Korea Gas Corp. (Kogas), the world's leading LNG buyer, said it signed a deal to buy 2.1 million tonnes per annum of LNG from Qatar between 2007 and 2026.
Foster Wheeler, the LNG engineering company, has had its credit rating raised by Standard & Poor's, the US credit rating agency.
Yemen LNG, owned by France's Total, Hunt Oil of the US and the government, remained on target to start production by the end of 2008 despte damage caused after a riot erupted at the construction site at Balhaf.
Suez Energy North America said its Neptune LNG subsidiary received a licence from the US Maritime Administration to build an offshore LNG terminal in Massachusetts Bay, located about seven miles south of the town of Gloucester.
Wärtsilä Corp. the Finland-based marine engine maker which makes dual-fuel engines to power LNG carriers, has inaugurated the first phase of a new reconditioning workshop in Shanghai, China.
RasGas LNG Train 5 is undergoing its inauguaration with 4.7 million tonnes per annum production capacity,bringing Qatar's total capacity to about 30.7 MTPA, making it the worlds largest LNG producer.
Hamworthy, the UK designer and manufacturer of marine and offshore fluid handling systems, said it won orders to supply eight LNG-RS systems with a value of more than £20 million ($39 million).
Quoddy Bay LNG reaffirmed that it will continue to move forward with the development of an LNG import and regasification facility in Washington County, Maine.
Aibel of Norway said it signed a deal with Statoil amending its original maintenance and modification contract for the completion work at the Hammerfest LNG plant.
Woodside Petroleum, the Australian LNG producer, said the North West Shelf Venture companies and Tohoku Electric of Japan have signed a heads of agreement for the ongoing supply of LNG.