The US Coast Guard has ruled that the Excelerate Energy Floating Liquefaction Storage and Offloading Units (FLSOs) to be used in the Lavaca Bay LNG export project in Texas will not be subject to marine rules and will instead be treated as waterfront facilities.
US congressional members of the House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee have introduced bipartisan legislation to help speed up the export of US LNG to global allies, including Ukraine and other East European nations, as the LNG industry becomes caught up in the international crisis over Crimea.
Japan's LNG industry is watching the volatile situation unfolding in Crimea after the actions of Russia and its troops. With Western Europe threatening to impose sanctions despite their Russian natural gas and oil needs, Japan intends to move in tandem with the Western powers in dealing with Moscow despite its…
Gazprom said an agreement of cooperation as part of LNG projects was signed at its headquarters in Moscow by Alexey Miller, Chairman of Gazprom, and Andrey Akimov, Chairman of its financial services affiliate, Gazprombank.
The Sabine Pass LNG export project in Louisiana, which will be the first large-scale US liquefaction plant in commercial operation in early 2016, has filed a supplement to its multiple applications to the US Department of Energy saying the benefits to the nation were better than stated in 2012.
Malaysian state energy company Petronas said it signed two contracts to supply CPC Corp. of Taiwan with a total of up to 2.6 million tonnes per year of LNG as it replaced a long-term contract with the Taiwanese with a shorter six-year deal.
The Magnolia LNG export project in Louisiana being developed by Australian company LNG Ltd. signed a non‐binding tolling agreement with a subsidiary of US power and energy group AES Corp. to supply cargoes to Latin America.
The US Congress has increased its calls for expanded LNG exports from approved projects and some of the other 24 permit applicants awaiting action from the Department of Energy in the face of the crisis in Ukraine.
Japanese LNG engineering company JGC Corp. and its Malaysian partner Synerlitz have won a contract from Malaysia LNG for the overhaul and upgrade of the Dua liquefaction plant at Bintulu in Sarawak.
The Angola LNG plant will continue to run below capacity in the months ahead, but the facility in southwest Africa was still shipping cargoes during a slow ramp-up after a maintenance shutdown, a spokesman said.