Brazilian energy company Petrobras has made a large natural gas discovery offshore of the Caribbean coast of Colombia where a floating LNG project is already under development using limited feed-gas from an onshore field.
The International Gas Union, the global organization with 140 members and founded to promote the economic progress of the natural gas and later LNG industries, has named a new Secretary General.
Mozambique LNG was the main subject of discussion when the southeast African nation's President met in Rome with the Chief Executive of Italian energy company Eni to discuss two liquefaction projects.
The Royal Dutch Shell LNG Canada project has signed a contract for compressor and driver equipment to power its planned liquefaction plant on the Pacific Coast of British Columbia.
The Singapore LNG and shipping joint venture involving Temasek subsidiary Pavilion Energy and BW Group has held a naming ceremony for two Singapore-flagged LNG carrier newbuilds.
The Canadian LNG province of British Columbia has said it could have as many as seven LNG liquefaction plants in the area of Prince Rupert port on the Pacific Coast and was funding a scientific report into the likely effects on air quality.
Sempra Energy, owner of the US Cameron LNG export project in Louisiana and an import terminal in Mexico, said its marketing unit had applied for a permit to re-export cargoes from foreign sources.
Gaslog, the Monaco-based owner and operator of LNG carriers, said it planned to increase its fleet to 40 vessels by the end of 2017 through a combination of newbuilds and acquisition opportunities.
Atlantic LNG, the production plant of Trinidad and Tobago, was suffering a one-third shortage of feed-gas amid power cuts in the Caribbean nation after a natural gas pipeline was ruptured.
Eagle LNG Partners, a joint venture between a unit of General Electric and Ferus Natural Gas Fuels, has asked the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to start its pre-filing process for eventual certification of its planned Jacksonville LNG export and domestic fuel plant in the state of Florida.