LNG

Aker Solutions, the energy engineering company that last year won two contracts for the Ichthys LNG project in Australia, reported that a slow start to 2013 reflected both increased market uncertainty and portfolio sensitivities.

Exmar, the Belgian LNG carrier owner and project player, said its fleet contributed $8.1 million to company earnings in the first quarter.

GDF-Suez has given more details about the Floating LNG import facility it plans to deploy in the Chinese port of Tianjin for China National Offshore Oil Corp. China's largest LNG importer.

The Statoil LNG plant in Norway, Europe's only base-load liquefaction facility that was originally started to export cargoes to the US, has begun production again after the latest shutdown, this time for almost three months.