German energy utility RWE has signed a fully termed and binding LNG supply agreement with Australian LNG plant operator Woodside Petroleum with the primary shipments coming from Woodside’s contracted volumes booked at the US Corpus Christi LNG export plant in Texas.
Crowley Maritime Corp., the US shipping line, has taken delivery of the “Taino”, the second of two of the world’s first combination container and roll-on-roll-off ships powered by liquefied natural gas and to be refueled at the Eagle LNG shoreside bunkering depot at Jacksonville port in Florida for service on…
The US Department of Energy has eased reporting mandates for liquefied natural gas exporters that would keep track of the ultimate end-user of the natural gas shipped overseas.
Saipem, the Italian energy and LNG engineering company, said it is part of a joint venture awarded a contract worth around $2.5 billion for the design and construction of the platform-based Arctic II LNG project being developed by Russian natural gas company Novatek.
South Korean shipbuilders are maintaining their dominance in the liquefied natural gas carrier construction sector in the face of some competition from yards in China and Japan.
Japanese liquefied natural gas imports in November fell by 1 percent, though imports of coal as an alternative for power generation increased by over 5 percent as the monthly costs for Japan of LNG cargoes jumped year-on-year by almost $1 billion, or 38 percent.
Cheniere Energy said strong global liquefied natural gas demand fundamentals call for supply growth and the Houston-based company said it would be investing along the value chain to boost capacity, feed-gas supplies and LNG marketing opportunities.
Australia has released an interim report as part of its Gas Inquiry and says that concern about prices in the East Coast market could be alleviated if there was more investment by LNG producers in resource development and key infrastructure.
IGas Energy Plc, the largest UK onshore oil and gas exploration and production company, said it was making progress with well developments in its shale-gas activities in central England targeting the Bowland Shale.
Australian energy operator Woodside Petroleum said its Pluto liquefied natural gas plant has supplied its first gas to the Dampier-to-Bunbury natural gas pipeline in Western Australia after its successful commissioning.