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Zeebrugge liquefied natural gas terminal owner, Fluxys of Belgium, is aiming to cooperate more with Russia’s Gazprom on small-scale LNG in addition to being a trans-shipment port for cargoes from the Yamal project in the Russian Arctic run by Gazprom rival Novatek.
The Australian developer of the Bear Head LNG project in the Canadian Atlantic coast province of Nova Scotia said it had bought additional land to support expansion of the plant when it is built on the Strait of Canso.
US regulators have given conditional clearance to the Golden Pass LNG export project in Texas being developed by Middle East producer Qatar Petroleum, with ExxonMobil Corp and ConocoPhillips as partners.
Tokyo Gas Co., Japan’s third-largest LNG importer, has started full commercial operations at the nation’s latest import terminal at Hitachi port in a network now numbering 33 regasification and satellite facilities.
Plans to develop the huge Leviathan natural gas field in the East Mediterranean offshore Israel with LNG potential suffered a setback when the Israeli High Court rejected part of a regulatory framework supported by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Chinese ENN Group, which has signed contracts for LNG cargoes from around the world, has agreed to purchase almost 12 percent of the shares of Australia energy company Santos, a stakeholder in three Asia-Pacific liquefaction plants.
The expanded section of the Panama Canal is expected to be officially opened on June 26, 2016, when it will be able to accommodate larger vessels such as liquefied natural gas carriers transiting and returning on the Atlantic-Pacific route.
Swiss power technology group ABB has won a five-year contract to deliver equipment and services for the Royal Dutch Shell Prelude Floating LNG hull to be deployed offshore northwest Australia.
Indonesia has confirmed it has decided against a proposal by Japanese energy company Inpex Corp. for the Abadi Floating LNG Project in eastern Indonesian waters and will instead proceed with plans to process the gas resources onshore.
The Jordan Cove LNG project in the northwest state of Oregon, recently blocked by US regulators, is set to get back on track after it signed a supply agreement with the two largest utilities in Japan.