US LNG imports remain substantially below last year and LNG supplies continue to flow to the higher-priced markets of Asia-Pacific and Europe.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines held a naming ceremony in Japan for a new LNG carrier, the Energy Navigator, bringing the Japanese companys LNG carrier fleet up to 62 vessels.
Norways Flex LNG, Japans Mitsubishi and Peak Petroleum of Nigeria announced plans for the worlds first floating liquefaction project offshore Nigeria.
Excelerate Energy said it delivered Argentina's first LNG cargo to the newly constructed import facility at the port city of Bahía Blanca, about 400 miles south of Buenos Aires.
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a positive final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Bradwood Landing LNG import terminal near Astoria in the state of Oregon.
The Port Authority of Dunkirk port on the French Channel coast has approved plans by the EDF Group to construct an LNG import terminal.
The Dow Chemical Co. of the US said it entered into a four-year agreement with French-owned EDF Trading to share LNG terminal access in Texas and Europe.
Shell has announced a deal to enter the coal-seam LNG business after it signed an agreement with Arrow Energy of Australia to jointly develop projects in Australia, China, Indonesia, Vietnam and India.
Origin Energy of Australia rejected a revised US$13 billion takeover bid from LNG player BG Group, saying another deal between Petronas and Santos had boosted the value of coal-seam methane assets as feed gas for LNG.
Australian energy company Santos said it sold 40 percent of its Gladstone LNG project to Malaysias Petronas for up to US$2.5 billion after a tender process.