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The Port of Rotterdam and a Dutch energy body called the National LNG Platform plans have launched a joint study that focuses on opportunities to develop liquefied natural gas from bio-methane extracted from waste for use in the port itself.
China Petroleum and Chemical Corp (Sinopec) said it would accelerate shale-gas output amid construction of new LNG import capacity and natural gas fuel stations for vehicles as it reported a jump in annual net income.
The Australian developers of the Magnolia LNG export project in Louisiana said they had asked Lake Charles Harbor and Terminal District to proceed with finalizing the ground lease for the site to build a liquefaction plant, storage tanks and jetties.
Kosmos Energy, the Dallas-based exploration and production company, has begun the second phase of its multi-well drilling programme offshore the West African countries of Mauritania and Senegal where it is planning two floating LNG projects with BP of the UK.
Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering Co., the troubled South Korean shipbuilder, said its contract portfolio will be mostly made up of LNG carriers and other specialty vessels as it works towards a business turnaround after receiving its latest debt rescue package.
The countdown has begun for the Gastech Exhibition and Conference, the largest LNG and natural gas industry gathering of 2017 and taking place from April 4-7 at Chiba, north of Tokyo.
The International Gas Union (IGU) released a report on the crucial role of liquefied natural gas for cleaner marine transport, saying that in Hong Kong for example ship traffic was responsible for half of the city’s emissions of pollutants.
Chiyoda Corp., the Japanese energy and LNG engineering company, has extended an agreement with the Mozambique national oil and gas company to continue training local engineers for future LNG projects, having already helped 70 Mozambicans acquire qualifications.
Cheniere Energy has brought its third liquefaction Train into service at the Sabine Pass LNG plant in Louisiana, while the fourth Train is ready for the commissioning process as the impact of LNG output on the US southeast natural gas market begins to take shape through 2018.
Engie, the French LNG player and utility, was fined 100 million euros ($108M) by the national competition authority for abusing its dominant position by using an historical data file to convert its customers on regulated gas tariffs to market-based contracts.