LNG

A delegation from the Canadian LNG province of British Columbia, where multiple liquefaction export projects are being planned, has arrived in China for seven days of talks with energy and other officials.

The American Bureau of Shipping, the US classification society, was selected to class an LNG bunker barge under construction at a Texas shipyard that will be used to refuel ocean-going commercial shipping.

South African energy producer Sasol has jumped into the Mozambique LNG feed-gas equation by securing an exploration block shareholding with Italian energy producer Eni and others in a new bid round.

BG Group of the UK, preparing to be taken over by Royal Dutch Shell, posted a more than 60 percent income plunge in the third quarter, though despite challenging market conditions it delivered 75 LNG cargoes, including its first shipments to Egypt and Pakistan.