The government of Quebec has given the greenlight to Stolt LNGaz to produce 500,000 tons of LNG at its future Bécancour plant starting from early 2018.
Following last month's deal with Chart Industries, LNG Ltd has signed two more key supplier alliance agreements with Siemens Energy and EthosEnergy Group for its four train Magnolia LNG venture in Louisiana and future projects.
A decade-old $22 billion LNG supply contract - the cheapest deal ever struck by India's GAIL - could be revived if negotiations with National Iranian Gas Export Company (NIGEC) prove successful.
Struggling to compete in oversupplied LNG markets, "US export capacity holders are likely to operate without regard to their sunk cost tolling fees and deliver gas at a cost of feedstock plus transport plus margin," suggests Ross Wyeno, senior energy analyst at Platts' Bentek Energy.
For both 2016 and 2017, Egypt will face a supply-demand gap of around 6 mtpa, so importers need to have a second FSRU in place, Energy Aspects suggest. To meet the domestic supply shortfalls, Egypt will need additional regasification capacity and/or will need to start importing gas via pipeline from…
A Vancouver Island First Nation has reached a unique deal with Steelhead on a 6 mtpa FLNG project in the Saanich Inlet.
Volumes of US shale gas available for export are limited by rising domestic demand as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) imposes more stringent carbon emission rules for power plants, Juscelino Colares, law professor at Case Western Reserve University told LNG Journal.
Though 49 mtpa of Australian LNG will hit the market over the next two years, Drewry sees "immediate challenges on rates" due to a rising tanker fleet and stabilizing demand, as Japan prepares to restart its nuclear power plants.
US-listed Dynagas, GasLog and Golar LNG have created a spot market pooling arrangement in the face of depressed rates. 'Cool Pool' will kick off in September with 14 vessels which will be fixed exclusively for 12 months or less.
IAHL subsidiary, Altenesol, has signed a lump sum turnkey EPC contract with AMCS to build the Nataly-1 liquefaction plant in El Viajano, Colombia.