LNG

Japanese LNG imports slipped 1.8 percent last month because of energy-saving measures and the high cost of spot cargoes, but the nation's LNG bill continued to rise on a year-on-year basis, though was not as high as in recent months.

The Canadian Minister of Natural Resources said in a keynote address at the Canada LNG Export Forum in Calgary that he will push forward with the nation's LNG export projects as the federal government promotes them to Asian buyers.

The Ichthys LNG project in Australia being developed by Japan's Inpex and French company Total has opened the doors of its accommodation village in Darwin near where the liquefaction plant will come on stream at the end of 2016.

Chubu Electric Power Co., one of Japan’s top three LNG buyers, has admitted being in a dire financial plight as it upgrades its loss forecasts, stops dividend payments for the first time in 33 years and asks the government to raise power prices above inflation for the first time since…