Greek utility Gastrade said 20 companies submitted expressions of interest in the first phase of its market test for the reservation of regasification capacity at the floating storage and regasification unit planned for the port of Alexandroupolis in northeast Greece.
A European joint venture to promote LNG fuel for road transport, including companies such as Royal Dutch Shell and truck-makers Scania and Iveco, said it plans to expand the network of filling stations.
The International Energy Agency said the global natural gas markets were being reshaped by the development of major emerging LNG buyers such as China and by the rising production and exports from the United States.
The Republic of Cyprus, which is part of the European Union, has posted tender documents for the supply and operation of a floating liquefied natural gas import facility to be located at the Cypriot port of Vassilikos and partly funded by the EU.
Fluxys Belgium, the natural gas infrastructure company and operator of the Zeebrugge LNG import terminal, posted a first-half profits rise as shipping activity rose, including more carriers arriving for the trans-shipment of cargoes from the Yamal export plant in Russia.
Venice LNG, a company formed by Italian industrial groups Decal SpA and San Marco Petroli, said they were advancing with plans to construct a coastal storage tank for liquefied natural gas in the industrial area of Porto Marghera.