Liquefaction

According to Reuters, the Donggi-Senoro LNG plant in Indonesia has secured buyers for 31 LNG cargoes in 2017.

Wison Engineering Ltd has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract by Astana Trans Oil LLP for the first LNG plant in the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Total has announced that it will acquire 23% of Tellurian Investments Inc. for US$207 million to develop an integrated gas project.

Corpus Christi Liquefaction LLC has submitted its monthly progress report on the construction of its LNG export terminal to the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Flow-Cal Inc. has released a statement claiming that it has recently completed a project for Angola LNG at Soyo, northern Angola.

Wärtsilä has been awarded a contract to supply a biohybrid production plant – which will produce both bioLNG and LNG – to Erdgas Südwest GmbH.

Galp Energia’s board of directors has approved the investment related to the Coral South area – the first development related to the discoveries made in the Area 4 of Mozambique’s Rovuma basin.

According to Reuters, Peruvian natural gas workers are planning to stage an indefinite strike that will disrupt gas production and Shell’s LNG exports.

Gazprom has signed a number of bilateral documents in the LNG sector with its Japanese partners.

Novatek has released a statement claiming that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Marubeni Corp.

LNG Canada is undertaking a process to identify a Construction Contractor to manage all of the design and construction work to build its proposed LNG facility.

SGS has announced that it has won a contract to provide offshore inspectors and third party laboratory services for Shell’s Prelude floating LNG project.

Technip has been awarded an engineering and project management services contract by Shell Australia to provide multi-disciplinary engineering and design services in support of the Prelude FLNG unit.

According to Reuters, the US$27 billion Yamal LNG project has secured a €750 million 14.5-year credit line from Intesa Sanpaolo bank.

According to Reuters, Qatar will merge RasGas Co Ltd and Qatargas – its two state-owned LNG producers.