Sempra Energy said it had received no notice to close its Costa Azul import terminal on the Pacific Coast of Mexico after a local land owner gained a court order against the US company as part of an ongoing land dispute.
Golar LNG Ltd., the shipping arm of Norwegian tycoon John Fredriksen’s LNG interests, said it completed the refinancing of the “Golar Freeze” vessel recently converted to a floating storage and regasification unit.
The world’s largest natural gas company Gazprom and its closest domestic rival Novatek have signed an agreement to cooperate on the construction of an LNG plant on the Yamal Peninsula in northern Russia.
Siemens, the German supplier of equipment such as compressor drivers for LNG production plants, said it signed an agreement with Russian natural gas company Gazprom to co-operate on LNG technology.
Florida's Calypso LNG import project temporarily suspended by France’s GDF-Suez could be revived after the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission granted the associated pipeline venture an extension to mid-2012 for construction to go ahead.
Det Norske Vertitas, the Norwegian classification society, said it was chosen by Vietnam to advise on LNG issues as the southeast Asian nation aims to become an LNG importer by 2012.
Exmar, the Belgian LNG carrier owner, said it was chosen by the Petroleum Corp. of Jamaica as preferred bidder for an LNG import facility based on the converted LNG carrier concept, or floating storage and regasification unit.
Yemen LNG said it had loaded 30 LNG cargoes so far in 2010 and had delivered to seven countries as it made great efforts to place its output in an over-supplied global market.
Organizers of the 25th Gastech LNG and natural gas conference taking place at the Amsterdam RAI in the Netherlands from March 21-24, 2011, have extended their call-for-papers deadline by just over a week to June 23.
An over-supply of LNG and natural gas will hit investment in new LNG terminals over the coming year or two but a recovery is expected after 2011, according to a new report.