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StatoilHydro is delivering its first LNG cargo to the United States from the Snøhvit LNG plant in Northern Norway following repairs to one of the heat exchangers at the plant after a two-month shutdown.
StatoilHydro and the Swiss EGL Group have agreed to develop, build and operate the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline project that may include an LNG import terminal in Albania.
ConocoPhillips said it entered an agreement with Suez LNG Trading for long-term access to the Northwest Europe LNG market through Suez’s regasification capacity holding at the Zeebrugge import terminal in Belgium.
The US has lowered its forecast for LNG imports for 2008 to just over 16 million tonnes, the equivalent of 788 billion cubic feet of natural gas, because of competition for diverted cargoes from Europe and Asia and delays in new liquefaction projects coming on stream.
Teekay Corp. said the “Catalunya Spirit” LNG carrier that broke down east of Chatham, Massachusetts, two days ago was moved out of shipping lanes by tug to a location selected by the US Coast Guard.
StatoilHydro was awarded interests in 12 production licences in the Norwegian Ministry of Energy’s latest licensing round, including two in the Barents Sea that will be a focus for efforts to secure sufficient gas to support a second Snøhvit LNG train.
A ferry carrying workers to the Nigeria LNG plant in Bonny Island in the Niger Delta was attacked by gunmen who killed two police guards during a failed attempt to kidnap foreign nationals.
The US Coast Guard said it went to assist an LNG carrier, the “Catalunya Spirit” owned by Teekay Corp. of Canada, after it lost propulsion 35 miles east of Chatham, Massachusetts.
Aker Kvaerner of Norway and Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries of Japan said they won the $680 million contract to provide engineering, procurement and construction for the Gulf Clean Energy LNG project in the southern US.
Royal Dutch Shell’s shipping subsidiary said it has started recruiting US seafarers for the company’s growing fleet of managed LNG carriers as it aims to increase deliveries to American ports.
