The Elba Island liquefaction project in the state of Georgia, led by Royal Dutch Shell and US pipeline company Kinder Morgan, is making progress with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issuing a notice that it will prepare an environmental assessment.
The Chief Executive of US energy giant Dominion, Thomas F. Farrell, said the US owed it to "the American public and to future Americans to act like the global leader we are and seize the energy opportunities" in LNG and shale gas.
Excelerate Energy has begun preparation and engineering work for the first LNG import facility in Ukraine in the form of a floating storage and regasification vessel.
Hoegh LNG, the Norwegian LNG carrier fleet owner and floating import facility provider, has executed a time charter for the vessel "LNG Libra" in what the company describes as a "challenging" short-term charter market.
Chevron Corp. announced further drilling success by its Australian subsidiary in the Exmouth Plateau area, located in the Carnarvon Basin not far from the Gorgon LNG project.
Dutch utility Eneco has made a steady start in the LNG business as it received its third LNG cargo since January last year at the Gate import facility at the Maasvlakte in Rotterdam.
Spanish natural gas distributor and LNG player Enagas posted first-quarter net profit of 95 million euros ($123M) due to greater operational efficiency and additional revenue from two LNG import terminals it bought into in Mexico and Chile.
Woodside, the operator of two Australian LNG plants and which has just cancelled the $45 billion Browse liquefaction project, will return about $500 million to shareholders in a sort of compensation through a special dividend.
The UK Port of Milford Haven has released its annual results showing a plunge in profits caused by changes in global LNG flows that reduced traffic at the port's two import terminals, South Hook LNG and Dragon LNG.
LNG equipment supplier Chart Industries is offering a new small-scale liquefaction plant concept to benefit both transportation markets and regions, particularly Asia, without access to natural gas pipeline infrastructure.