Tellurian Inc., the US liquefied natural gas development company founded by former Cheniere Chief Executive Charif Souki, has signed a preliminary accord with Swiss-based international commodities firm Vitol to supply 1.5 million tonnes per annum of LNG cargoes for 15 years.
Norwegian fleet owner Hoegh LNG said it had taken delivery of the “Hoegh Gannet”, its ninth floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU), and the vessel would be chartered as a conventional carrier until a long-term import project is found.
Alaska Gasline Development Corp., the state-owned company developing the Alaska LNG project, is expected to sign a final joint development agreement with Chinese companies and banks by the end of the first quarter of 2019.
Kawasaki Heavy Industries of Japan has completed the development of a floating, gas-fired power plant to operate with LNG deliveries and aimed at Southeast Asia with its many islands and isolated communities unable to receive pipeline gas supplies.
US pipeline and storage company Kinder Morgan said it expected the first Train of its Elba Island LNG export plant near Savannah in Georgia to come on stream in the first quarter of 2019 while the company was also benefitting from the feed-gas needs at other liquefaction ventures.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), the energy and liquefied natural gas producer of the United Arab Emirates, has signed an agreement with Inpex Corp. of Japan to explore LNG bunkering opportunities in the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Australian natural gas and oil production set new records in the third quarter and almost took the country to a run rate of one billion barrels of oil equivalent per annum, led by LNG output in Western Australia and the coming on stream of the Ichthys plant in the Northern…
The US Annova liquefied natural gas export project planned for the south bank of the Brownsville Ship Channel in Texas, and whose owners include Chicago-based power company Exelon Corp., is moving forward on a pipeline development.
A South Korea-based liquefied natural gas project company has signed a development agreement with the Australian port of Newcastle, north of Sydney, to commence preliminary works on a proposed LNG import terminal using a floating storage and regasification unit.
Hokkaido Electric Power, the Japanese utility, said it started loading trucks with liquefied natural gas at its Ishikari import facility for a small-scale distribution business aimed at industrial customers.