LNG

US gas developer, Energy Transfer has terminated offtake agreements with some customers of its suspended US Gulf Lake Charles LNG project, according to a filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) last week.

German energy company, Uniper has signed an up to 10-year LNG agreement for about 0.5 mill tonnes per annum with India’s Gujarat State Petroleum Corp (GSPC).

PETRONAS’ shipowning arm, MISC Group has agreed a long-term bareboat charter and operations & maintenance contracts with ExxonMobil PNG, the operator of Papua New Guinea’s PNG LNG project, for a new FSO.

INPEX Masela, a subsidiary of Japan’s engineering company, INPEX, has received environmental approval for the Abadi LNG project from the Indonesian Government.

Major gas-consuming regions saw divergent demand trends last month, according to the Gas Exporting Countries Forum’s (GECF) February monthly report.

The World Bank is aiming to provide Mozambique with $6 bill of mostly concessional financing for its public investment projects over the next five years, a senior bank official has said.

A record number of final investment decisions (FIDs) in new LNG trains, totalling 84 mill tonnes per annum, could result in the need for up to 150 new LNGCs, French engineering and design company, GTT said in its annual report.

Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of Finnish technology group Wärtsilä, will fit cargo handling and fuel gas supply systems on board two new LNG bunkering vessels (LNGBVs) being built at China’s Zhejiang XinLe Shipbuilding yard.

Last week, Babcock announced that its LGE business had secured the 150th contract for its ecoSMRT® LNG reliquefaction system.

French-based engineering company, Technip Energies has been awarded a contract by Mozambique Rovuma Venture (MRV), an Eni led joint venture, to progress work on the ‘Coral Norte’ FLNG project, located offshore Mozambique.