Natural gas trade between the US and Mexico, which lately has included LNG shipments to the Pacific Coast terminal at Manzanillo, has now come into sharp focus because of questions raised about future bilateral trade relations under new US President Donald Trump.
Inpex Corp., the Japanese developer of the US$37 billion Ichthys LNG project in the Northern Territory of Australia, posted a plunge in earnings as it sought to keep the Australian joint venture on schedule to begin LNG production before the end of 2017.
Gas Natural Fenosa, the Spanish utility and natural gas and LNG player with multinational interests, said it acquired two new LNG carriers at a cost of $450 million in the fourth quarter as its overall profits declined and one of its businesses was seized in Colombia in a dispute over…
GasLog Ltd, the shipping line based in Monaco with a fleet of 27 LNG carriers, said progress had been made with the plan for a liquefied natural gas import hub offshore the northern Greek city of Alexandroupolis to serve customers in both Greece and Bulgaria.
French energy company Total said liquefied natural sales rose by 8 percent in 2016 as new volumes came on stream at the Gladstone coal-seam-gas-to-LNG plant in the eastern Australian state of Queensland and a significant surge in cargoes is expected from stakes in liquefaction plants set to be completed soon…
Chiyoda Corp. of Japan, one of the world’s leading LNG engineering and construction companies, posted a 39.85 billion yen net loss ($355M) in the fiscal third-quarter because of woes in the subsea market and the “prolonged tumble in oil prices” delaying projects.
Japan said the average price of spot liquefied natural gas cargoes contracted in January jumped to its highest level in almost two years to reach $8.40 per million British thermal units, a rise of $1.30 per MMBtu compared with the $7.10 per MMBtu price logged in the same month a…
Royal Dutch Shell is helping to advance the project to introduce the world’s first liquefied natural-powered dredger to operate in the port of Rotterdam after signing a bunkering agreement.
Excelerate Energy, the US developer of LNG terminals, said it signed a letter of intent with Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering of South Korea for the delivery of up to seven floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs), depending on future market demand.
The small-scale Canadian export project backed by Indonesian billionaire Sukanto Tanoto and his Pacific Oil and Gas company has applied for a 40-year export licence to ship cargoes to Asia.