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The surge in LNG cargoes sent to Japan from March 2011 through the start of September has helped the nation boost its gas-fired power capacity and allowed the government to bring an early end to power rationing.
Europe’s newest LNG import terminal, the Gate facility in Rotterdam, experienced a leak of cold natural gas at one of its jetties, causing a temporary halt to shipping traffic near the terminal as a precautionary measure by the Dutch port authorities.
The US said projected imports of LNG would fall by around 16 percent this year and would remain at low levels in 2012 as domestic gas production rises.
Apache Corp. of the US said it received government approval for the development of the Julimar and Brunello natural gas fields offshore Western Australia as feed-gas for Chevron Corp.’s Wheatstone LNG project.
Shell will make LNG available for truckers in Canada in 2012 as it seeks to substitute LNG for diesel and propane fuel in a number of industrial sectors, including marine, rail, mining and oil and gas drilling.
Severn Trent De Nora (STDN) said it won a contract to provide its Seaclor seawater electro-chlorination system to control bio-fouling at a regasification facility being developed by Petronas Gas in Sungai Udang, Malaysia.
The appetite for LNG in South American countries such as Argentina, Brazil and Chile is growing strongly again this year and is expected to account for a global market share in 2011 of around 5 percent.
Tuesday, 06 September 2011
The Japanese earthquake and tsunami forced the closure of a significant amount of nuclear generation in the country and boosted global LNG demand for many years to come.
Chevron Corp. said it signed an agreement with the South Hook LNG import terminal in Wales to access the spare regasification capacity at the facility in Wales.
Awilco LNG, the small spot LNG fleet established in Norway as a subsidiary of the Wilhelmsen Group, is now listed on the Oslo Axess stock exchange as it pursues plans for expansion within the LNG business.