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KBR, the US LNG and energy engineering company, was awarded an engineering and project management services contract for the biggest natural gas joint ventures currently under way in Algeria at In Salah and In Amenas.
Tellurian Inc., the developer of the Driftwood LNG project on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana has entered into a six-month time charter for a modern LNG carrier to start gaining market exposure by trading during the coming Northern Hemisphere winter.
Golar LNG, the project and shipping company, said the floating LNG production vessel, the “Hilli Episeyo”, has moved to a deep-water anchorage offshore Singapore where Keppel Shipyard will complete final commissioning before the vessel is deployed for a joint venture in the West African state of Cameroon.
Ophir Energy, the UK exploration and production company with assets in Africa and Asia, said it awarded the upstream contract for the Fortuna floating LNG project offshore Equatorial Guinea to a joint venture comprising a subsidiary of oil and gas services firm Schlumberger and UK-based company Subsea 7.
Flex LNG, the Oslo-listed company whose shareholders include a fund controlled by John Fredriksen, has named Oystein Kalleklev as its new Chief Financial Officer as it plans to take its place in the floating storage and regasification market for import terminals.
Gassco, the Norwegian pipeline and natural gas infrastructure company, has taken over as operator of the gas processing plant at Nyhamna on the West Coast of Norway as part of plans to boost pipeline export capacity in competition to LNG shipments in Europe.
Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Co. of the Philippines, the LNG infrastructure and fabricated modules supply company, said it was making progress in its plans to building up its own LNG project portfolio of small-scale ventures in the Asian and South East Asian regions as it also strengthened its executive team.
UK maritime classification Lloyd’s Register has given approval in principle to Hyundai Mipo Dockyard of South Korea for a cargo-handling system design for a 6,600 cubic metres capacity LNG bunkering vessel.
China’s LNG-fueled heavy-duty trucks have increased their numbers on the roads during the first half of 2017 because of a strengthening economy and strong Beijing and provincial government support for cleaner fuel that is expected to continue into 2018.
Delfin LNG, the most advanced US floating export development proposed for offshore Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico, has had its permit approved by regulators to reactivate and construct facilities on its onshore pipeline in Cameron Parish.