Dominion, the US owner of the Cove Point LNG terminal in Maryland and of natural gas pipeline and storage infrastructure in 15 states, has given more details about its plan to export surplus US gas as LNG in a filing with the US Department of Energy. Cove Point is…
A new LNG carrier part-owned by Tokyo Gas Co. will become the largest ever ship to dock at the north Australian port of Darwin when it arrives on September 10 on its maiden voyage to load an LNG cargo for Japan.
Chiyoda Corp. of Japan said it reached agreement with Qatargas for a three-year maintenance contract with a two-year option to service seven LNG Trains in Qatar.
Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands will officially open the nations first LNG import facility, the Gate terminal in Rotterdam, on September 23.
Tokyo Gas, Co said it signed a preliminary agreement to supply LNG to Saibu Gas Co. in what is only its second ever supply deal with another Japanese utility.
Zeebrugge LNG import terminal in Belgium received 41 cargoes in the first half of 2011 and from this month will be able to handle the 266,000 cubic metres capacity Q-Max vessels from Qatar.
The average day charter rates for LNG carriers have risen from an average $41,000 per day in 2010 to more than $80,000 per day in the first half of 2011 for modern vessels as Asia-Pacific LNG demand has jumped, led by Japanese requirements.
Osaka Gas Co. said it would build an additional LNG storage tank with 230,000 cubic metres capacity at its Senboku I import terminal in Southwest Japan as the nation upgrades its formidable LNG infrastructure to handle more cargoes.
The Wheatstone LNG project being developed by Chevron Corp. offshore Western Australia has received full environmental approval from the state government as it moves towards a final investment decision.
The South Korean heavy marine transportation company, TPI Mega Line, was awarded contracts to help bring LNG project modules from South Korea, Indonesia and China to the Gorgon LNG project on Barrow Island offshore Western Australia.