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Gazprom, the Russian natural gas giant with LNG ambitions and which supplies a quarter of Europe's gas needs, posted a 43 percent jump in revenues in 2006 to more than $37 billion.
Technip, a leading LNG engineering firm, announced the appointment of Thierry Pilenko as its new Chairman and Chief Executive to succeed Daniel Valot.
The Dutch LNG terminal developer, 4Gas, said it secured an option to buy ExxonMobil Corp's Vista del Sol LNG import terminal venture in Corpus Christi, Texas, and a second LNG project site from DuPont at Ingleside, Texas.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said it has stopped processing a $300 million loan application for the Sakhalin II LNG project after its take-over by state-controlled Gazprom.
Petronet LNG of India said it planned to build two more storage tanks at its Dahej LNG import terminal on the northwest Indian coast, taking the total number to six. 
AES Corp., the US power company  based in Arlington, Virginia, said it filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to build an LNG import terminal at Sparrows Point near Baltimore.
APL, the Norway-based marine loading systems company, said it signed a letter of intent with Excelerate Energy, the US LNG deepwater port developer, for the installation of its loading system on Excelerate’s Northeast Gateway project offshore Massachusetts. 
US imports of liquefied natural gas are expected to rise by 35 percent in 2007 compared with last year and by another 39 percent in 2008, the US Energy Information Administration said in its latest outlook.
Canatxx LNG of the UK suffered a setback to its proposal to build an LNG terminal on the former site of a chemical plant on the coast of Anglesey, Wales, when town councillors voiced concern about a possible terror attack.
McMoRan Exploration Co., the US energy company, said it received final approval for its proposed $1-billion LNG deepwater project, called the Main Pass Energy Hub, to be located offshore Louisiana in the US Gulf of Mexico.