Magnolia LNG, the US export project being developed by LNG Ltd. of Australia at Lake Charles in Louisiana, has awarded an operations and maintenance contract to Houston-based EthosEnergy.
Cheniere Energy said its Sabine Pass LNG plant in Louisiana would be exporting its commissioning cargoes from Train 2, while its second plant under construction at Corpus Christi in Texas is almost 40 percent complete.
Chinese liquefied natural gas imports fell 16.4 percent in July from the same month a year ago as the country prepared the way for new industry entrants to compete with the big three state-backed energy companies.
The state of Alaska is expected to take over full control of the Alaska LNG project at the end of 2016 to allow any of the three energy majors who are also shareholders to pull out in the future.
India’s liquefied natural gas imports for the month of July dropped 3.8 percent, though the nation remained on course for record annual shipments to the four regasification terminals of around 18 million tonnes.
Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Co. (AG&P) of the Philippines, a fabrication, assembly and modularization company used by major Asia-Pacific LNG projects, has announced a joint venture with Gas Entec of South Korea to design and make small-scale and mid-scale LNG facilities.
LNG demand in China is likely to face pressure from the development of shale-gas resources and other shale asset holding nations such as Canada will eventually turn the gas into an export earner by shipping it to Asia.
The Government of Gibraltar said Royal Dutch Shell would provide LNG for use in power generation in the UK overseas territory in the southern tip of Europe next to Spain.
The Australian CIMIC Group, previously known as Leighton Holdings, said it had started legal proceedings in the United States against Chevron Corp. and US engineering company KBR Inc. in a financial dispute involving a A$1.86 billion (US$1.4Bln) contract for the Gorgon LNG plant in Western Australia.
Japanese liquefied natural gas shipments for July fell 5.4 percent in the fourth successive monthly drop as the world’s largest LNG importer reduced cargo deliveries from the Middle East by over 25 percent as its summer power use declined, with thermal coal shipments also falling more than 14 percent.