Doris Engineering, the French energy contracts company with global operations, said it completed a study for Western Gas, an Australian operator based in Perth and developing the Equus natural gas field offshore Western Australia.
Australian energy executives have said at a conference in Adelaide that it would be more economic to ship natural gas as LNG from the West Coast to the East Coast rather than build a trans-Australia pipeline.
LNG Canada, the largest export project proposed for the Pacific Coast province of British Columbia, could hold a ground-breaking ceremony before the end of 2018 as the joint venture led by Royal Dutch Shell gets back on track.
The head of Chevron Corp. in Australia has called for the sharing of LNG infrastructure among the major operators of four world-class liquefaction plants in Western Australia to improve energy economics and profitability.
Santos, the Australian stakeholder in three Asia-Pacific LNG export ventures, has responded to rising speculation that a US$10.4-billion takeover offer from Harbour Energy, a subsidiary of US equity firm EIG Global Energy Partners, is set to proceed.
The US Coast Guard has completed its review with a positive report for regulators after conducting a waterway suitability assessment for the Canadian-led Jordan Cove LNG export plant proposed for Coos Bay in the northwest state of Oregon.
Malaysian International Shipping Corp., whose liquefied natural gas fleet comprises 30 vessels among its 120 ships, posted lower first-quarter revenue and profits, though the outlook for the LNG sector was viewed by the company as positive.
French energy major Total has signed an accord with the Government of Oman to develop an LNG fuel supplies hub for the maritime industry with bunkering infrastructure and a small-scale production plant at Sohar port.
Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (Adnoc), the leading energy group in the United Arab Emirates and a long-standing LNG exporter, plans to expand by investing $45 billion with partners in various downstream projects in the next five years as it also boosts natural gas production.
Bangladesh, the world’s newest liquefied natural gas importer with a floating regasification and storage unit provided by Excelerate Energy of the US at Moheshkhali Island on the Bay of Bengal, has signed an LNG supply agreement with the Sultanate of Oman.