Inpex Corp., the Japanese LNG production developer, has held an inauguration ceremony to celebrate the entry into commercial operations of the Naoetsu LNG import terminal in Joetsu City in Niigata and which is the 31st facility in the Japanese import network, including satellite terminals.
The sultanate of Brunei has become the latest Southeast Asian LNG producer to buy into a North American export project when it joined the Pacific NorthWest venture in Canada being developed by Malaysia's Petronas.
Norwegian energy company Statoil and US major ExxonMobil have announced a fifth high-impact natural gas discovery offshore the East African country of Tanzania where LNG projects are being planned.
The Golar LNG group of companies of Norwegian shipping tycoon John Fredriksen has priced one of its floating storage and regasification vessels at $310 million, making it the most expensive LNG carrier ever built.
The powerful Japanese Ministry of the Economy, Trade and Industry said several issues have to be resolved with Canada before the start of LNG exports to Japan.
Dresser-Rand Group Inc. said its first small-scale liquefaction plant has gone into production and will have a capability to produce up to 6,000 gallons of LNG per day.
Gazprom has appointed Australian LNG engineer WorleyParsons as its contractor for the design development of the Vladivostok LNG plant in the Russian Far East underwritten by Japanese companies.
The Canadian province of British Columbia ended its 10-day tour of Asia with a stop-over in Japan, the world’s largest importer, and where Provincial Premier Christy Clark met the main Japanese LNG players - and Princess Takamodo (photo).
Cheniere Energy has signed up LNG-producing country Indonesia as its first customer for the Corpus Christi liquefaction plant it is developing on the US Gulf coast of Texas.
Freeport LNG, the Texas LNG terminal owner and liquefaction plant developer held in partnership by American oilman Michael S. Smith and US major ConocoPhillips, has named Sigmund (Sig) Cornelius as its new Chief Operating Officer Executive and President.