LNG

Singapore has further developed its liquefied natural gas capability by starting up its first small-scale distribution and truck-to-ship LNG loading facilities at the import terminal on Jurong Island.

The Administration of President Donald Trump is taking an interest in the Alaska LNG project with US Vice-President Mike Pence meeting Alaska Governor Bill Walker and officials during a stop-over and the venture itself formally applying on April 17 to receive regulatory permits.

Australian natural gas producer Po Valley Energy said its London-listed subsidiary would start production in the coming days at the Bezzecca gas field near Milan in northern Italy in a small-scale domestic resource challenge to LNG and pipeline gas imported from North Africa.

Kinder Morgan, one of the largest US pipeline companies, and Colorado-based DCP Midstream have signed a letter of intent for DCP to participate in the development of the proposed Gulf Coast Express Pipeline Project to ship Permian Basin natural gas to the Texas Gulf Coast and its LNG projects.