Liquefaction

Santos has announced a 1H16 net loss of US$1.1 billion.

CIMIC Group has commenced proceedings in the US against Chevron Corp. and KBR Inc., seeking up to AUS$1.86 billion regarding a dispute over the Gorgon LNG project jetty.

Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific Co. has announced a major investment in GAS Entec – an engineering and design firm based in Korea, dedicated to both small and mid scale LNG applications.

InterOil Corp. has released a statement encouraging shareholders to vote for the recently-announced ExxonMobil transaction.

The Chief Executive of Woodside has said that he is confident that the Wheatstone LNG facility will start by mid-2017 and stay within its budget of $29 million.

Origin Energy has announced that its FY2016 underlying profit from continuing operations fell 41% on the previous year to AUS$354 million.

Lake Charles LNG Export Company LLC and Lake Charles Exports LLC have filed an application to the US DOE for long-term authorisation to export up to 121 billion ft3/yr of LNG.

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued an order dismissing and terminating Downeast LNG’s applications for a bidirectional import/export LNG terminal and associated pipeline facilities.

Norton Rose Fulbright has announced that it acted for JX Nippon in its acquisition of Petronas LNG 9 Sdn Bhd.

ALE Heavylift has released a video showing the transportation of an LNG platform and transport frame at a project in Australia.

Praxair Inc. and Linde AG have both released statements confirming that they are in preliminary talks regarding a potential merger.

According to Reuters, the Yamal LNG project received approximately €780 million in financing from China Development Bank and Export-Import Bank of China in July 2016.

ExxonMobil PNG Ltd – the operator of the Papua New Guinea LNG project – has given the Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal PGK48 000.

Dominion Resources has released its unaudited reported earnings for 2Q16, with the Chairman, President and CEO of the company adding that the Cove Point Liquefaction project is 67% complete.

Novatek has extended its natural gas supply contract with NLMK Group.