Australian LNG producer Woodside Petroleum, Jakob Stausholm, has resigned.
Cheniere Energy, owner of US regasification assets, said it signed a domestic marketing agreement for the sale of LNG with US brokerage JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Royal Dutch Shell said it issued a formal invitation to tender for the front-end engineering and design and engineering, procurement and construction of a 3.5 million tonnes per annum floating liquefied natural gas plant at an estimated cost of more than $2 billion.
Qatargas said it sent its first shipment of LNG onboard a new Q-Flex carrier to the United States for the new Sabine Pass LNG terminal in Louisiana.
Worldwide natural gas consumption is expected to increases from 104 trillion cubic feet to 158 Tcf by 2030 and a significant portion will be LNG, a new US report says.
Gasol, the independent natural gas company with LNG ambitions in the Gulf of Guinea off West Africa, has completed the reverse takeover of African LNG, and trading in the enlarged groups shares will commence on Londons Alternative Investment Market.