Anadarko Petroleum Corp. of the US, developer of a planned six-Train LNG project in Mozambique, is running out of superlatives for its natural gas exploration offshore the southeast African nation after yet another discovery, taking gas in place to about 100 trillion cubic feet. First LNG is expected in 2018.
French LNG imports have fallen to such low levels because of cargo diversions to the higher-priced Asia-Pacific market that the country's gas transmission network operator GRTgaz is changing its summer maintenance programme to protect rising north-south pipeline flows.
Norwegian energy company Statoil has moved to shift part of its LNG supply strategy towards Asia by opening a regional trading office and signing an agreement for short-term LNG deliveries to Malaysia.
Shale gas, which is turning North America into an LNG exporter, will be more prolific in China by 2030 once serious exploration and production begins, according to a poll of industry executives at the 25th World Gas Conference in Kuala Lumpur.
Santos, the Australian energy company and LNG project developer, said it entered into an agreement with ConocoPhillips and SK Group of South Korea to advance the development of the Caldita and Barossa natural gas discoveries in the Timor Sea with LNG development prospects.
The Vice President of French energy company Total, Jerome Ferrier, has taken over the leadership of the International Gas Union, the promoter and driver of safety regulations and standards in the LNG and gas industry, and said the 26th World Gas Conference will take place in Paris in 2015.
Qatar, the world's largest LNG producer, said strong demand growth for LNG in Asia and the start-up of new import terminals in southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent will drive the demand for LNG to new heights in the next phase of development.
Malaysia, currently the No. 3 world producer of LNG, is now also becoming an LNG importer after completion of its first import facility at Sungai Udang in Malacca, located on the coast about 175 kilometres south of the capital Kuala Lumpur (See photo). The economics of this are underpinned by…
Malaysia's Petronas LNG production complex in Bintulu, Sarawak, has chosen its turbo-compression technology for the new Train 9 project to add 3.6 million tonnes per annum of output.
Angola LNG, the world's newest liquefaction plant, and GE Oil and Gas have signed a long-term contractual service agreement to increase the plant's overall efficiency after full ramp-up is achieved.