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Statoil has resumed production at its LNG plant on Melkoya Island near Hammerfest in Northern Norway following a temporary shutdown caused by the rupture of a firewater line.
The US Energy Department said in a report on the possible effects of LNG exports on the domestic natural gas market that projected price increases would vary considerably.
Foster Wheeler was awarded the contract for a new LNG receiving terminal to be built in Ennore, north of Chennai on the Bay of Bengal, as the nation attempts to build up its natural gas infrastructure and worldwide supplies.
Santos Chief Executive David Knox said the Papua New Guinea LNG project and the Gladstone coal-seam-gas-to venture in Australia would both start up as scheduled.
Woodside Petroleum, the operator of the North West Shelf LNG plant in Western Australia, posted LNG sales revenue from its one-sixth share of US$1.5 billion in 2011 and said its Pluto and Browse LNG developments remained on schedule.
Italian LNG and energy engineering company Saipem was awarded the offshore feed-gas pipeline contract for the Ichthys LNG project in Australia.
UK LNG imports have dropped over the past two months after rising earlier in the year because of a seasonal slump in natural gas demand due to milder weather and as more cargoes were diverted to higher-priced markets in Asia.
After the decision to go-ahead with the Ichthys LNG project in Australia at an estimated cost of $34 billion, the venture's main developer, Inpex Corp., of Japan, has won many new admirers.
Anadarko Petroleum announced its largest natural gas pay well yet in the seventh drilling appraisal in its discovery area offshore Mozambique from where it plans to produce up to 30 trillion cubic feet or more of feed-gas for an LNG project comprising up to six liquefaction Trains.
Snam S.p.A. of Italy and Belgian company Fluxys G said they were seeking future joint strategies aimed at pursuing development opportunities in LNG and  natural gas storage and transport in Europe.