Lloyd’s Register, the UK maritime classification society, said it was proceeding with the second phase of a liquefied natural gas bunkering initiative for the Eastern Mediterranean and Adriatic Sea.
The Australian state of Queensland where three liquefied natural gas plants are operating and shipping cargoes made from coal-seam gas now exports more LNG than Russia, according to latest production figures.
MEO Australia, the independent oil and gas exploration and production company with interests in Cuba and an LNG project on hold in the Timor Sea, said it received encouraging results from a licence in the Bonaparte Basin offshore Western Australia and was looking for a farm-in partner.
Flex LNG, the Norwegian-listed company whose main assets are the two LNG carriers with a capacity of 174,000 cubic metres it is having built at Samsung Heavy Industries in South Korea, has named Jonathan Cook as its new Chief Executive to draw up a future shipping strategy.
The world’s leading liquefied natural gas engineering company Bechtel Inc., a privately-held corporation whose headquarters are in San Francisco, has named Brendan Bechtel as the fifth-generation family member to be Chief Executive.
French energy and LNG engineering company Technip said it was awarded a contract to develop phase two of the Bahr Essalam development in the Mediterranean Sea to bring more natural gas to strife-torn Libya.
Bechtel Inc., the world’s leading builder of liquefaction plants, said Houston-based Cheniere Energy was now at the forefront of North American LNG, after it handed over control of the first Train constructed at Sabine Pass in Louisiana.
France-based energy consultants and information organization Cedigaz said that up to 170 billion euros ($190Bln) was needed to be invested in underground natural gas storage through 2035, while import terminal construction will further expand LNG storage capacity. Cedigaz made the points in its updated sixth edition of its reference report…
Energy World Corp., aiming to complete the first LNG import terminal in the Philippines by December 2016, has finalized the financing for the hub facility located at Pagblao in Quezon province.
British Columbia Premier Christy Clark said she was continuing to build momentum for the province’s planned liquefied natural gas industry with the renewal of an agreement with a Japanese state body that promotes and invests in energy and commodity procurement.