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Petronet LNG of India said it planned to build two more storage tanks at its Dahej LNG import terminal on the northwest Indian coast, taking the total number to six.
AES Corp., the US power company based in Arlington, Virginia, said it filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build an LNG import terminal at Sparrows Point near Baltimore.
APL, the Norway-based marine loading systems company, said it signed a letter of intent with Excelerate Energy, the US LNG deepwater port developer, for the installation of its loading system on Excelerate’s Northeast Gateway project offshore Massachusetts.
US imports of liquefied natural gas are expected to rise by 35 percent in 2007 compared with last year and by another 39 percent in 2008, the US Energy Information Administration said in its latest outlook.
Canatxx LNG of the UK suffered a setback to its proposal to build an LNG terminal on the former site of a chemical plant on the coast of Anglesey, Wales, when town councillors voiced concern about a possible terror attack.
McMoRan Exploration Co., the US energy company, said it received final approval for its proposed $1-billion LNG deepwater project, called the Main Pass Energy Hub, to be located offshore Louisiana in the US Gulf of Mexico.
BG Group, the leading Atlantic Basin LNG player, said it signed an agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries of South Korea for two new dual-fuel, diesel-electric LNG carriers.
Sonatrach, the Algerian state energy company, said it had awarded a contract to a French company to demolish the remains of the section of its Skikda LNG plant hit by an explosion three years ago that killed 27 people and which remains the industry's only major accident.
Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering of South Korea said its Okpo Shipyard, located on Geoje Island, expected to receive orders for around $11 billion this year, including LNG carriers.
The BP-led Tangguh LNG project in Indonesia has signed an LNG carrier financing agreement with four banks for $320 million.
