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The GE Power Conversion business said it would supply propulsion for four new LNG carriers that South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries is building for Maran Gas Maritime, the LNG shipping unit of the Greek Angelicoussis Group.
A much-delayed Royal Dutch Shell and PetroChina LNG joint venture in Australia has received environmental approval from the State of Queensland for a coal-seam-gas-to-LNG plant on Curtis Island near the port of Gladstone.
French LNG engineering company, Technip, has signed a joint venture agreement to set up European and Chinese companies with the engineering unit of China National Petroleum Corp.
BG Group of the UK, one of the main global LNG portfolio players, sees continued strong demand for cargoes with robust fundamentals in a tight market, with some supply constraints in the medium-term despite new US exports.
The "LNG Toscana" Italian import facility located offshore Tuscany has received its first cargo via ship-to-ship transfer to start the cool-down process for commissioning.
A UK company has been appointed as owner's engineers for a company called United LNG in one of the largest LNG export projects planned for offshore Louisiana and also known as the Main Pass venture.
The Freeport LNG project in Texas owned by American tycoon Michael Smith said it entered into binding 20-year liquefaction tolling agreements with Toshiba Corp. of Japan and the SK Group of South Korea.
LNG and energy consultants Wood Mackenzie says policy and regulatory uncertainty in Japan and South Korea could result in less new LNG supply being developed, forcing continued tightness in the Pacific LNG market beyond 2020 and perpetuating relatively high spot prices.
The Australian LNG industry with about $160 billion of projects under development has welcomed the promised abolition of the carbon emissions taxes with the change of government in the country's election at which LNG projects were made an issue.
The Swedish Stena Group said two carriers in its small LNG fleet  operated by Stena LNG  will be moved to the UK register and carry Britain's Red Ensign merchant navy flag after previously carrying the flag of Panama.