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Canadian Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna may announce a decision before the end of September on whether to grant final permits to the Pacific NorthWest LNG export project being developed by Petronas of Malaysia with other Asian energy company shareholders.
The Japanese Ishikari liquefied natural gas import terminal, located on the northern main island of Hokkaido, has completed the commissioning of a second storage tank and begun construction of a fourth  tank as part of the nation’s main LNG expansion plans.
US liquefied natural gas exports remain flat as natural gas pipeline flows to the Sabine Pass liquefaction plant in Louisiana averaged 1.2 billion cubic feet per day, unchanged from last week.
US Congress proposals to accelerate the Department of Energy’s approval of liquefied natural gas export projects are unnecessary because of the government’s recent good track record, Energy Secretary Ernest G. Moniz told a congressional hearing on energy.
Gazprom executives have held talks in Paris with French counterparts and officials during which it was pointed out that the Russian natural gas giant had so far supplied 8 billion cubic metres of natural gas to France in 2016, a 27.3 per cent surge compared with the same period of…
Ophir Energy of the UK said its Fortuna floating liquefied natural gas project offshore Equatorial Guinea in West Africa was now a low-cost upstream venture and technically ready for a final investment decision soon.
The US northeast state of Maine may have finally seen its liquefied natural gas import-export venture run out of regulatory time, but it is currently considering an LNG storage project involving one of the main Japanese terminal and plant builders.
Global LNG Exchange, a company based in the Australian city of Perth, is progressing with plans for its platform to buy and sell spot LNG cargoes via online auctions and expects to begin trading live in the first quarter of 2017.
General Electric’s oil and gas unit said it was awarded a contract to supply gas turbine-driven compressors for the third liquefaction Train planned for the Indonesian Tangguh LNG plant operated by BP of the UK.
China is still experiencing high natural gas demand and a surge in LNG cargoes is possible in the fourth quarter. The country's domestic need for natural gas led to 995 billion cubic metres being consumed from January-June 2016, up 9.8 percent year-on-year.