Canadian energy Veresen Inc., developer of the Jordan Cove LNG export project in the northwest US state of Oregon, has had its agreed US$4.3-billion takeover by Pembina Pipeline Corp. ratified at a meeting of shareholders in the city of Calgary.
Excelerate Energy, the US floating liquefied natural gas LNG terminal project company, and the World Bank have arranged the debt financing for the first floating LNG facility for Bangladesh.
Paris-based energy consultants Cedigaz said natural gas growth in absolute terms would outstrip that of all other energy sources and the strong expansion of LNG supply and the abundance of both conventional and unconventional resources would help gas to expand its role in the energy mix to the detriment of coal and…
The Port of Singapore said three other ports in Asia, Europe and North America had joined it and seven other organisations in the international LNG bunkering port group formed to underpin the drive for the uptake of LNG as a marine fuel.
Japanese government figures show that the average delivered price of spot liquefied natural gas arriving in Japan in June was $5.60 per million British thermal units, a rise of $1.10 per MMBtu versus the $4.50 per MMbtu price registered in June 2016.
Lebanon plans to award exploration and production licences in five offshore blocks in the East Mediterranean by November 15 this year in the Middle East country’s first attempt at establishing a domestic oil and gas industry to secure resource revenue and future infrastructure for LNG and gas-fired power.
French energy major Total has signed an agreement with Brittany Ferries to supply LNG bunkering fuel to the port of Ouistreham in northwest France and for the first LNG-powered French cruise ferry that will provide regular services to Portsmouth in England from 2019.
European classification society DNV GL has conducted a study of future liquefied natural gas use in the Iberian Peninsula and concludes that one of the main obstacles to the accelerated uptake of LNG is the uncertainty regarding future market volumes.
Indian Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan has led a ceremony marking the start of construction of the first liquefied natural gas import terminal on the East Coast of India.
Evergas, the Denmark-based operator of a 26-vessel multigas fleet including new small-scale carriers with LNG and ethane loading capability, has held a US naming ceremony for the eighth and final newbuilt Dragon-Class vessel with 27,500 cubic metres capacity and constructed in China.