The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a letter to US LNG project developer Venture Global giving permission to proceed with initial mobilization and limited site preparation for the Plaquemines LNG project on the banks of the Mississippi River, about 30 miles south of New Orleans.
Free ReadInpex Corp., the largest Japanese exploration and production company and an Australian LNG plant operator, said it concluded a loan refinancing agreement for a portion of the loans taken out to develop the Ichthys facility near Darwin. The company said the refinancing arrangements covered project finance loans arranged in 2012…
ENN Energy Holdings, the Chinese city-gas company and owner of the Zhoushan LNG import terminal in eastern Zhejiang province, said it expected to buy more spot LNG cargoes for the rest of 2020 and aims to increase pipeline and terminal capacity in domestic market restructuring.
Santos, Western Australia’s biggest domestic natural gas supplier and growing LNG exporter after purchasing Darwin LNG from ConocoPhillips, said it signed a new supply deal with three goldmines.
The British Columbia LNG Alliance has become the Canadian LNG Alliance to reflect the critical role of the fuel in national economic recovery, boosting industry opportunities for Indigenous communities and leading Canada's clean energy transition.
Free ReadThe Gazprom-run Sakhalin liquefied natural gas export plant in the Russian Far East has started maintenance work and has shut down one of its processing Trains. Sakhalin Energy, the plant operating company, had originally planned for work to be done on both Trains at the same time, but logistical difficulties…
Avenir LNG, a company owned by Norwegian shipping and infrastructure companies, is making progress on the development of Italy’s first small-scale terminal at the Port of Oristano on the Mediterranean island of Sardinia.
Australian liquefied natural gas export plants in Western Australia and Queensland exported a total of 93 cargoes in May, with six of them spot cargoes, down from 101 shipments the previous month, while deliveries to China kept their momentum as Japan and South Korea imports were lower or flat.
Kinder Morgan Inc., the US pipelines company and owner of the US Elba Island LNG export plant, has been given permission by US regulators to introduce feed-gas into the ninth of 10 small-scale processing Trains at the Georgia facility.
Free ReadThe European Commission’s antitrust regulator has delivered its interim report and asked for more data on the proposed takeover by one of the world’s main LNG carrier builders, South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries, of its Korean shipbuilding rival, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering. The decision by the European Union Commission’s…