The Royal Dutch Shell-led LNG Canada project could cost around US$35 billion as it applied for an environmental certificate for the liquefaction facility and other infrastructure at the town of Kitimat in British Columbia.
Australian energy company Santos said that after three-and-a-half-years of construction work, it has installed the final module on its two LNG processing Trains, key components of its Queensland coal-seam-gas-to-LNG plant on Curtis Island near Gladstone.
Bear Head LNG Corp. has filed an application with Canada's National Energy Board (NEB) for an export licence for up to 12 million tonnes per annum of LNG from a plant in Nova Scotia.
Noble Energy of the US and its Israeli partners in the Tamar natural gas field offshore Israel have agreed to extend discussions for six months to find an agreement with the Spanish-Italian venture, Union Fenosa Gas, to supply Israeli feed-gas for the Damietta LNG plant in Egypt.
Two Spanish LNG operators, Gas Natural Fenosa and terminal owner Reganosa, have joined with one of the main ports in northwest Spain to construct an LNG fueling venture to serve Atlantic marine traffic.
Ophir Energy of the UK has chosen Excelerate Energy of the US as its lead midstream partner and to provide the Floating Liquefaction and Storage facilities of a planned Floating LNG venture offshore Equatorial Guinea in West Africa.
The US government has turned its searchlight on the ultimate ownership of LNG export projects and urged developers to keep their records up to date and transparent with the Department of Energy, especially in relation to export licence applications.
Mexican state energy company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) plans to build an LNG export terminal on its Pacific Coast funded by investors, targeting Asian markets and using domestically-produced feed-gas.
Falling oil prices are bringing a brighter outlook for Japanese importers seeking more economic LNG cargoes and a government trying to lower its current 7.3 trillion yen ($64 billion) bill for the fuel, double what it was before 2011.
Japanese LNG developer Inpex Corp. said it installed the 6,500 tonne riser support tower, marking the start of its campaign for the Ichthys venture that will see feed-gas sent from the Browse Basin, offshore Western Australia, to the liquefaction plant near Darwin.