LNG

July 27 (LNGJ) - Wison Offshore and Marine, the Chinese engineering and shipbuilding company with facilities in the ports of Nantong and Shanghai, has signed a technical service agreement with Canadian company Western LNG for a new floating project to be developed in British Columbia. Wison will come up with a basic design for the vessel and carry out front-end engineering and design. Western said its development activities are supported by certain funds of the US private equity firm, Apollo Global Management. “The team at Western, with the support of Apollo, is looking forward to continuing work with Wison and our other partners to successfully deliver a mid-scale greenfield LNG export facility,” said Davis Thames, the Western company’s President and Chief Executive.