Origin Energy, a stakeholder in the Australia Pacific LNG plant in Queensland, and Gladstone LNG operator Santos, said they had both heeded calls to help Australian industry in the supply of gas and have signed a joint deal with a major Sydney company.
Japanese conglomerate Mitsui and Russian natural gas and LNG supplier Gazprom have signed a framework agreement for cooperation on small-scale and mid-scale LNG projects.
One of the world’s best-known shipping executives, John Fredriksen, is retaining his almost 52 percent stake in Flex LNG, the Oslo-listed company awaiting the delivery of six LNG carriers and planning joint ventures with US export and liquefaction plant developer NextDecade Corp.
Pavilion Energy of Singapore and its gas subsidiary signed a preliminary agreement to cooperate with state-owned Indonesian electricity company Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) on small-scale LNG projects with another Singaporean firm Keppel Offshore & Marine.
Australian energy company Santos and its Gladstone LNG plant international partners will supply the East Coast domestic market with volumes of natural gas during 2018 and 2019 that is not required for liquefaction and export.
Tellurian Inc., developer of the Driftwood LNG project on the Gulf Coast of Louisiana, said it had agreed to acquire acreage in Haynesville Shale play in the northwest of the state to add potential gas assets to its portfolio for future export.
The Sultanate of Oman on the Arabian Peninsula has seen petroleum and liquids production reach their highest ever levels at more than 1 million barrels per day and will soon receive a boost to its LNG export and domestic natural gas markets when a new gas field comes on stream…
German propulsion maker MAN Diesel and Turbo said its marine fuel-gas system subsidiary had signed a contract with Sweden’s gas network operator Swedegas to deliver a liquefied natural gas bunkering facility in the Port of Gothenburg.
Australian East Coast LNG production in the state of Queensland and domestic natural gas output increased in the second quarter by around 19 percent and 12 percent respectively as oil output plunged to a 40-year low, leaving the nation possibly vulnerable to Asian refinery disruptions.
Fourchon LNG, the US export venture owned by a subsidiary of Hong Kong-based Energy World Corp. and planned for Belle Pass in Louisiana, has applied to regulators for multi-year permits to ship cargoes for 30 years to countries with a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US and for 20…