UK maritime classification society Lloyd's Register and the Chinese Dalian Shipbuilding Corp., as well as French ship storage technology company GTT, are advancing with a 30,000 cubic metres capacity, ballast-free LNG carrier design and have just brought Belgian shipping line Exmar on board the joint development project.
Japanese liquefied natural gas imports dropped 2.6 percent as Australian and spot volumes offset a large fall in shipments from Asia and thermal coal was preferred to LNG for power generation.
Woodside Petroleum, the largest Australian LNG plant operator and stakeholder, posted an increase in first-quarter sales revenue of around 30 percent to almost US$1.17 billion compared with US$902 million in the same three months of 2017 because of higher average prices ranging from US$7.80 per million British thermal units to…
Dominion Energy, owner of the Cove Point liquefied natural gas liquefaction facility on Chesapeake Bay in the state of Maryland, is pulling out all the stops to acquire Scana Corp and its South Carolina natural gas and power assets as it strives to become a major player in the US…
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Chairman Kevin J. McIntyre and his four Commissioners appeared before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce for a general oversight hearing amid plans for natural gas pipeline policy changes.
Oil Search, the Papua New Guinea-focused energy company, posted a 36 percent drop in production as a result of the earthquake in PNG in February, though was optimistic about liquefied natural gas expansion plans for the Oceania nation.
Australian liquefied natural gas producers have welcomed the decisions by the Northern Territory government to lift a ban on hydraulic fracturing for onshore shale gas exploration and said it was an opportunity for the next LNG supply gap in the 2020s.
Perenco, the European energy company with a stake in the Cameroon floating LNG project offshore West Africa, said the first cargo would be lifted by the end of April and possibly sooner.
The US government said that after becoming a net natural gas exporter in 2017, the nation’s liquefied natural gas and pipeline exports continue to rise throughout 2018 to 2030, according to a revised report.
NextDecade Corp, the developer of the Rio Grande export plant in Texas and with plans for other pipeline and liquefaction facilities, has opened offices in Singapore and Beijing to serve future customers in Asia.