LNG

Chart Industries, the US maker of liquefied natural gas liquefaction and storage equipment, has entered into an agreement to acquire its smaller US sector rival Hudson Products Corp. for $410 million in cash to boost its core business.

Total, the French oil and gas group, becomes the first western energy company to return to Iran with the signing of a $4.8 billion contract on July 3 with China National Petroleum Corp. and Iranian partners to develop the South Pars field that borders the feed-gas block in the Persian…

A US bankruptcy court has confirmed a reorganization plan for the Emas Chiyoda Subsea venture partly owned by Japanese engineering and construction company Chiyoda, the main competitor to Bechtel of the US in building LNG liquefaction and export plants.

Lake Charles LNG terminal, the US facility in Louisiana that once brought in shipments from Trinidad and Equatorial Guinea to fill the US gas supply deficit, is now getting back on track with its proposal to transform into a liquefaction and export plant.