Golar LNG, the company controlled by Norwegian shipping tycoon John Fredriksen, has signed an agreement with Keppel Shipyard of Singapore to convert an LNG carrier built in 1975 into a floating liquefaction plant using US process technology.
The American Bureau of Shipping, the US-based classification society, has entered a joint development project with South Korea's Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering to develop the industry's first LNG-fuelled drillship which is expected to be deployed in the Gulf of Mexico.
Gaztransport and Technigaz (GTT), the France-based LNG storage technology company, has introduced a monitoring system for LNG carriers to help reduce the extra boil-off of the cargo due to sloshing in vessel tanks.
Woodside Petroleum, the Australian energy company and leading LNG producer, has announced another natural gas discovery offshore Western Australian that may eventually provide feed-gas for the expansion of the Pluto LNG project.
GDF-Suez, one of Europe's leading LNG players, has teamed up with Japanese shipping company Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK line) and Japan's largest trader and volume buyer Mitsubishi Corp. to develop the bunkering market for LNG refuelling.
Indonesian LNG producer Pertamina has signed up for more Texas cargoes from the US export project at Corpus Christi being developed by Houston-based Cheniere Energy.
Russian natural gas company Gazprom said the European LNG market was no longer attractive for suppliers as the majority of European Union LNG importers in early 2014 have reported record low level utilization of import terminals.
GasLog Ltd., the LNG carrier fleet operator, said it had taken delivery of the fully-owned LNG carrier, the "Solaris", from South Korean shipbuilder Samsung Heavy Industries.
Enagas, the Spanish natural gas transmission company and owner of four of Spain's LNG import terminals at Barcelona, Cartagena, Huelva and El Musel, is continuing to build up its natural gas and LNG assets in South America.
Kinder Morgan, the largest natural gas and storage operator in the United States, has filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for an expansion of a pipeline and compression facilities to serve the Magnolia LNG export project in Louisiana and other facilities.