US imports of LNG are estimated to have reached about 781 billion cubic feet in 2007, a 34 percent increase over the previous year, the US Energy Information Administration said.
KBR, the US LNG engineering and construction company, said the international joint venture working on developing Nigeria LNGs Train 6 has completed the project at the West African producers liquefaction complex at Bonny Island.
Woodside Petroleum said it was working closely with customers to revise LNG cargo delivery schedules from its North West Shelf Venture after a shutdown at its Karratha gas plant in Western Australia at the weekend.
SNC-Lavalin, the Canadian LNG engineering firm, was chosen by Polands main natural gas distributer for front-end engineering and design work for the nations first LNG import terminal at Swinoujscie on the Baltic Coast.
The state of Alaska announced a deal with LNG producers ConocoPhillips and Marathon Oil that will extend by two years their export licence for the USs only LNG production plant on the Kenai Peninsula in exchange for state access to gas supplies.
Woodside Energy, the operator of the Northwest Shelf LNG plant in Western Australia, said it restarted gas output at the four-Train facility after a two-day shutdown caused by an electrical fault.
Enagas, the main Spanish natural gas network operator, said it awarded Fluor Corp. of the US the contract to develop the nations seventh LNG terminal at El Musel, near the northern port of Gijon.
Golar LNG said it signed a final agreement for the sale of the Golar Frost LNG carrier for $231 million and the vessel will later be converted into a floating storage and regasification unit for an LNG import project being developed off the west coast of Italy.
Gulf United Energy of the US said it agreed to participate in the development of a new LNG import terminal on Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula.
Foster Wheeler, the LNG engineering company, confirmed that a joint venture its part of was awarded the engineering, procurement, and construction management contract by Australias Woodside for the onshore portion of the US$10 billion Pluto LNG project in Western Australia.