StatoilHydro said it began a two-week shutdown of the Snøhvit LNG projects liquefaction plant on Melkøya island, which is currently producing higher levels of LNG after a long running-in period beset by technical problems.
Oil Search Ltd., the company developing an $11 billion LNG project in Papua New Guinea with ExxonMobil and others, said it reached key terms on a Heads of Agreement with an unnamed major Asian LNG buyer for 2 million tonnes per annum of supply.
The most under-used LNG import facility in Europe, Excelerate Energys dockside terminal at Teesport in northeast England, has received a commercial cargo from Trinidad, signaling ample current supply for the Atlantic Basin.
A new international valve company, Valco Group, has been created with its head office in Stavanger, Norway, and containing famous names in LNG such as Technor and SNRI.
Swedens plans to build a small-scale LNG import terminal advanced after local company NCC Construction said it won a contract from AGA Gas, a unit of Germanys Linde group, to build a 250,000 tonnes per annum facility at Brunnsviksholme.
Woodside Petroleum reached agreement with the state of Western Australia and the Kimberley authorities on behalf of indigenous Aboriginal owners for the possible development of the Browse LNG project on coastal land.
Inpex Corp., the Japanese energy company, has opened an office in the Australian city of Darwin to pursue its US$20 billion Ichthys LNG project with Frances Total.
Gazprom and Royal Dutch Shell signed an agreement in Moscow covering LNG supplies from the new Sakhalin LNG project in the Russian Far East, and giving Russias natural gas giant access to North American regasification capacity.
Australia Pacific LNG, the coal-seam-gas-to-LNG project being developed by ConocoPhillips and Origin Energy of Australia, expects to fast-track the venture after the government of Queensland declared it significant for the states economy.
Gasol, the UK-based LNG project developer, said it concluded a joint venture agreement with Equatorial Guinea state company Sociedad Nacional de Gas (Sonogas) for access to feed-gas.