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Thiess, part of the Leighton group, said it had signed a new contract to deliver further civil works on the Chevron-operated Gorgon Project on Barrow Island in Western Australia.
The Panama Canal Authority has completed dredging to deepen and widen the navigational channels at the narrowest part of the waterway as part of its $5 billion expansion programme, enabling more LNG carriers to traverse from the Atlantic Basin to Asia and back.
The Swedish Alfa Laval Group has acquired the technology for gas-venting safety equipment for LNG carriers from the Snecma subsidiary of French jet and space propulsion group Safran.
Gujarat State Petroleum Corp. is seeking a strategic partner for a third LNG import terminal in the state ahead of the awarding next month of an engineering, procurement and construction contract for the facility to be located at Mundra and in the planning stage since 2007.
ExxonMobil Chief Executive RexTillerson has given an upbeat assessment of LNG prospects in the East African country of Tanzania, with the feed-gas assets matching those held in Papua New Guinea where an ExxonMobil-led project comes on stream next year.
Leading shareholders in offshore licences with huge feed-gas discoveries for the 50 million tonnes per annum Mozambique LNG project are involved in discussions about stake sales that could lead to transactions amounting to around $8 billion.
The Australian developer of the Magnolia US LNG export project in Louisiana has signed a site lease agreement with the Lake Charles Harbour and Terminal District Authority that gives it time to acquire all regulatory permits for its planned liquefaction plant.
Braemar Engineering, the marine consultancy arm of Braemar Shipping Services, has launched a new venture aimed at the growing LNG global maritime fuel market.
Norwegian marine classification society Det Norske Veritas said it proved the feasibility of LNG fuel bunkering in Australian ports after completion of a joint industry project involving a variety of companies including Woodside, the leading LNG production plant operator in Australia.
Finland said it was interested in purchasing LNG from Qatar for an import terminal being developed to provide an additional source of supply to Russian pipeline natural gas from Gazprom.