Evergas, the Denmark-based operator of a 26-vessel multigas fleet including new small-scale LNG carriers of 27,500 cubic metres capacity, has held a naming ceremony for its fifth vessel of a series built to carry US shale-gas ethane to chemical plants in Europe.
Gasconsult Ltd, the UK-based liquefied natural gas liquefaction technology company, said it signed an agreement with Dutch firm Osomo Projects BV to pursue several small-scale LNG liquefaction projects in Europe.
Air Products, the leading US and global LNG equipment maker, has made a takeover approach to Yingde Gases of China to gain a prominent role in the expanding Chinese natural gas and equipment market after completing its own restructuring.
French energy group Engie has named Didier Holleaux as the new executive head of its LNG import terminals subsidiary as well as France’s main natural gas distribution, transmission and storage companies.
Marubeni Corp. of Japan has proposed the supply of liquefied natural gas and a floating storage and regasification unit as part of a new power project in Thailand.
Hoegh LNG, the Norwegian fleet owner and floating storage and regasification unit charterer, is changing its corporate structure to improve efficiency as its business moves forward with the recent placing of new FSRUs and with other projects planned.
Australian oil and gas exploration and production company Po Valley Energy is moving ahead with plans to compete with LNG as it aims to develop onshore Italian natural gas assets in 2017, while also planning a share sale and listing in London.
The US government says the nation’s increased natural gas trade will be dominated by LNG as early as 2020 as four more liquefaction facilities are scheduled to be completed, adding to current shipments from the Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana.
Kosmos Energy, the US LNG project developer with assets offshore Senegal and Mauritania in West Africa and now with BP of the UK as a partner, has revealed that the resources have the potential to outstrip those offshore Mozambique.
Skangas, the Nordic liquefied natural gas supplier and facility operator, said the LNG-powered fast ferry “Megastar” owned by the Tallink shipping company in the Baltic state of Estonia was bunkered for the first time at the new Pori LNG import terminal in Finland.