The Canadian National Energy Board approved an application by the Kitimat LNG project, located north of Vancouver, to export 10 million tonnes per annum of LNG for 20 years to markets in the Asia-Pacific region. The licence authorizes the LNG operating company of Apache Corp. and EOG Resources of…
Tokyo Electric Power Co., the Japanese company whose Fukushima nuclear plant was at the centre of the March disaster, used almost 17 percent more LNG last month than a year ago as it boosted gas-fired power output.
Hamworthy, the maker of LNG regasification equipment which can be retrofitted to carriers to be used as floating import facilities, has issued an upbeat trading report. The company, listed on London’s Alternative Investment Market, said its order book remained “healthy” at 256 million pounds ($400M) at the end of…
ConocoPhillips has purchased Marathon Oil's 30 percent stake in the Kenai LNG liquefaction plant, the only US LNG export facility and operated by the two companies since 1969. The transaction was completed as the Kenai facility, which has a nameplate capacity of around 700,000 tonnes per annum of LNG…
Concentric Energy Advisors Inc. of the US said they hired Jane P. Michalek as Vice President and would benefit from her more than 30 years of experience in the LNG industry. “Michalek has served in operating, commercial, and business development functions throughout her career,” said a statement from Concentric, the…
A.P. Møller Mærsk confirmed its intention to sell the LNG carrier fleet of subsidiary Maersk LNG to Canada’s Teekay and Marubeni Corp. of Japan for $1.4 billion in cash. Maersk LNG owns six LNG vessels outright as well as two one-quarter shares of two vessels owned through limited partnerships.
Statoil said its Hammerfest LNG plant in Northern Norway, Europe’s only base-load LNG production facility, would be closed for two to three weeks starting on October 14 for repairs to be carried out. The Norwegian company said the one-Train plant, which produces 4.3 million tonnes per annum of LNG,…
The European Commission has awarded Poland 210 million euros ($285M) towards the construction of its first LNG import terminal at Swinoujscie on the Baltic coast. The terminal constitutes a major energy project for the Polish government and thus qualifies for European Union funding.
South Korea said it would like to have raised natural gas prices by almost 8 percent to reflect higher average annual costs of around $675 per tonne for LNG cargoes imported to its three import terminals at Incheon (pictured), Pyeong-Tek and Tong-Yeong. This rise would have helped to cover…
The UK’s National Grid forecasts a modest increase in LNG imports to the country this winter, though its report emphasized there were some uncertainties that could adjust the figure. Peak natural gas demand in the UK also assumes lower gas needs for power generation, so that the natural gas…