LNG

  Dutch energy storage giant Vopak and Spanish LNG terminals owner Enagas said they completed the acquisition of the Altamira LNG receiving terminal on the Gulf coast of Mexico from Royal Dutch Shell and other shareholders for $408 million. Vopak, already a major shareholder in Europe’s newest LNG import terminal…

  Japanese utilities will seek to be key buyers of US LNG which developers will produce from the gas surplus caused by the shale boom, and the US cargoes will more than replace those lost by Japan with the closure of the Kenai LNG plant in Alaska. The Kenai LNG plant…

  The Washington-based Center for Liquefied Natural Gas has sent a letter to US congressional leaders urging them to support the established regulatory process for considering LNG export permit applications. The CLNG, which represents the views of LNG producers, shippers, terminal operators and developers, said the Department of Energy should…

  Inpex Corp., the leading Japanese LNG production project developer, said it was also making good progress with its new Naoetsu LNG import terminal at Joetsu City on the Japan Sea coast of Honshu Island. Construction began in July 2009 and the project is on course for commercial operations to…