A second large-scale LNG import project has been proposed for the Philippines with the Chinese major, China National Offshore Oil Corp., named as one of the partners in the facility to be located south of the capital Manila.
The importance of liquefied natural gas infrastructure to energy security in natural disaster-prone regions such as Southeast Asia was proven in Thailand early in 2019 when the impact of a tropical storm was mitigated by LNG procurement and high storage levels for this time of year.
Free ReadMitsubishi Shipbuilding of Japan said it held a naming ceremony for the fourth vessel in a series of five being constructed to ship LNG cargoes from the US Gulf Coast to the main Japanese import terminals. The 180,000 cubic metres capacity carrier “Noshu Maru” with covered Moss-type storage tanks will…
Gassco, the Norwegian natural gas pipeline operator and one of the main competitors to LNG, transported 114.2 billion cubic metres of gas during 2018 from the Norwegian Continental Shelf to mainland Europe and the UK.
Singapore LNG cargo indices continued to fall from winter peaks and were quoted at an average below US$8.500 for all North Asian destinations and were even lower for the Dubai-Kuwait-India market and Southeast Asia.
Free ReadJera Trading (Jerat), the joint trading venture between Japanese LNG and fuel procurement and utility company Jera Co. Inc. and French firm EDF Trading established in April 2017 following the acquisition of EDFT’s coal business, is continuing its countdown to becoming Jera Global Markets. Jerat is strengthening its team by…
Australian energy company Santos, a stakeholder in three Asia-Pacific LNG plants, said it signed extension agreements with two operators for gas processing and related gas purchases at its Moomba gas facilities in the state of South Australia.
The Royal Dutch Shell-led LNG Canada project has become the main issue in the province of British Columbia in the run-up to the Canadian federal election this year, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau emerging as a supporter of the venture amid renewed protests.
GasLog Ltd, the Monaco-based LNG fleet owner with 25 ships operating and nine others on order, has given more details of its terms for the latest time charters for vessels to US LNG producer Cheniere Energy, owner of the Sabine Pass plant in Louisiana and the Corpus Christi facility in…
Free ReadGNL Quebec Inc. is still planning an export project in the French-speaking Canadian province, comprising a liquefaction and export plant near Port Saguenay at the junction of the Saguenay River and the St. Lawrence River. The company said its LNG proposals were still on track as it filed with the…