Europe’s US LNG imports have slumped so far this year to less than 3% of total volume.
The first shipment of LNG from Yamal LNG’s second train was ready to leave Sabetta on 8th August, according to TOTAL.
Goldman Sachs GS 0.81% Group was thought to be in talks with Cheniere Energy to buy a cargo of LNG.
US LNG exports to China fell in July to their lowest level in a year and are expected to decline further as the Sino/US trade dispute forces utilities to seek alternative supplies.
South Korean shipbuilders have won all 30 orders for large LNGCs thus far this year.
Excelerate Energy has successfully moored an FSRU at the docking facility in Bangladesh.
The global LNG future production centre planned for Mozambique in southeast Africa is taking shape as the onshore and floating LNG joint ventures advance on the regulatory, engineering and marketing fronts with stakeholders and buyers from the Asia, Europe and the US.
The Quebec government has banned hydraulic fracturing for shale gas throughout the French-speaking Canadian province as part of measures to further regulate oil and gas exploration even as the area has Utica Shale resources that in the US form a part of the shale boom enabling LNG exports.
Ophir Energy of the UK, the lead developer of the Fortuna floating LNG project offshore Equatorial Guinea, has pushed back its final investment decision to the first quarter of 2018 after financing discussions with Chinese banks have so far failed to seal an agreement.