LNG

Royal Vopak, the Netherlands-based global storage company with four stakes in liquefied natural gas terminals and a new LNG import project for Hong Kong, reported a 7 percent increase in earnings to €827 million ($940M) from €780M in the previous year as soft business conditions persisted in energy storage.

Hong Kong Electric, the former British colony’s main power company, said the first LNG import project in the territory now administered by China, including the world’s largest floating storage and regasification unit, will start operations in mid-2022.