Canadian political tension over energy and environmental policies and the development of natural gas, LNG exports and minerals are escalating as ministers in three provinces have rejected the approach of the federal government in Ottawa, saying it offered no real solutions to carbon emissions beyond taxing hard-working families and businesses.
Japanese utility Osaka Gas and the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) have decided to invest in AGP International Holdings of Singapore to help expand the city-gas and LNG markets in southeast Asia and India.
Free ReadEngineering firms McDermott International and partners Chiyoda Corp. of Japan and the US Zachry Group said the first liquefaction Train at the Freeport LNG project on Quintana Island in Texas has reached the final commissioning stage. This includes the introduction of feed gas into Train 1 of the natural gas…
Italian energy company Eni said it started installation work on the hull of the Coral South floating liquefied natural gas production plant to be deployed offshore Mozambique for start-up in 2022.
Novatek, the Russian natural gas company and operator of the Yamal LNG export plant in northern Siberia, has completed the sale of participating interests in its Arctic LNG II project in the Gydan Peninsula to Japanese and Chinese investors.
Free ReadAustralian company Liquefied Natural Gas Limited, developer of the US Magnolia LNG project in Louisiana and the Canadian Bear Head venture in Nova Scotia, has decided at a board meeting to re-domicile to the United States and list on the Nasdaq global exchange. LNG Ltd said that after the vote…
The LNG and energy trading subsidiaries of Eni of Italy, China National Petroleum Corp., Socar of Azerbaijan and global commodities firm Trafigura are among the leading participants in the largest ever tender for 240 cargoes issued by Pakistan and for delivery to a Singapore-owned import facility near Karachi.
Air Products of the US, the maker of LNG processing equipment and a leading industrial gases provider and plant developer, has recalled its role in putting the first man on the moon on July 20, 1969, during 50th anniversary celebrations.
Free ReadThe International Maritime Organization (IMO) meeting at its headquarters in London has condemned six attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and the Sea of Oman, two main transit routes for LNG carriers and oil tankers, with IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim calling the threats to shipping “intolerable”. The statement…
Singapore LNG spot cargo prices increased as North Asian shipments moved to higher ground above US$5.00 per million British thermal units and as October quotations arrived in the market.