Woodside Petroleum said tropical cyclones in Western Australia have caused four weeks of delays in the Pluto LNG project during the first quarter of 2011 and lower production at the existing North West Shelf LNG plant.
Qatargas said it was supplying at least 60 additional conventional-sized LNG cargoes over the next year to its long-term Japanese customers to help meet power generation shortfalls caused by the damage to facilities from the March earthquake and tsunami.
Kenya could become the first African country to import LNG after it signed up for a consultancy study for a regasification facility near the port of Mombasa partly funded by the World Bank.
Wood Group Kenny was awarded a contract to support the offshore development for the $30-billion Browse LNG project led by Woodside Petrolem in Western Australia.
Excelerate Energy said it planned to close the worlds first offshore LNG import facility, located in the US Gulf after just six years in operation because of the changing market for natural gas in North America.
Mitsui Ocean Development & Engineering Co. (MODEC) was selected by Australias Woodside Petroleum for the front-end engineering and design for two Dry Tree Units (DTUs) for the $30-billion Browse LNG project.
EDF Trading, the energy and LNG trading arm of the French group EDF, has named Edward Kott as Head of Global Gas Analysis to support the companys natural gas trading platform.
Golar LNG said it signed a contract with Samsung Heavy Industries of South Korea for the building of four new 160,000 cubic metres capacity LNG carriers at a total cost of around $800 million.
InterOil Corp. and equity fund Pacific LNG have concluded agreements with Norways Flex LNG and Samsung Heavy industries of South Korea for the construction of a Floating LNG production facility off Papua New Guinea.
Chevron Corp. has taken Royal Dutch Shell on board as another minority partner in its Wheatstone LNG project in Western Australia.