Liquefaction

Matrix Service has been awarded the EPFC contract for a 2 million gal. LNG tank for the JAX LNG Bunker Facility.

The parent company of Woodfibre LNG, Pacific Oil & Gas Ltd, has authorised the funds necessary for the Woodfibre LNG Project to proceed.

The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has rejected a legal challenge against the FERC review of the Corpus Christi LNG export project.

Jordan Cove Energy Project has written to FERC requesting an expedited rehearing of its LNG project denial.

Wärtsilä and IDRO have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on the development of decentralised power generation in Iran.

Port Manatee, which is located in Florida, US, has announced that it has handled the export shipment of an LNG heat exchanger manufactured at the Air Products production facility.

Gazprom’s Alexey Miller has held a working meeting with Mitsui’s Masami Iijima to discuss partnership prospects in the LNG sector.

Shell has announced the start of a drilling programme covering two wells in Block 1 and 4 in the Mafia Deep basin off Tanzania, which is part of the Tanzania LNG project.

FID on Mozambique LNG project expected before end of 2016

Chart Energy & Chemicals Inc. has confirmed that its brazed aluminium heat exchangers have become the first to produce LNG onboard a floating facility.

Reuters reports that Ophir Energy is able to proceed with its Fortuna FLNG project with or without partners, due to the fact that the cost estimates have halved to approximately US$450 million.

Venture Global LNG has appointed John Brian O'Leary as its Senior Vice President of Operations.

Ocean LNG Ltd will market Qatar Petroleum’s future LNG supply portfolio sourced outside of Qatar.

M&I Electric has received a contract to provide a turnkey power delivery solution for a new LNG liquefaction terminal under construction.

Sembcorp Marine and Engie have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to develop an LNG-to-power near-shore terminal solution.