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Sempra Energy, the California utility and liquefied natural gas developer, said its Cameron LNG export project in Louisiana was facing construction delays because of heavy rains affecting work schedules and flooding at the fabrication yard near the Louisiana city of Baton Rouge.
Gas Natural Fenosa, the Spanish utility and natural gas and LNG player, said net profit dropped but still amounted to just over $1 billion in the first nine months of 2016 as it restructured some businesses.
US company Noble Energy reported record natural gas sales to Israel from its Tamar field in the East Mediterranean where the even larger Leviathan gas field project advanced towards development and firmed up a supply deal with Jordan.
TransCanada Corp. is advancing plans to be a key US LNG project feed-gas transporter and is selling its power business to help finance expansion into resource areas such as the Marcellus Shale, the US Gulf Coast and pipeline exports to Mexico to offset the hold-ups in Canadian LNG and other energy projects.
KBR Inc., the leading US energy and liquefied natural gas engineering company, swung to a net loss in the third quarter because of one-off charges and as it continued to build its LNG contract backlog amid a refocus of business aims.
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., known as Sinopec, has taken delivery of its first dedicated vessel to ship cargoes from the Australian Pacific LNG plant in the state of Queensland.
Royal Dutch Shell said LNG sales volumes for the third quarter amounted to 15.23 million tonnes and were 54 percent higher than for the same quarter a year ago, mainly reflecting Shell’s enlarged portfolio after the acquisition of BG Group.
Anadarko Petroleum said its Mozambique liquefied natural gas project was still on hold as the US company attempted to recover from the oil price slump and posted another quarterly loss from its mainly North American assets.
Dominion Resources said its Cove Point liquefied natural gas export plant on Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland was three-quarters built and on schedule for coming on stream in 2017 to supply customers from Japan and India.
The Latin American state of Colombia could soon be receiving US LNG cargoes from the Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana as its first import facility prepares to start operations after the arrival of a Floating Storage and Regasification Unit at the northern port city of Cartagena on the Caribbean coast.