The small-scale Kenai US LNG export plant in Alaska, now owned solely by ConocoPhillips, is considering whether to renew its export licence that expires on March 31 after sending four cargoes to Japan in 2012.
Golar LNG, the carrier fleet owner and floating storage and regasification unit provider, said it was hopeful of a Jordanian FSRU contract and there was a more positive outlook for short-term shipping transactions, though charter rates remained in the $90,000 to $130,000 per day range.
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. is taking a 10 percent stake in the Pacific Northwest LNG project being developed in Canada by Petronas of Malaysia to liquefy and export shale gas from north-east British Columbia.
The Fukui region of western Japan, the location of the only two operating nuclear reactors out of 54 because of the Fukushima disaster two years ago, has received government support to construct a new LNG import terminal.
Hoegh LNG, the Norwegian provider of floating LNG infrastructure services, said executives attended a keel-laying ceremony for a newbuild vessel at Hyundai Heavy Industries in South Korea.
Free ReadTrafigura, the global energy and commodities trading company, has signed an agreement through an affiliated venture with Angolan state energy company Sonangol to market the southwest African nation's share of the LNG project set to come on stream, and to build an LNG joint venture trading business, including vessels. Trafigura…
Charles Durr, the veteran LNG engineer who has worked on liquefaction projects from Algeria to Australia, has done what most would do after 40 years with KBR - he's found himself another job and joined Mustang Engineering in Houston.
CB&I, the leading US LNG and energy engineering company, said new contracts awards in 2012 soared to $7.3 billion, including two noteworthy liquefaction contracts in the US and Africa.
Gasol, the London-based West African energy development company, has an agreement through an afilliated company that may lead to Ghana being lined up as the region's latest prospective LNG importer.
InterOil Corp. said its board would meet in March to evaluate bids and select a partner for its stalled Gulf LNG project in Papua New Guinea, satisfying government demands for an experienced LNG player to be brought on board the venture.