Liquefaction

Swiss trading houses are expanding into the global market for LNG.

Australia’s Mineral Resources has offered AUS$484 million for domestic gas producer AWE Ltd.

CERCG said it is investigating whether to ship LNG from Western Australia to the gas-hungry east coast market.

The largest type of LNG tanker in the world.

A Cheniere Energy has expanded its shipping fleet with a flurry of spot vessel charters to keep up with Asian winter demand growth.

Asian LNG spot prices rose above US$10 per mmBtu on 7 December.

Total has announced that the first cargo of LNG from Yamal LNG is ready to leave Sabetta.

Eni announced on 6 December that it has closed the US$4.7 billion financing for its Coral South FLNG project in Mozambique.

Brock awarded multimillion dollar contract for Louisiana liquefaction project.

Alaska LNG is designed to carry natural gas from fields in the North Slope through a 1287 km pipeline to south central Alaska.

An agreement on LNG with EDF Trading would follow JERA’s purchase of the French company’s coal and freight trading business.

Dominion Energy Cove Point has introduced feed gas into its newly constructed liquefaction facility.

South Australia has rated in the world’s top three places to explore for oil and gas in a newly released global survey by the Fraser Institute in Canada.

Comment from Samuel Lussac, Senior Research Manager, Russia Upstream Oil & Gas, Wood Mackenzie.

Pao Novatek has announced that Yamal LNG has commenced production of LNG.