Tokyo Gas said it acquired a stake in the newest Japanese LNG import terminal at Ishikari in northern Japan, owned by Hokkaido Gas and where the need for LNG post-Fukushima is greatest.
Det Norske Veritas, the Norwegian classification society, said it was assisting Belgium to take the next step towards making wide use of LNG as a maritime fuel.
Anadarko Petroleum said it had found enough feed-gas offshore Mozambique to produce 50 tonnes per annum of LNG and would soon be awarding offshore and onshore engineering contracts.
Free ReadBG Group subsidiary QGC awarded a A$100 million contract to Brisbane pipeline construction company Murphy Pipe and Civil Constructions for the installation of more than 90 kilometres of steel pipelines for the Queensland Curtis LNG project.The pipelines will transport coal seam gas and water between gas and water processing facilities…
The Chinese Ministry of Land and Resources has received more than 150 bids in what is the second ever auction of shale-gas exploration rights. The future of shale-gas production in China will have an impact on LNG forecasts out to 2030.
Gasconsult LNG Ltd., a UK LNG technology company, said it received a patent for its new ZR-LNG liquefaction process, complementing its existing natural gas liquefaction patent portfolio.
China National Offshore Oil Corp is now prioritising two LNG projects to bring additional natural gas supplies to the south of the country and to northeast China.
The Indian Dabhol LNG import terminal, caught up in the collapse of US energy giant Enron in the 2000s, is finally to be commissioned in February next year, according to major shareholder Gas Authority of India.
The powerful Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry officials and energy company executives held talks in Mozambique, the southeast African state emerging as the world's major new LNG province.
Gazprom has launched commercial production of natural gas on the Yamal Peninsula after a huge infrastructure build-up that will enable the Yamal LNG project to proceed in an Arctic area where reserves are estimated to be double the current Russian pipeline supply to Europe.