Indian LNG imports drop under 20 million tonnes for fiscal year as prices start to fall and new terminal opens
Indian liquefied natural gas imports for the fiscal year dropped by more than 14 percent and below the 20 million tonnes mark and were also well down for the month of March following a brief resurgence in the previous month when shipments had risen.
Japanese trading house Mitsui emerges as key partner in US and Mexican LNG proposals
Japanese trading house Mitsui is emerging as a key partner in the liquefied natural gas projects being built up on the US Gulf Coast and on the Pacific Coast of Mexico by California-based utility Sempra Energy.
Western Australian takeover by Santos passed by regulator citing LNG feed-gas demand
Australian energy company Santos, operator of the Gladstone LNG plant in Queensland, has received competition clearance from regulators for its US$2.15 billion takeover of Quadrant Energy whose operations are centred on Western Australia.
California utility Sempra says LNG export plans still on track for Pacific Coast of Mexico
Sempra Energy chose Franco-US engineering group TechnipFMC and US company Kiewit as the engineering, procurement, construction contractors for transforming the California utility’s LNG import terminal at Costa Azul in northern Mexico into a medium-scale export plant.
French energy major Total takes large stake in LNG and gas fuel supplier to US trucking market
French energy major Total has entered a strategic agreement with US company Clean Energy Fuels Corp., the California-based supplier of LNG and compressed natural gas fuel for the trucking industry.
