Liquefaction

According to Reuters, Equatorial Guinea is discussing pricing terms with possible offtakers from its 2.2 million tpy Fortuna floating LNG project, with Europe being eyed as its next key market.

Acting through AGDC, the State of Alaska has signed an MoU with ConocoPhillips Alaska Inc. to create a JV to market LNG from the Alaska LNG project to global LNG markets.

Gasconsult Ltd has filed a patent application for a variant of its proprietary ZR-LNG liquefaction technology.

Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC shipped LNG cargoes to Spain, China, Jordan and Chile throughout July 2016.

Veolia has announced that it has delivered an MPPE water treatment unit for the Ichthys LNG project floating production, storage and offloading vessel.

According to Reuters, Russia’s Novatek is aiming to launch production at the Yamal LNG facility in 2H17 and ship its first cargo before the end of the year.

Steelhead LNG has signed an agreement with Seven Generations Ltd to explore the development of new midstream infrastructure to support Steelhead’s proposed liquefaction and export projects on Vancouver Island, Canada.

Cheniere Energy Partners L.P. has announced that Train 2 at the Sabine Pass liquefaction project in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, US, has achieved substantial completion.

Santos has released a statement claiming that Anthony Neilson has been made the company’s new Chief Financial Officer.

Ramtech Building Systems has announced that it has completed a 16 800 ft2 permanent modular building for Cameron LNG.

Ophir has announced its results for 1H16, highlighting significant progress in the Fortuna floating LNG project.

GE Oil & Gas has been awarded a contract by BP to supply gas turbine-driven compressors for a third liquefaction train for the Tangguh expansion.

In advance of his trip to Asia, the Governor of Alaska has met with Japan’s METI and JOGMEC to discuss Alaskan LNG.

Lankhorst Ropes has announced that it has provided BigRoll Shipping with mooring ropes to be used on BigRoll’s MC Class vessels.

Woodfibre LNG has announced that approximately 3000 litres of wash water and leachate have been spilled following an accident during routine maintenance.