Tuesday, 07 November 2006 17:29
Australia’s Woodside wins China race
By Our Asia-Pacific Editor
The delivery of China’s first cargo of liquefied natural gas later this month will start a new era in power generation for the world’s most populous nation and will be another big step for Woodside Energy, operator and part owner of the LNG supplier, the North West Shelf Venture in Western Australia.
Although still a mid-sized exploration and production company by global standards, Woodside is establishing a growing presence in the world energy industry.
In 52 years Woodside has grown from a tiny Australian company which evolved out of the 1950s hunt for oil among the oil seeps in south-eastern Australia to being selected as the first supplier of LNG to China.
The delivery of China’s first cargo of liquefied natural gas later this month will start a new era in power generation for the world’s most populous nation and will be another big step for Woodside Energy, operator and part owner of the LNG supplier, the North West Shelf Venture in Western Australia.
Although still a mid-sized exploration and production company by global standards, Woodside is establishing a growing presence in the world energy industry.
In 52 years Woodside has grown from a tiny Australian company which evolved out of the 1950s hunt for oil among the oil seeps in south-eastern Australia to being selected as the first supplier of LNG to China.
Published in
May 2006
Tuesday, 07 November 2006 17:17
Jamaica to get Trinidad's LNG from 2009
Linda Hutchinson-Jafar, Port of Spain, Trinidad
Jamaica, seeking to reduce dependency on fuel oil for the production of its electricity, plans to begin importing liquefied natural gas from Trinidad and Tobago by 2009.
The two Caribbean countries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the supply of 1.1 million tones of LNG per annum over a 20-year period for use by the Jamaican aluminium company ( JAMALCO) and the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) power plants.
Trinidad and Tobago has committed itself to offering Jamaica a “kind of pricing arrangement that is mutually acceptable,” said Patrick Manning, the prime minister of the oil and gas producing country.
Jamaica, seeking to reduce dependency on fuel oil for the production of its electricity, plans to begin importing liquefied natural gas from Trinidad and Tobago by 2009.
The two Caribbean countries have signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the supply of 1.1 million tones of LNG per annum over a 20-year period for use by the Jamaican aluminium company ( JAMALCO) and the Jamaica Public Service Company (JPSCo) power plants.
Trinidad and Tobago has committed itself to offering Jamaica a “kind of pricing arrangement that is mutually acceptable,” said Patrick Manning, the prime minister of the oil and gas producing country.
Published in
May 2006
